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Seizures and hyponatremia after excessive intake of diet coke.

Department of Emergency Medicine, Klina General Hospital, Brasschaat, Belgium.
European Journal of Emergency Medicine (impact factor: 0.9). 03/2008; 15(1):51. DOI:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282703645 pp.51
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ABSTRACT We describe a case of epileptic seizures after a massive intake of diet coke. Apart from the hyponatremia due to water intoxication the convulsions can be potentiated by the high dose of caffeine and aspartame from the diet coke. To our knowledge this is the first report of seizures due to excessive diet coke intake.

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Keywords

diet coke
 
epileptic seizures
 
excessive diet coke intake
 
hyponatremia
 
water intoxication
 

Luc J M Mortelmans