Microdose Chocolate May Cause Seizures, FDA Warns

Microdose Chocolate , May Cause Seizures, FDA Warns.

The FDA says that several people in four states have gotten sick after eating Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars.

Severe symptoms experienced by the victims include "seizures, central nervous system depression, agitation, abnormal heart rates, hyper/hypotension, nausea and vomiting," CBS News reports.

.

The chocolate, which is sold across the country, landed six of the eight victims in the hospital.

.

The company's website says that the chocolate is manufactured with a "primo proprietary blend of nootropic and functional mushrooms.".

In 2022, the FDA called nootropics "a term widely used to market unapproved products as 'smart drugs' and 'cognitive enhancers.'".

On June 7, the FDA warned parents to keep their kids away from the chocolate which is marketed as candy.

.

Parents and caregivers should consider discussing the information in this advisory with their children and take extra care to avoid this product being consumed by younger people.

, FDA, via statement.

Half of the victims were in Arizona, CBS News reports.

.

While these products claim to contain only natural ingredients and no scheduled drugs, there is clearly something toxic occurring, Steve Dudley, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, via news release.

We've seen the same phenomenon of people eating the chocolate bar then seizing, losing consciousness, and having to be intubated, Steve Dudley, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, via news release