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Caffeine toxicity in a bodybuilder.
  1. C R FitzSimmons,
  2. N Kidner
  1. Accident and Emergency Department, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.

    Abstract

    Substance abuse is well documented among bodybuilders and weight lifters keen to enhance their performance. A case is described of abuse of caffeine to toxic levels by an amateur bodybuilder and is believed to be the first documented case of such recreational abuse.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.15.3.196

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