●● Trend data show a sharp increase in the
number of emergency department (ED)
visits involving energy drinks between
2005 (1,128 visits) and 2008 and 2009
(16,053 and 13,114 visits, respectively),
representing about a tenfold increase
between 2005 and 2009
●● Approximately half of the energy drinkrelated
ED visits (52 percent) made
by patients aged 18 to 25 involved
combinations of energy drinks with alcohol
or other drugs