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Garriott JC, Simmons LM, Poklis A, Mackell MA. 
“Five cases of fatal overdose from caffeine-containing 'look-alike' drugs”. 
J Anal Toxicol. 1985 May-Jun;9(3):141-3.
Abstract
Five cases of death from ingestion of "look-alike" dose forms are reported. "Look-alikes" are widely used non-prescription drugs sold as appetite suppressants or stimulants. Three of the cases had taken caffeine/ephedrine combinations, and two had taken caffeine only. All had lethal concentrations of caffeine detected in the blood (130 to 344 mg/L), and three had high ephedrine concentrations from 3.5 to 20.5 mg/L. Caffeine and ephedrine were measured in body fluids and tissues (when available) by SIM gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) after extraction with diethyl ether.
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