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PKR Nation · #11 (**permalink**) 11-11-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hellwung

Whatever you do, don't mix your RedBull with vodka, they've recently discovered it's very bad for you combined with alchohol

Explain please. Vodka and Red Bull is one of my favorite drinks.

TheSavage · #12 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by hellwung

Whatever you do, don't mix your RedBull with vodka, they've recently discovered it's very bad for you combined with alchohol

What isn't bad for you these days :/

TrueForm · #13 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 05:24 PM

Personally, I like a good old pint of bitter when I'm at the pub. But I found this for you Nation:

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The online news media is reporting that students who drink energy drink cocktails are more likely to mess themselves up than people who just drink regular old booze. Given the things that people manage to do when trashed exclusively on the sauce, this is some unfortunate news.

Some researchers in the States (Wake Forest University in North Carolina) carried out a web-based survey of 4,721 students. About a quarter of those who took the survey reported mixing an energy drink with their booze within the past 30 days. These special folks were found to be more likely to injure themselves, require medical assistance (read: alcohol poisoning), or get raped/rape someone. Party time!

Energy drinks generally contain high levels of some sort of stimulant. Usually it's a methyxanthine, like caffeine or theobromine. Other ingredients of pharmacological interest include natural products, which are often either herbs such as ginseng or ginkgo or royal jelly that are usually present in insufficient levels to actually produce any sort of medicinal effect, or else are just plants that contain caffeine (e.g. guarana) so as to disguise its presence in the product.

One big problem with energy drink cocktails is that the effects of the stimulant(s) in the energy drink masks feelings of drunkenness, so you don't feel as loaded as you actually are. This can lead to you do stupid things. Additionally, both methylxanthines (caffeine) and alcohol are diuretics. Dosing yourself with both drugs can lead to intensive dehydration, potentially causing cardiovascular problems such as hypotension and tachycardia. Not to mention the worst hangover known to man.

PKR Nation · #14 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 05:27 PM

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Additionally, both methylxanthines (caffeine) and alcohol are diuretics. Dosing yourself with both drugs can lead to intensive dehydration, potentially causing cardiovascular problems such as hypo tension and tachycardia. Not to mention the worst hangover known to man.

Not for nothing, but I spent a long weekend drinking these and a month later developed every one of those symptoms and ended up in the hospital. Very interesting, I need to share this with my doctor.

thank you

Dodgey101 · #15 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 09:35 PM

I can tell you from experience that anything that stimulates dopamine production in your brain is bad news. I could not drink cofee for 2 years after a couple of years clubbing in London.

I can tell you coke is £50 for a few hours of fun, but it's not worth it. Turns you into an instant twat.

I don't do any of that crap now, but I'm happy to have the odd redbull during a game of poker.

All things in moderation. What comes up must come down.

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