SAN FRANCISCO – The young man stumbled into the emergency room late one night after a house party, saying his heart wouldn’t stop pounding and he could barely breathe after downing liquor mixed with energy drinks. Emergency physician Steve Sun found the patient was so dehydrated he was going into kidney failure – one of many troubling cases Sun says he has treated in recent years tied to energy drink consumption.
Sun’s caseload appears in line with a new government survey that suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years, the same period in which the supercharged drink industry has surged in popularity in convenience stores, bars and on college campuses.
“Five years ago, perhaps I would see one or two cases every three months or so.![]()
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