Take A Shot Of Death

Those ubiquitous 5-hour Energy pods that have spawned countless imitators can give you a boost of energy, but are not strong enough to raise the dead. And with 13 deaths linked to the shot since 2009, maybe they can retain they consumers they loose to their product.

The drink was mentioned in close to 90 FDA filings in the past three years, which included cases of serious or life-threatening injuries. Sure, you do not have an absolute, direct link to the heart attacks, convulsions and, in one case, a spontaneous abortion, but it was involved. Larger-sized Monster energy drink was cited in five deaths, so it's not a stretch to say that overuse of these may be a little dangerous.  But hey, you can die from too much water ingestion, so why not have something with a little more flavor?

That 5-hour energy is considered a "dietary supplement", well, that's were it gets a little concerning. Anything you ingest can be considered a dietary supplement  but I get the impression that substances with not enough merit to be considered "food" get this denotation, and nobody would rightly take a negatively-effective supplement.  There's a denotation for that too...it's call poison.  Articles covering the linked deaths have pointed out this is reminiscent of the Four Loko problems of yesteryear (and reminded us that a little 5-hour Energy in there makes new Four Loko as good as old Four Loko), but it's not really, other than too much of anything can be lethal.