
WTF is wrong with people?"Īnother user said: "Well just learned what 'sleepy chicken' is and I think I've had enough internet for a bit." One Twitter user said: "People are marinating chicken in NyQuil and calling it 'The Sleepy Chicken' on TikTok. Social media users have taken to their online platforms to share their thoughts on the unsafe trend. What have social media users said about the sleepy chicken challenge? NyQuil is not available in UK pharmacies, however, there are similar cough medicines available that should not be used to recreate this dangerous trend. Put simply: Someone could take a dangerously high amount of the cough and cold medicine without even realising it.” “Even if you don’t eat the chicken, inhaling the medication’s vapours while cooking could cause high levels of the drugs to enter your body. The FDA added: “Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways.

“These video challenges, which often target youths, can harm people - and even cause death.” The FDA said “One social media trend relying on peer pressure is online video clips of people misusing nonprescription medications and encouraging viewers to do so too. The FDA released a public announcement after reports surfaced of teenagers being rushed to hospital or dying after attempting the challenge. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged people to not participate in the trend. The US Food and Drug Administration is warning against a social media challenge which involves people coating their poultry in NyQuilĪs with most medicines, excessive consumption can cause serious harm to those involved with the dangerous trend.
