The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reporting that popular 5-Hour Energy drinks, basically a little shot of a huge amount of caffeine, has been linked to 13 deaths and one miscarriage in the past four years. That's right, the FDA is reporting that not only has the 5-Hour Energy shot caused life-threatening injuries like heart attacks and convulsions, but it's also possibly responsible for people dying and one poor woman losing her baby.
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As a big fan of the drink, I have to say: YIKES! I always knew (or suspected) that energy drinks weren't good for me. To be honest, that's why I stayed away from those full-sized ones like Red Bull and Monster Energy (which the FDA linked to five deaths last month). I kept trying to justify me drinking 5-Hour Energy shots by thinking that it was somehow better. I don't do it a lot but, since I don't like coffee, I've definitely had weeks where I had two or three because it was a very long, tiring few days.
Well, now I'm definitely reconsidering it! Actually, scratch that: now I'm definitely never, ever going to drink 5-Hour Energy again. According to The New York Times, 5-Hour Energy has been mentioned in 90 filings with the FDA since 2009, including one for a miscarriage! The agency is looking into the deaths, but the Times writes that the reports "can be fragmentary in nature and difficult to investigate."
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Well, fragmented and hard to prove is one thing, but I'm definitely not going to be taking a chance with 5-Hour Energy shots anymore. The company still claims that the drinks are say and that MIGHT be true but I don't want to take any more chances with my life.
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