- Health officials have sounded the alarm after at least five children were hospitalized in San Diego, California, for attempting the viral Benadryl challenge.
- The challenge encourages individuals to consume dangerous amounts of the over-the-counter allergy medication to induce hallucinations.
- Pediatricians warn that taking large quantities of Benadryl can lead to severe health issues, including agitation, hallucinations, rapid heart rate, seizures, and potentially cardiac arrest.
- Kenvue, the manufacturer of Benadryl, has condemned the challenge as dangerous and stated that they are working with social media platforms to remove related content.
- The Benadryl challenge has a history of causing harm, including the death of a 13-year-old boy in Ohio in 2023 and a warning issued by the FDA in 2020.
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