Caffeinated energy drinks: adverse event reports to the US Food and Drug Administration and the National Poison Data System, 2008 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe and compare caffeinated energy drink adverse event (AE) report/exposure call data from the US Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) and the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS).

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Data were evaluated from US-based CAERS reports and NPDS exposure calls, including report/exposure call year, age, sex, location, single v. multiple product consumption, outcome, symptom, intentionality (NPDS only), report type, product name (CAERS only).

Participants

The analysis defined participants (cases) by the number of caffeinated energy drink products indicated in each AE report or exposure call. Single p

SUBMITTER: Markon AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260441 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature