Spike Shooter energy drink is harmful!

[rocklobster]

Attention: Energy drink lovers! It has been discovered that Spike Shooter energy drink is harmful. One girl had seizures after drinking it (she happened to be diabetic), while a boy had stomach cramps. The drink even has a warning label. Of course, the chickens in charge of Spike Shooter declined to comment.

[Shao Feng-Li]

So only two people? They were warned...

[Tommy]

Um....that's like saying I had a chocolate bar and then an hour later I had a stuffy nose then blaming the chocolate bar for making my nose stuffy.

Unless of course, it was clinically proven the drink caused it.

They made they choice to drink it.

[Raiden no Kishi]

Attention: Energy drink lovers! It has been discovered that Spike Shooter energy drink is harmful. One girl had seizures after drinking it (she happened to be diabetic), while a boy had stomach cramps. The drink even has a warning label. Of course, the chickens in charge of Spike Shooter declined to comment.

As to the first case, any drink with high sugar levels will mess with a diabetic's system ~ that's common knowledge. As to the second, more information is needed. Many drinks like sodas or energy drinks are uncomfortable on an empty stomach [such as Mountain Dew]. Plus, if it has a warning label, the producers are not at fault.

.rai//

[Radical Dreamer]

Attention: Energy drink lovers! It has been discovered that Spike Shooter energy drink is harmful. One girl had seizures after drinking it (she happened to be diabetic), while a boy had stomach cramps. The drink even has a warning label. Of course, the chickens in charge of Spike Shooter declined to comment.

...A diabetic probably shouldn't be drinking energy drinks anyways. o_o Additionally, yeah, I agree with Raiden on the stomach ache part. But honestly, if the ingredients have anything with caffeine, it's not rare for people to get stomach aches after drinking something with caffeine, especially on an empty stomach. Besides, I wouldn't say that two cases, one of which was a diabetic, should have any sway on whether or not the energy drink is any good.

And yeah, if the warning label was there, the company isn't liable for anything.

[KeybladeWarrior]

Of course someone may sue this company a get tons of money even though there was clearly a warning label on the can. Such a pity:/

[Stephen]

Warning lable. People almost dieing? Where can I buy a few cans of this stuff....


Btw. They should never drink Jolt. It would probably kill there entire extended family.

[Mithrandir]

"...and don't get too attached to the family dog, either!"

[Shao Feng-Li]

And never drink red bull if you're going to be sitting in a UHaul traveling cross-country. You may explode.

[RedMage]

Is there no end to the number of energy drinks on the market these days? Every two days I hear one of that was completely unknown to me before.

[mechana2015]

I've gotten stomach aches off of all kinds of energy drinks, and I would guess that ALL of them could inspire you to diabetic seizures considering the conglomorate of stimulants in them. I think on one side or another this is either junk science or hysteria.

[K. Ayato]

I get stomach aches from Starbucks frappaccinos! Come on!

[Cognitive Gear]

Every energy drink I've ever had has had a warning label on it. It shouldn't surprise anyone to find out that it may have negative effects on some people. I mean, some of them have ingredients that are normally reserved for use as heart medication.

EDIT: I do not mean to say that they use the ingredients from heart medicines that help your heart. What I mean to say is that they share some of the same ingredients, in particular the ones that allow the medication to work faster.

[AsianBlossom]

I get stomach aches from Starbucks frappaccinos! Come on!

Hm...do you think it could be the caffeine? I can't drink regular coffee without problems so I get the decaf frappuccinos, and they work for me. Also, I don't feel bad after drinking caffeine-free sodas whereas I get somewhat of a stomach ache after drinking most regular sodas. So I'm guessing this may all be a case of caffeine intolerance, if it's a similar case for you as well.

Just thought I'd put my two cents in...now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

[Zilch]

While seizures are nothing to laugh about, the stomach cramps are actually funny. If they only knew how many stomach aches I've weathered after the first six Dews...then once again, I hadn't eaten anything when I did get a stomach ache.

