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Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have reportedly called for a meeting with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg after reports surfaced that the agency has received adverse event reports indicating that the caffeinated energy supplement 5-Hour Energy® may have been linked to the deaths of 13 people in the past four years. The product has apparently been mentioned in 90 filings submitted to the agency; the reports include more than 30 that purportedly involved serious injuries such as heart attacks, convulsions and a spontaneous abortion. The senators have questioned the safety of energy drinks in three letters to the agency in recent months; their latest letter states, “[W]e request a meeting with you on the steps FDA is taking regarding highly caffeinated energy drinks and to ensure they are safe for their intended use and in combination with other energy drink ingredients.” The senators also…