Caffeine

"Caffine." 27 feb 09 27 Feb 2009 .
 * Caffine is used in mostly coffe, tea, soft drinks, chocolate, and some nuts
 * also in energy drinks like red bull and monster
 * this affects the body's metabolism and central nervous system
 * Also can alert the body which keeps you up and gives you a boost of energy
 * to much caffine can make the body restless and irritable
 * Also can keep you awake and cause headaches and a abnormal heart rythm
 * If you stop using caffine you can have withdraw symptoms
 * Pregnant and nursing women should not have caffine
 * to be safe you need to limit your caffine intake
 * Some drugs can interact chemically with caffine which can be bad

"Affects to caffine on the nervous system." 27 Feb 2009 .
 * A fatal dosage is about 10 grams and about 170mg
 * Also drinking 80 to 100 cups of coffee
 * Caffine can start in about 15 minuates
 * it enters through the stomach then the small intestine
 * It takes about 6 hours for half of the caffine to wear off
 * Caffine is in the xanthine chemical group
 * Caffine can relax air passages and can allow some muscles to contract more easily
 * Also can constrict blood vessels
 * To see if someone needs caffine is to take it away from them and see how they react
 * Withdraw symptoms are headaches, fatigue, and muscle pain

"Abuse of caffeine pills can land you in intensive care." oct 17 2006 1 Mar 2009 .
 * Average age of people who abuse caffeine supplements is 21
 * its not from drinking to much coffee or tea its from medicated caffeine
 * Dr. Danielle McCarthy said that people think of caffeine mostly as a food not as a drug
 * people should not mix caffeine pills and other pharmaceuticals frugs because it can be harmful
 * younger people that use caffeine pilss have a very big chance to end up in the hospital because they take to much
 * Kids that go to the hospital because of the caffeine pills are rarely asked if they have taken caffeine supplements
 * Symptoms of caffeine abuse is insomnia, tremors, sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chest paints, and neurological symptoms.
 * Regional illinios poison clinic in chicago have had 265 cases from taking caffeine supplements
 * 31 of that number required hospitilization and 20 required intensive care treatment
 * The study was in a 3 year period from 2001 to 2004