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TikTok ‘Benadryl Challenge’ May Have Caused Oklahoma Teen’s Death

The girl apparently died from an overdose of Benadryl last week after participating in the latest TikTok craze.

Friends and family of a recently deceased 15-year-old girl in Oklahoma City are warning the public of the dangers of the so-called “Benadryl Challenge” on TikTok, in which users take a dozen or more doses of diphenhydramine hydrochloride, the active ingredient in Benadryl, to cause hallucinations. “The dose that can cause a hallucination is very close to the dose that can cause something potentially life-threatening,” Scott Schaeffer, director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information, told KFOR, a local news channel. According to Schaeffer, large doses of the drug can cause seizures and heart issues. In response, Benadryl’s manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, told the Daily Mail that it was working with TikTok to warn the public and remove content from the site.