ReviewNutrition reviews2014
Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: what are the risks?
Review in Nutrition reviews, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.
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- Effect of caffeine and cannabidiol (CBD) co-administration on Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) subjective effects, performance impairment, and pharmacokinetics.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Trial
- Faster self-paced rate of drinking for alcohol mixed with energy drinks versus alcohol alone.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Trial
- Mixing Energy Drinks with Alcohol is Related to Alcohol Problems Over Time Among Reserve and National Guard Soldiers.Military medicine · 2026Article
- Factors associated with smoking and risky drinking among university students in Japan.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Alcohol mixed with energy drinks among university students in Poland: prevalence, determinants, and health implications.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- No significant gender differences in driving-related skills following alcohol mixed with energy drinks during an experimental binge-drinking episode.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and predictors of common psychoactive substances consumption among university students: the role of mental health and academic fields.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Characteristics of the drinking habits of people who overdose over-the-counter drugs: Insights from a nationwide Japanese survey.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024Article
- Alcoholic Beverage Preference in Germany: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Trends 1995-2018.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2023Article
- Demographic and behavioural correlates of energy drink consumption.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Alcohol and energy drinks: individual contribution of common ingredients on ethanol-induced behaviour.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
- Energy drinks at adolescence: Awareness or unawareness?Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
- Histopathological Changes in the Myocardium Caused by Energy Drinks and Alcohol in the Mid-term and Their Effects on Skeletal Muscle Following Ischemia-reperfusion in a Rat Model.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2023Article
- Ethanol combined with energy drinks: Two decades of research in rodents.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Review
- Effects of Energy Drink and Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drink on Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Seizures in Rats.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2022Article
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- Alcohol Consumption and Behavioral Consequences in Romanian Medical University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Alcohol mixed with energy drinks: what about taurine?Psychopharmacology · 2021Review
- Alcohol mixed with energy drinks: Expectancies of use and alcohol-related negative consequences among a young adult sample.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- Energy Drink Consumption and Substance Use Among Middle and High School Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Energy drinks are popular beverages that typically include high levels of caffeine and other ingredients such as taurine, or caffeine-containing herbs, such as guarana. While energy drinks are often consumed alone, they are also frequently used as mixers for alcoholic beverages. This review summarizes what is known about the scope of use of alcohol mixed with energy drinks, the risks associated with such mixtures, and the objective laboratory data examining how the effects of their consumption differ from consuming alcohol alone. The weight of the evidence reveals that consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks is riskier than consuming alcohol alone and constitutes a public health concern. Consumption of these mixed beverages is frequent, especially in young and underage drinkers, and compared with alcohol alone, their use is associated with elevated rates of binge drinking, impaired driving, risky sexual behavior, and risk of alcohol dependence. Laboratory research (human and animal) has demonstrated that consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks leads to altered subjective states including decreased perceived intoxication, enhanced stimulation, and increased desire to drink/increased drinking compared to consuming alcohol alone. Possible underlying mechanisms explaining these observations are highlighted in this review.
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