CAFFEINE

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CAFFEINE

• By Andrew Canzanese

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Brand Names

• - Tablets
• - Alert, Stay Awake, No Doz, Vivarin
• Drinks
• - Jolt Cola, Red Bull, Monster, Afri-Cola, Water
  Joe, etc.

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Street Names

• Coffee, Tea.
• Others include
• The Caf, Bathroom Express, Harry the C

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Chemical Name

• - 3,7-Dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione
• or
• 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine 1,3,7-trimethyl-2,6-dioxo
  purine coffeine
• Chemical Formula - C8H10N4O2

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Structure
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A Brief History

• http//web1.caryacademy.org/chemistry/rushin/Stude
  ntProjects/CompoundWebSites/1998/Caffeine/history_
  of_caffeine.htm

• Some anthropologists believe its use may date
  back to the Stone Age. 
• Caffeine was first extracted from coffee in
  1821. 
• Coffee originated in Ethiopia, by the fourth
  century AD it was introduced to Arabia and the
  rest of the east. 
• It is believed that the Ethiopian nomads
  discovered coffee through their animals.  They
  realized that after the animals would eat the
  fruits from the trees they would have an energy
  boost, so the nomads tried eating the seeds too
  and they also had an increase in energy. 
• In 1573 coffee was introduced to the Europeans,
  when it was first introduced them, the
  authorities tried to ban it but they couldn't do
  it. 
• Tea was introduced later in 1657 and became very
  popular to the people. 
• Even later milk chocolate was introduced into
  Switzerland in 1876, near the end of  the 19th
  century cola products started to appear around
  the world. 

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Effects of Caffeine

• Mildly stimulates the Nervous and Cardio.
  Systems.

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Physiological Effects

• Decreased fatigue
• Increase in heart rate, blood flow, respiratory
  rate, and metabolic rate for several hours.

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Psychological Effects

• Elevated Mood
• Increased attentiveness
• Eventually, tolerance to the effects increases

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Possible Side Effects

• Hand Tremors, nervousness, delirium, decrease in
  appetite, impairs the coordination of movement,
  insomnia.
• Restlessness, jitteriness, dehydration are also
  negative side effects.
• Note these are only when someone has too much
  caffeine.

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Scheduled Rating

• Scheduled Rating of 5.
• Can buy anywhere.

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Medical Use

• Pain relievers
• Excedrin Caplets (65 mg), Bayer Select Maximum
  Strength Headache Pain relief (65.4 mg)
• Cold Medications
• Drixoral, Vivarin

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Comparison of Products

• - Jolt Cola- 220 mg
• Over the Counter Drug, Vivarin (1 tablet)
• - 200 mg
• Brewed Coffee (8 oz) 135 mg
• - Mountain Dew (12 oz) 55 mg
• - Coffee Ice Cream (1 cup) 50 mg
• - Snapple Tea (16 oz) 48 mg

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Sources

• http//www.medicinenet.com/caffeine_tablets-oral/a
  rticle.htm
• http//coffeetea.about.com/od/caffeine/tp/extracaf
  feine.htm
• www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/caffeine.html
  
• http//www.erowid.org/chemicals/caffeine/caffeine_
  chemistry.shtml
• www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/caff02.htm
• http//www.faqs.org/nutrition/Ca-De/Caffeine.html
• http//www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database/
• http//serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro99/web3
  /Howard.html
• http//www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/guide/tri
  ggers-caffeine