caffeine
Downscheduling welcomed
Downscheduling of migraine treatments begins on 1 Feb The Pharmacy Guild of Australia welcomed the confirmed decision to down-schedule the migraine treatments sumatriptan and zolmitriptan to S3, or pharmacist-only, medicines. …
Caffeine cutback
Tight scheduling restrictions are being imposed on caffeine powders Currently unregulated caffeine powders are to be included as scheduled medicines, after an interim decision announced by the Therapeutic Goods Administration …
Scheduling changes on the agenda
New proposals may see pharmacists dispensing downscheduled allergic rhinitis, migraine treatments, while caffeine powders are to be effectively banned The TGA’s medicine scheduling committee is set to rule on proposals …
An end to high-concentration caffeine
The Federal Government has decided to ban the sale of pure and highly concentrated caffeine food products, including pure caffeine powder, for personal consumption The ban comes after the Morrison …
Risky mixing harms ignored
Many thousands of young Australians are mixing alcohol with caffeine-laden energy drinks with little regard for the potential dangers, according to new research Around 40% of young current drinkers reported …
How much caffeine is too much?
New observational research may provide further impetus for expectant mums to limit caffeine intake In a prospective cohort study of 50,943 mothers and their children recruited from 2002 to 2008, …
Take three lattes a day for that
Worried about the level of your caffeine intake? Well, new research has indicated that 3-4 cups per day may be doing more good than harm, except during pregnancy UK researchers …
The same, only different
Energy drinks have been found to affect the heart and blood pressure levels in a way caffeine-only drinks do not A study published in the Journal of the American Heart …
Health Check: does caffeine cause dehydration?
The advice that caffeine is a diuretic is actually incorrect, argues Ben Desbrow Ben Desbrow, Associate Professor, Griffith University For a long time people have been told that caffeine is a …
Energy drinks linked to adverse heart reactions
A new University of Adelaide study has found that drinking more than two energy drinks per day is associated with adverse heart reactions, including a fast heartbeat and heart palpitations. …
Can coffee reduce heart attack?
More research is needed to confirm whether drinking coffee can reduce the risk of a heart attack, Heart Foundation CEO Mary Barry says. A study by Korean researchers, published in …
Should energy drinks be regulated?
International health experts are calling on governments to take a stronger regulatory stand on caffeinated energy drinks, which have been associated with cardiac arrest and sudden death, heart palpitations, digestive …