Remind your children that overdoses can occur with OTC drugs as well as with prescription drugs,” FDA said. “Sit down with your children and discuss the dangers of misusing drugs and how social media trends can lead to real, sometimes irreversible, damage. > Please consider subscribing to support local journalism. More: Student loan forgiveness: How and when to apply More: Spring Grove's Ella Bahn a rising star in several sports More: Mayor without an office? Wrightsville's new mayor wants a space of her own The FDA advises people keep drugs away from children and lock up medications to prevent overdoses and the temptation to take part in the latest challenge. If you type the phrase on the video app, no videos of people seriously. Put simply: Someone could take a dangerously high amount of the cough and cold medicine without even realizing it,” the FDA said. It’s unclear where the fake phrase emerged from, but the Sleepy Chicken Challenge isn’t actually a thing on TikTok. Even if you don’t eat the chicken, inhaling the medication’s vapors while cooking could cause high levels of the drugs to enter your body. “Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways. In the NyQuil chicken challenge, people are often using large quantities of the liquid and cooking it down, which can concentrate the ingredients and lead to potential toxicity when the chicken. The “sleepy chicken” challenge isn’t just silly and unappetizing, the FDA said, it could also be very unsafe. Videos show users marinating or cooking chicken in the blue green Nyquil liquid, supposedly to address cold symptoms. The Food and Drug Administration is warning people against taking part in an online trend that involves using over-the-counter drugs, most notably liquid NyQuil or other cough and cold medication, in cooking. Watch Video: Here's what to expect at Field of Screams in 2022
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |