Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Caffeine consumption is so common and extended that its pharmacological effects on the human psyche have been underestimated.This is reflected in the popularity of high caffeine level energy drinks that are sold without any warning or restriction.There are few reports on psychosis associated to high doses of caffeine in which the explanatory molecular mechanism would be A1 and A2A adonosine receptor blockage and the consequential strengthening of the dopaminergic transmission.However, in spite of the direct and indirect evidence that links mania with increase in dopaminergic activity, the reports of caffeine-induced mania are very rare.We present the case of a female patient who consumed energy drinks with high caffeine concentration and who developed maniac episodes on two occasions.We propose the need to evaluate meticulously the association between caffeine and affective episodes.
Source: Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría
Language: English
Topic: Coffee research and impacts
Subfield: Pharmacology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W27669730