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FDA Bans Pure Bulk Caffeine Products, Citing "significant Public Health Concern"
Companies can no longer sell bulk packages of liquid or powdered caffeine directly to consumers, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The policy will take immediate effect "given the significant public health concern," according to the agency's statement released Friday. "Highly concentrated and pure caffeine, often sold in bulk packages, have been linked to at least two deaths in otherwise healthy individuals," the agency stated.
[...] In small doses, if you're otherwise healthy, caffeine shouldn't kill you. But part of the issue is that highly concentrated caffeine looks nothing like the kinds of caffeinated products we're used to seeing. Instead, it can look like water if it's in a liquid form or sugar if it's powdered. "The consequences of a consumer mistakenly confusing one of these products could be toxic or even lethal," the agency stated.
[...] Between 10 and 14 grams of caffeine is considered life-threatening, according to the FDA's guidelines, though people can have an irregular or rapid heart rate and seizures after taking just a gram. The amount of concentrated caffeine that's considered safe at a time—200 milligrams—is very, very small.
Also at Bloomberg.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday April 17 2018, @03:13PM (3 children)
A more reasonable size would be 100 mg. 200 mg is the exxxtra strength version for sure. Even one of those can make a person jittery.
I don't consider it too healthy or useful and I don't use it anymore. I did "OD" on it once, where I basically had maybe a whole gram, fell asleep, and woke up a little later in a state of brief terror/panic. Took a walk and calmed down.
https://www.amazon.com/ProLab-Caffeine-Maximum-Potency-100-Count/dp/B0011865IQ/ [amazon.com]
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday April 17 2018, @06:42PM (2 children)
Ha! Wuss! My upper limit has been determined entirely by my kidneys saying "OMGWTFBBQ" when I get too close to 2g/day of sustained consumption. I will admit that the corner-of-the-eye hallucinations get annoying when you start getting into levels around that though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday April 17 2018, @07:18PM (1 child)
Ah shit I remember those little fuzzies.
Also 1g at once is going to be worse than 2g over the whole day. Supposedly the biological half life is around 6 hours.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday April 17 2018, @07:56PM
True enough. I try to stick to about 1g from 5-10AM with half of it consumed in the first hour, a quarter over the following hour, and the last quarter allocated over the remaining three. And I'm still really wanting a nap by 11 or 12.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.