For labor and delivery nurses
The strip you can take between charts.
One Energy strip, on the tongue, gone in about thirty seconds. No water, no cup to find a surface for, and a tin small enough for a scrub pocket.
Hour twelve
You know the moment.
It is 4:47 in the morning. Room 4 is turning over, Room 7 is nine centimeters, and the coffee pot in the break room has been empty for two hours because nobody has had two minutes to fill it.
One strip, one chart entry, and it is gone.
You had a coffee at two in the afternoon, another at six and another at ten. The next one means walking away from the floor, waiting for it to cool, and finding somewhere to put the cup down.
An Energy strip is the other way to do that. It lives in your pocket, it needs no water, and it is gone before you have finished the chart entry.
On shift
Open, place, carry on.
Three movements, none of them needing a sink, a cup or a break.
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Take one from the tin.
The tin fits in a scrub pocket or on a badge reel. Dry fingers, one strip off the top of the stack.
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Put it on your tongue.
On top or underneath, whichever you like. There is nothing to swallow and nothing to wash it down with.
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Finish the chart.
About thirty seconds later the film is gone, and so is the cranberry. That is a dissolve time, and it is the only timing we put a number on.
What is in one strip
Three actives, every amount printed.
The whole panel is on the product page. Nothing sits behind a blend name.
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Caffeine, 50 mg.
About half of a typical cup of brewed coffee. Printed on the panel, so you can count it against everything else you drink on shift.
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L-theanine, 30 mg.
An amino acid found in tea. It is paired with caffeine in a body of published research; the best-known study paired 50 mg of caffeine with 100 mg of L-theanine, more than three times the L-theanine in a strip, so we do not claim its results for ours.
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Vitamin B12, 1000 mcg.
As methylcobalamin. B12 contributes to normal energy metabolism.
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No sugar.
Sweetened with stevia. Cranberry flavor, and no coffee breath afterwards.
How do I take it during a shift?
Take one strip from the tin, put it on your tongue and leave it. It is gone in about thirty seconds. Do not chew it. No water needed.
Can I carry it at work?
It is a dry film in a small tin, not a liquid or a gel, and it fits in a scrub pocket. Follow your unit's own rules about food and drink on the floor.
How much caffeine is that?
50 mg per strip, printed on the panel. Count it with the coffee, tea and energy drinks you have on the same shift. If you are sensitive to caffeine, or want to sleep soon after your shift ends, take it earlier rather than later.
Can I take it with my medication?
Caffeine interacts with a number of medicines, including prescription stimulants and some antidepressants and heart medications. If you take any prescription medication, ask your doctor or pharmacist before using it.
Can I take it while pregnant or breastfeeding?
It contains 50 mg of caffeine per strip. ACOG's general guidance is under 200 mg of caffeine a day from all sources during pregnancy. Talk to your doctor or midwife before using any supplement while pregnant or breastfeeding.
What if it is not for me?
Unopened tins can be returned within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. The refund policy has the details.
Before you go
The rest of it, in three lines.
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Thirty strips a tin.
One a day makes a tin a month, at about a dollar a day on a one-time tin.
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$30.00 once, or less on a plan.
A one-time tin is $30.00. On Subscribe & Save your first subscription order is $20.00, then $27.00/month. Skip a month or stop whenever you like, from your account.
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The fine print.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.