Has anyone heard of a person dying after drinking a ENERGY DRINK???

Question

My husband was an over the road truck driver and drink them on a daily basis (rockstar) but never complained about them bothering him in anyway. The medical personel ask me questions about him drinking energy drinks when they called me.

Answer 1

yes i have heard of that. there was a little kid that drank one or two and her heart gave out. some people r just sensitive to the ingredients and/or have some other problem that gets aggrevated by it. its not somethin that happens a whole lot though, or i would think we would hear about it more.

Answer 2

Not dying from the drink itself. But I know of a case where a teenager drank about 5 of them in a row and then became totally uncontrollable - sped off in a car and crashed into a solid object - died instantly.

("energy drink" - I assume you meant stuff that has a lot of caffeine in it such as "V" or "Red Bull" and NOT "fluid replacement" drinks such as Gatorade or Powerade)

Answer 3

YES here in Australia a lady had 2 cans of red eye which was a energy drink .. she played netball and dropped dead on the netball courts .. the red eye has been taken off the shelves... i use to drink that before i played netball or softball i soon stopped that..

Answer 4

It depends on the amount of the drink the person drank in a short period of time and their resistance to it. Those drinks are not healthy I don't think death is very probable though.

Answer 5

Depends, if it contains caffeine and the individual is sensitive to caffeine you can develop Supra Ventricular Tachycardia and after time this can cause death. This SVT means a very fast heart rate.

Answer 6

well, that lady died drinkin water a few months ago, so i would think energy drinks could kill you too.

Answer 7

nope