The Benadryl Challenge

The food and drug administration has issued a warning against excessive use of the common allergy medicine benadryl after a new challenge went viral on social media.

The benadryl challenge. The benadryl challenge which has been posted on the video sharing app tiktok sees users intentionally overdosing on the over the counter allergy medicine diphenhydramine better known as. Why is the benadryl challenge dangerous. People on tiktok were reportedly overdosing on over the counter drugs while participating in the benadryl challenge now the food and drug administration is issuing a warning about it. A new tiktok challenge was blamed for the death of a 15 year old girl in oklahoma.

Teenagers are taking large amounts of benadryl to trip on the medication in hopes of getting high and having hallucinations. Dubbed the benadryl challenge the latest craze to sweep the app encourages participants to take excessive. The fda said there have been reports of teens taking too much benadryl and ending up in the hospital emergency rooms. The idea behind the tiktok benadryl challenge is to demonstrate that after taking 12 or more of these pills the person taking them will be able to experience a high that includes hallucinations.

Tiktok users are taking part in a dangerous benadryl challenge and officials are warning that participating can lead to serious health problems or even death. Antihistamines which can cause drowsiness can be found in benadryl. The benadryl challenge is a dangerous social media fad on the app tiktok that led to the death of a 15 year old oklahoma teen last week and the hospitalization of at least three texas. The challenge has led to teens deaths too cnn reports.

The phenomenon which some are dubbing the benadryl challenge is the latest in a string of dangerous tiktok trends including the nutmeg challenge and the cinnamon challenge. The food and drug.