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FDA: Energy Shots Linked to Deaths

By: KNWA News
Updated: November 15, 2012
Five-Hour Energy shot may be supplying users with too big of a rush.

According to the New York Times, records from the Food and Drug Administration show that those Five-Hour Energy shots you see on counters almost everywhere have been linked to 13 deaths and 30 life-threatening incidents since 2008.

The life - threatening incidents include heart attacks, convulsions, and at least one "spontaneous
abortion" according to the Times .

This comes a month after the F-D-A said Monster energy drinks were linked to five deaths.

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