Dave Grohl Caffeine Overdose Was No Joke

caffine od's are very serious even tho people think they are nothing. to much caffine in take can cause death like any other drug so david grohl is lucky and its awesome he's didnt suffer any major long term effects :D

Over a hunderd years ago, a lady warned about the dangers of coffee and tea (caffine) and the problems with smoking (back then doctors prescribed smoking for asthma) and many other health messages, like the benefits of a vegetarian diet. Her name was Ellen White. If you don't know her, maybe you should.
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Caffeine overdose can do more than just cause anxiety, chest pain or heart palpitations ... working as an ICU nurse more than ten years ago a man came in unresponsive with blood pressure & heart rate through the roof after a suicide attempt. A drug toxicology screen for typical drugs of abuse came back negative ... and for more than a week this poor man suffered with the same symptoms despite hemodialysis everyday. Finally his girlfriend came in with two empty boxes of a "no doze" type caffeine pill (he had taken all at once). Caffeine isn't removed from your blood by dialysis -- it took plasmaphoresis to remove it. After that he woke up, his wacked out vital signs vanished, and eventually he went home a very happy camper (he had regretted his rash actions but by that time he was unable to tell anyone). Caffeine is a dangerous drug that can kill in excess -- watch your intake people!

Many people drink Red Bull and other such drinks to excess and don't realize that it is bad for the heart. I am an RN at a county ER and we have seen young people die of cardiac arrhythmias...irritable hearts...due to over comsumption of caffeine. Another horrible drink for the heart is the combination of Red Bull with Vodka or combined with any alcoholic drink. I think it will take the death of a celebrity drinking these deadly drinks before the public becomes aware of the dangers.

No judgement, just a comment.
I never knew an overcaffinated person to their grind teeth.
I never knew a crankster who didn't.

A simple trip to his primary care physician would have been sufficient. Why is it so many people run to the hospital ER for things like this? This kind of stupidity is what burdens the medical system as a whole. Get a grip America.

This is no joke. I bought a product from gnc years ago... I think it was called Hot Rox? They were red capsules that gave you tons of energy for your work out and made you too sick to eat basically. After a month of taking them I would get major shooting pains in my heart that sent me straight to the ground. Too much caffeine can kill.

To Lorraine. It is not a load of crap. My mother had to go to the ER with irregular heart rhythm. It was too much caffeine and stress from a family matter. If I drink anymore than 2 cups of coffee, I get palpitations. So keep your opinions to yourself unless you know what you're talking about.

From reading the article it sounds more like stress than a caffeine overdose, if there really is such a thing. Caffeine very well may have antagonized things but a caffeine overdose?

What a bunch of kaka. Caffiene is only a very mild stimulant, so mild you can give it to a baby without side effects. I drink 13 pots of coffee a day and i'm not dead yet. If it were so bad, the government would ban it.