The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning the public to avoid Diamond Shruumz chocolates, cones and gummies following an outbreak of severe illnesses that has led to 10 hospitalizations. In an alert sent Wednesday to health care providers, the CDC said a dozen people in eight states have gotten sick after eating the brand’s “microdosing” mushroom edibles. Common symptoms included seizures, abdominal pain, abnormal heart rate and high or low blood pressure.
None died, but several patients needed to be put on ventilators and were admitted to the intensive care unit, the CDC said. The actual scale of the outbreak may be even larger, according to Kait Brown, clinical managing director of America’s Poison Centers. Nationwide, poison centers have received 22 reports of illnesses potentially linked to Diamond Shruumz products and are seeing new cases every day, Brown said.
The CDC tally represents the most severe cases, she said, but poison centers are also aware of milder cases that were limited to gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea or vomiting, or feelings of sleepiness or light sedation. Why are Diamond Shruumz potentially making people sick? Diamond Shruumz says on its website that its products are meant for microdosing. Microdosing typically refers to consuming small amounts of psychoactive or hallucinogenic substances, enough to reap the benefits while minimizing more debilitating effects.
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