Caffeine and Alzheimer's

*Moogie* · Jul 07, 2009, 01:17 AM

Re: Caffine and Alzheimer's

Originally Posted by JustaPatient

unless my calcs are wrong i got 14736.8 cups day

Sounds like the average amount of coffee a nurse drinks on night shift.

*RockyCreek* · Jul 07, 2009, 10:32 AM

Re: Caffeine and Alzheimer's

How many cans would be the equivilent in Diet Cokes?

Morning-glory · Jul 07, 2009, 11:36 AM

Re: Caffine and Alzheimer's

Dealing with a mouse jacked up on caffeine is a bit easier that dealing with a patient jacked up on caffeine. I have to agree with arelle. I've worked geri-psych and it is a tough place to work. Add caffeine and it will be a dangerous place to work.

I'm not saying that it couldn't be of benefit, but the side effects will have to be monitored closely. Especially in those that have been in a caffeine-free environment in a while (institutions).

Originally Posted by arelle68

I have a resident who's wife brought him a cappuccino one evening. We went through all of our PRNs trying to get that man to calm down. He was wrestling with my CNAs, stripping in the dining room, setting off the door alarms. I was frightened when he pinned me in a room between the beds, and wouldn't let me out. I thought he was going to hurt me. I had never seen him act like that. NO more caffeine for my residents if I have anything to say about it.

tothepointeLVN · Jul 07, 2009, 11:44 AM

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1,000,000mg of caffeine sounds better ;D

Can you imagine 1KG of caffiene a day lol

CityKat · Jul 07, 2009, 01:51 PM

Re: Caffine and Alzheimer's

Originally Posted by tothepointe

Well maybe I could do half that....

With that much caffeine you'd never sleep

I remember a time when I sat up in college with a few girlfriends to get our project done. We drank espresso and coffee all night and all of us fell asleep. We didn't last ALL night though, only a part of the evening. I was told after this happened to us, that caffeine in large amounts has the reversal effects on the nervous system.

Interesting though.

nerdtonurse? · Jul 07, 2009, 02:34 PM

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I was working on my master's thesis/project , working full time, school full time, and pretty much living on Krispy Kremes and coffee/no doze. I graduated, but also gave myself a nice little upper GI bleed, too. Coffee ground emesis tastes HORRIBLE. If I did that now, I'd probably blow out a ventricle....

multicollinearity · Jul 07, 2009, 02:43 PM

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Hopefully research can be done to discover how to apply this knowledge effectively with human subjects. This is the best, brightest news about Alzheimer's that I've seen in a while.

*oramar* · Jul 07, 2009, 05:50 PM

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Doesn't matter in my case. I limit my coffee intake to one or two cups a day because if I don't my heart starts to jump in my chest. It feels like I am in afib. I don't like it and I have no intention of increasing my intake.

dawngloves · Jul 07, 2009, 07:16 PM

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*Phew!* I was afraid the study was going to say caffeine causes Altzheimers!

dawngloves · Jul 07, 2009, 07:19 PM

Re: Caffine and Alzheimer's

Originally Posted by Moogie

Sounds like the average amount of coffee a nurse drinks on night shift.

I honestly drank about a liter of Diet Pepsi every night when I worked nights.

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