[mitsuki lover]

IMO we haven't been told the entire story in either case.
I would also like to correct something from the first post,it is called diabetic SHOCK
not seizure.Seizures are associated with epilepsy.
So what she had was a diabetic shock not seizure,get your terminology correct.

[Mave]

May I ask how much of these products do you all consume at one go? I mean, Zilch, my brother, SIX dews at one go?

I'm a coffee drinker but I have to moderate it. If I consume too much of it, I give myself heartburn. Perhaps that is the stomachache some of you refer to. My doctor told me that caffeine weakens the muscle that separates my stomach juices from my esophagus.

I work for the food industry (not this manufacturer specifically) and shake my head reading about consumers like this. Labels are there for a reason. What else do you want? Bright neon light blinkers? An electric shock when a diabetic kid touches the can?

Typically, a lot of studies go behind those labels slapped on those products. How else would these warnings be justified? Actually, the fact that those kids got sick highlights how responsible the manufacturers were: They were RIGHT to put the warning there.

Why can't some consumers just take responsibility for their poor choices, instead of blaming the rest of the world for the consequences they put themselves in the first place?

[Nate]

Why can't some consumers just take responsibility for their poor choices, instead of blaming the rest of the world for the consequences they put themselves in the first place?

Because then they couldn't bring ridiculous lawsuits into the court system and win millions of dollars. Duh. :p

[Saj]

because people dont like taking responsibility for their mistakes.

edit: beat me to it nate

[Hitokiri]

Now if someone drank one and thier eyesballs started shaking, spontanous twitching, continious vommiting, and incomprehensible speech - I would be alarmed.

I mean I get stomach cramps from waffles soo....but I get stomach cramps easily.

What gets me is they have like...energy everything. I was cashiering and I started playing around with this new "Energy Chew" candy with the other cashiers. I mean...whats next. "Energy Shaving Cream"? Slap it on and you get a "buzzzzzzz". Energy Tic-Tacs? Haha.

I drink energy drinks fairly seldom. I prefer Mountain Dew and Vault.

[Mave]

Why can't some consumers just take responsibility for their poor choices, instead of blaming the rest of the world for the consequences they put themselves in the first place?

My bad, my bad. Please consider this rhetorical in nature, you rascals. XD

The only "energy boost" drink I ever took was Starbucks DoubleShot in a can and that was right before an extremely important job interview (I got the job btw! XD). I shall always remember the ad for that drink....all the ppl cheering for that dude as he got ready for his presentation. "Go kick S!"

[Tommy]

We should ban energy drinks around the world.
I mean seriously, if energy drinks were gone things like these would not have happened.
Energy drinks kill people.
People do not kill people.

(Replace the words 'Energy Drink' with 'Guns' and then we find a familiar general opinion I do not agree with.)

[Fiore teh Duck]

Wasn't there a mention of this in one of the CAA Radio shows?

And, generally when things have a warning label...you should read them.

[Master-Chief]

Like when Nut packages say "WARNING,MAY CONTAIN NUTS"? rofl

[Fiore teh Duck]

Like when Nut packages say "WARNING,MAY CONTAIN NUTS"? rofl

ROFL. It always amuses me when I see bags of almonds and its like, "MAY CONTAIN NUTS", and I'm like....err, "So if this doesn't contain nuts...THEN WHAT AM I EATING?"

[Master-Chief]

your eating zard poo (dont ask)

[Tommy]

your eating zard poo (dont ask)

Is that a trolly message, or does it bare relevance?

[K. Ayato]

Dude, it was a joke. Good one there, chef.

[Kawaiikneko]

Most energy drinks also warn against drinking two in one day.. I know a guy who chugged two on an empty stomach. He threw up, almost passed out, and then fell down in the bathroom and got a concussion. XD Yeah it was pretty funny.

He still drinks energy drinks. That stomach cramp kid needs to toughen up.

[AsianBlossom]

Like when Nut packages say "WARNING,MAY CONTAIN NUTS"? rofl

I remember reading about that...I could probably post a bunch of warning labels I've read about in the Goof Off forum.