(via huffington post)

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed the receipt of reports that the 5-hour Energy drink may have been involved in possibly 13 deaths over the past four years. The reports were first detailed by the New York Times on Wednesday.

FDA spokeswoman Shelly Burgess said that 5-hour Energy, sold by Living Essentials, has been mentioned in some 90 FDA filings since 2009, including more than 30 that involved serious or life-threatening events like heart attacks, convulsions, and in one case, a spontaneous abortion, the New York Times reported.

A spokeswoman for Living Essentials (the company that distributes 5-hour Energy) issued a statement saying that the product "is not an energy drink" and that the company was "unaware of any deaths proven to have been caused by the consumption of 5-hour Energy."

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