EbenGregory PSA: The 5 Hour Energy Drink Is Killing People

Hey Hennessy and 5 Hour Energy drinker…these energy drinks including the 5-Hour product above has been cited in at least 30 deaths since 2009.

Since 2009, 5-Hour Energy has been mentioned in some 90 filings with the F.D.A., including more than 30 that involved serious or life-threatening injuries like heart attacks, convulsions and, in one case, a spontaneous abortion, a summary of F.D.A. records reviewed by The New York Times showed.

The filing of an incident report with the F.D.A. does not mean that a product was responsible for a death or an injury or contributed in any way to it. Such reports can be fragmentary in nature and difficult to investigate.

The distributor of 5-Hour Energy, Living Essentials of Farmington Hills, Mich., did not respond to written questions about the filings, and its top executive declined to be interviewed. Living Essentials is a unit of the product’s producer, Innovation Ventures.

This is EbenGregory.com…telling you you for fast acting relief, try slowing down.