Microdose Chocolate , May Cause Seizures, FDA Warns.
The FDA says that several people in
four states have gotten sick after eating Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars.
Severe symptoms experienced by the victims include "seizures, central nervous system depression, agitation, abnormal heart rates, hyper/hypotension, nausea and vomiting," CBS News reports. .
The chocolate, which is sold across the country, landed six of the eight victims in the hospital. .
The company's website says that the chocolate
is manufactured with a "primo proprietary blend
of nootropic and functional mushrooms.".
In 2022, the FDA called nootropics "a term widely used to market unapproved products as 'smart drugs' and 'cognitive enhancers.'".
On June 7, the FDA warned parents to
keep their kids away from the chocolate
which is marketed as candy. .
Parents and caregivers should consider
discussing the information in this
advisory with their children and take
extra care to avoid this product being
consumed by younger people. , FDA, via statement.
Half of the victims were in
Arizona, CBS News reports. .
While these products claim to
contain only natural ingredients
and no scheduled drugs, there is
clearly something toxic occurring, Steve Dudley, director of the Arizona Poison and
Drug Information Center, via news release.
We've seen the same phenomenon
of people eating the chocolate bar
then seizing, losing consciousness,
and having to be intubated, Steve Dudley, director of the Arizona Poison and
Drug Information Center, via news release
