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The Caffeine Conundrum

Uncover the world of caffeine, from where it's found to its medical applications, benefits, risks, and how it affects the body. Learn about caffeine intoxication, withdrawal, and its interaction with alcohol and energy drinks.

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The Caffeine Conundrum

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  1. The CaffeineConundrum

  2. What is Caffeine? Chemical Caffeine is the world's favorite psychoactive substance

  3. Where is it found? • Coffee • Tea • Soda • Chocolate • Medications

  4. How can you use caffeine? • Oral • Inhaled • Rectal

  5. Medical Purposes: • Added to pain killers for treating headache • Asthma • Gallbladder disease • ADHD • Shortness of breath in new born babies • Low blood pressure • Weight loss

  6. Cont: • Type 2 Diabetes • Decrease urine output • Dermatitis • Increase athletic ability

  7. How does it work? • Stimulates the Central Nervous System • Brain • Spinal Cord • Heart rate • Blood Pressure • It takes about 5 minutes for caffeine to begin to stimulate the CNS, 30 minutes for the full effect.

  8. Dangers of excessive or long-term caffeine us: • Adrenal exhaustion • High blood sugar • Abnormal sleep patterns • Depression • Dehydration • Malnutrition • Caffeine tolerance • Withdrawal

  9. How much is to much? 200-300 MG per day is not harmful in healthy adults.

  10. However, 500-600 MG per day can cause: • Insomnia • Nervousness • Restlessness • Irritability • Stomach upset • Fast heartbeat • Muscle tremors

  11. How much do you use in a day? • Most of us intake more than the recommended amount per day.

  12. Amounts of caffeine found in foods and drinks • Coffee-134 MG • Cappuccino-234 MG • Iced Tea –110 MG • Chai Tea-120 MG • Soda (dark)-50 MG average • Cocaine energy shot-280 MG • Rock Star energy shot-200 MG • 5 hour energy-138 MG • Jolt-280MG

  13. Cont: • NOS-260MG • Monster-160 MG • Redline-350 MG • Rock Star-330 MG • Chocolate-100MG • No Doz-200 MG • Excedrin-130MG

  14. Aero Shots • Crystallized caffeine inhaler/ingested • 100 MG of caffeine depending on how deep you inhale

  15. 305.9 Caffeine Intoxication Diagnostic criteria: • A. Recent consumption of caffeine, usually in excess of 250 mg (e.g., more than 2-3 cups of coffee). • B. Five (or more) of the following signs, developing during, or shortly after, caffeine use: • restlessness • nervousness • excitement • insomnia • flushed face • diuresis • gastrointestinal disturbance • muscle twitching • rambling flow of thought and speech • tachycardia or cardiac arrhythmia • periods of in inexhaustibility • psychomotor agitation

  16. Cont: • C. The symptoms in criterion B cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. • The symptoms are not due to a general medical condition and are not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., an anxiety disorder). • Information from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV

  17. Danger of Caffeine Withdrawl: • Headache • Increase jaw tension • Lethargy • Low motivation • Sleep disturbances • Stomach ulcers • Depression

  18. What about alcohol and energy drinks?

  19. Even though many states have banned alcoholic/energy drinks there are increasing numbers of college age students showing up in the Emergency Room and calling poison control centers with alcohol intoxication. Why? Because they are mixing their own alcoholic/energy drinks.

  20. What are they? • Stimulate • Increase heart rate • Nausea • Seizures • Depressant • Pass out • Vomit • Aspirate Usually someone who drinks will eventually pass out. If they are drinking alcohol with energy drinks, the caffeine will keep them awake and allow them to drink increasingly large amounts of alcohol and become more intoxicated. Energy Drink Alcohol

  21. Popular Brand:

  22. Four LoKo • Fruit flavored malt beverage-watermelon, cherry, lemonade, etc. • 12% alcohol as much as a 6 pack of beer • As much caffeine as 5 cups of coffee

  23. Both alcohol and caffeine • Increase dopamine levels in the body • What is dopamine? The neurotransmitter in the brain that is associated with rewards. • Therefore once the reward system is activated then you continue to reward more and more.

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