Effects of energy drink ingestion on alcohol intoxication

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dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Sionaldo Eduardo [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMello, Marco Tulio de [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorPompeia, Sabine [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorSouza-Formigoni, Maria Lucia Oliveira de [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T12:41:05Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T12:41:05Z
dc.date.issued2006-04-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: Well-known reports suggest that the use of energy drinks might reduce the intensity of the depressant effects of alcohol. However, there is little scientific evidence to support this hypothesis.Objective and Methods: the present study aimed at evaluating the effects of the simultaneous ingestion of an alcohol (vodka(37.5%v/v)) and an energy drink (Red Bull((R))-3.57 mL/kg), compared with those presented after the ingestion of an alcohol or an energy drink alone. Twenty-six young healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to 2 groups that received 0.6 or 1.0 g/kg alcohol, respectively. They all completed 3 experimental sessions in random order, 7 days apart: alcohol alone, energy drink alone, or alcohol plus energy drink. We evaluated the volunteers' breath alcohol concentration, subjective sensations of intoxication, objective effects on their motor coordination, and visual reaction time.Results: When compared with the ingestion of alcohol alone, the ingestion of alcohol plus energy drink significantly reduced subjects' perception of headache, weakness, dry mouth, and impairment of motor coordination. However, the ingestion of the energy drink did not significantly reduce the deficits caused by alcohol on objective motor coordination and visual reaction time. the ingestion of the energy drink did not alter the breath alcohol concentration in either group.Conclusions: Even though the subjective perceptions of some symptoms of alcohol intoxication were less intense after the combined ingestion of the alcohol plus energy drink, these effects were not detected in objective measures oh motor coordination and visual reaction tune, as well as on the breath alcohol concentration.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUNIFESP, Dept Psychobiol, AFIP, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUNIFESP, Dept Psychobiol, AFIP, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent598-605
dc.identifierhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00070.x
dc.identifier.citationAlcoholism-clinical and Experimental Research. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, v. 30, n. 4, p. 598-605, 2006.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00070.x
dc.identifier.issn0145-6008
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/28838
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000236756300003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofAlcoholism-clinical and Experimental Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectAlcoholen
dc.subjectAlcoholic intoxicationen
dc.subjectEnergy drinken
dc.subjectCaffeineen
dc.subjectTaurineen
dc.titleEffects of energy drink ingestion on alcohol intoxicationen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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