Mountain Dew and Fresca banned in EU and Japan because they contain an ingredient that can lead to memory loss

Large doses of quinine may lead to severe (but reversible) symptoms of cinchonism: skin rashes, deafness, somnolence, diminished visual acuity or blindness, anaphylactic shock, and disturbances in heart rhythm or conduction, and death from cardiotoxicity (damage to the heart).

I am thrilled to learn from that Wikipedia article that death is a reversible symptom.

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