{"id":3257,"date":"2023-05-06T21:11:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T21:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2023-05-06T21:11:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T21:11:41","slug":"smelling-salt-products-promise-an-energy-boost-but-have-reportedly-caused-seizures-fda-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=3257","title":{"rendered":"Smelling Salt Products Promise an &#8216;Energy Boost,&#8217; But Have Reportedly Caused Seizures, FDA Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Food and Drug Administration warned that unapproved inhalant products containing ammonia may pose health risks.<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-3258\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-48.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A company is selling unapproved stimulants that contain ammonia, according to the Food and Drug Administration.\u00a0(Image credit: Sarah Silbiger \/ Stringer via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Several unapproved inhalants being marketed to &#8220;promote alertness and boost energy&#8221; contain mostly ammonia, a toxic gas that can sometimes cause severe symptoms when inhaled, the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/drugs\/drug-safety-and-availability\/fda-warns-consumers-not-purchase-or-use-nose-slap-and-soul-slap-products-marketed-alertness-and\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned<\/a>(opens in new tab)\u00a0Monday (May 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/medicine-drugs\/smelling-salt-products-promise-an-energy-boost-but-have-reportedly-caused-seizures-fda-warns\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/medicine-drugs\/smelling-salt-products-promise-an-energy-boost-but-have-reportedly-caused-seizures-fda-warns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration warned that unapproved inhalant products containing ammonia may pose health risks. Several unapproved inhalants being marketed to &#8220;promote alertness and boost energy&#8221; contain mostly ammonia, a toxic gas that can sometimes cause severe symptoms when inhaled, the\u00a0U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned(opens in new tab)\u00a0Monday (May 1). Read more: https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/medicine-drugs\/smelling-salt-products-promise-an-energy-boost-but-have-reportedly-caused-seizures-fda-warns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3259,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions\/3259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}