Caffeine Dependence

Caffeine is a commonplace central nervous system stimulant drug which occurs in nature as part of the coffee, tea, yerba mate, cocoa and other plants. It is also an additive in many consumer products, most notably beverages advertised as energy drinks and colas.

 

Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W031
Diagnosis: Caffeine Dependence
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Age Onset:
Brain Area: Use increases dopamine and norepinephrine
Symptoms: Stimulates reward system, but not enough to hijack it like cocaine.
Progression: Stimulating adnosine receptors induces tiredness & need to sleep;
Causes: Effects of coffee lessen and tolerance increases because the body makes more adenosine receptors.
Medications: None listed.
Therapies: Reduction in coffee to decaffinated coffee or teas. Reduce children’s soft-drink consumption.

Youtube Video: History of Coffee-Global Addiction

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Support Group: caffeineaddictsanonymous.com; ON-line;

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4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED

The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis 

Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.

  • Unravelling the myth: A cross-sectional study on coffee consumption among anesthesiologists in France
    by Mohammad Barnawi on November 29, 2024

    It is a common preconception in France that anesthesiologists consume the largest amounts of coffee. This study is aimed to evaluate the relation between working in anesthesiology and increased coffee consumption. Cross-sectional, multicentric study carried out on anesthesiology professionals in France including anesthesiologists (residents and seniors) and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (nurses and students). We performed a paper-based and a web-based survey among participants in the...

  • Social stimuli impact behavioral responses to caffeine in the zebrafish
    by Leah C Wilson on November 28, 2024

    Caffeine is a widely consumed stimulant with dose-dependent effects on behavior. Across species, lower doses tend be anxiolytic and increase activity, while higher doses tend to be anxiogenic and decrease activity. Given the importance of the social environment on stress responses, we investigated how social stimuli modulate behavioral responses to caffeine. We exposed adult zebrafish to low (25 mg/L) or moderate (60 mg/L) caffeine either in isolation or within view of a stimulus group....

  • The Efficacy of Nutritional Strategies and Ergogenic Aids on Acute Responses and Chronic Adaptations to Exertional-Heat Exposure: A Narrative Review
    by Ryan A Dunn on November 27, 2024

    Global warming is attributed to an increased frequency of high ambient temperatures and humidity, elevating the prevalence of high-temperature-related illness and death. Evidence over recent decades highlights that tailored nutritional strategies are essential to improve performance and optimise health during acute and chronic exertional-heat exposure. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to discuss the efficacy of various nutritional strategies and ergogenic aids on responses during and...

  • Pharmaceutical Residues in Sediments of a Coastal Lagoon in Northwest Mexico-Occurrence and Environmental Risk Assessment
    by Oscar Fernando Becerra-Rueda on November 25, 2024

    Contamination of marine ecosystems by pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) deserves more research since their environmental fate differs from that observed in freshwater systems. However, knowledge remains scarce, especially in semi-arid coastal regions of the Global South. This study investigates the occurrence and distribution of caffeine, carbamazepine, ciprofloxacin, and sulfamethoxazole in sediments from the La Paz lagoon, a coastal system in a semi-arid region of Mexico with inverse...