I’m sorry but if you know your daughter has ANY type of heart issue, you do NOT let her drink a lot of caffeine. And if you know you have a heart issue, you do not drink a lot of caffeine. And sure, the doctor probably should point out that high levels of caffeine are not good.
But you know whose fault it’s NOT? The company that sells the drinks to a gazillion people without heart problems who drink them with no issue. But of course that’s who gets blamed. Because people are simply not responsible for their own condition anymore. It’s always someone else’s fault.
I have SVT. It’s a heart thing. Not a serious one. Not a big deal. I cannot die from it unless I don’t lie down when it happens causing me to get dizzy, pass out and crack my head open and bleed out on the sidewalk. But guess what? I limit my caffeine. And I can tell when I’ve had too much and know to stop having it and drink more water. I also can’t use DayQuil or any cold/allergy product containing ephedrine. Oh well. Pretty simple. And guess what? No doctor has ever actually told me that. I figured it out all on my own. Magic.
This lawsuit against Monster Beverage is gross. In my opinion, the below quote says ‘we knew my daughter had a problem and didn’t care to protect her nor did she care to protect herself. Our doctor didn’t tell us but still we should have known but are complete idiots’ *real quote* “A lawyer for her family, Kevin Goldberg, said that the 14-year-old had been aware she had an underlying condition but added that her doctors had not told her to restrict her physical activities or her caffeine use.”
Caffeine is WELL known as a stimulant. The more you have, the more your body is stimulated. That’s why you are probably drinking it. So how do you NOT know that’s bad for you with an underlying heart condition? And if, at 14, you are claiming you are too stupid to know this then your parents should have.
It’s awful that this girl died. Of course it is. But it’s her and her family’s fault. Monster Beverage is marketed VERY clearly as a highly-caffeinated beverage. Not like they snuck it in on you.
It’s called common sense people. If you don’t have it, don’t go outside and ruin it for the rest of us.
