Students given 30g dose of Caffeine in Sports study [Off Topic]

posted by paulhurleyuk – NE UK, 2017-01-26 12:04 (3440 d 04:27 ago) – Posting: # 16995
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Local to me, this story about a study in a sports science course of the effect of caffeine on exercise;

http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/25/students-left-fighting-for-life-after-taking-enough-caffeine-for-300-cups-of-coffee-6405671/

From the story; this trial had been conducted as part of the teaching course for many years, but had switched from tablets to caffeine powder. For this trial a member of staff calculated dosage using a mobile phone instead of a calculator, and the decimal place was misplaced, hence a dose of 30g, not 0.3g ! (Check out the pictures in the article comparing these two doses...)

Out of interest, Caffeine is released and available, so this isn't a clinical trial, but what regulations do apply ?

Paul.

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