Well, isn't this special. Social media gets people to cook chicken soaked in NyQuil cold medicine....
CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen shared on Monday some advice one hopes would never actually be necessary: “Do not cook your chicken in NyQuil.”
The seemingly obvious culinary tip was proffered in response to an actual warning released by the FDA — yes, this is a real thing on the FDA’s website right now, because we are in fact living in the dumbest and weirdest timeline — titled “A Recipe for Danger: Social Media Challenges Involving Medicines.”
“A recent social media video challenge encourages people to cook chicken in NyQuil (acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, and doxylamine) or another similar OTC cough and cold medication, presumably to eat,” the FDA statement says, calling the challenge “silly and unappetizing” but one that “could also be very unsafe,” and offering this explanation:
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Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways. 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. It could also hurt your lungs. Put simply: Someone could take a dangerously high amount of the cough and cold medicine without even realizing it.
CNN Newsroom anchor Ana Cabrera brought on Cohen to discuss the social media trend. “What should parents know?” asked Cabrera.
“Did you ever think you would say that phrase, Ana — cooking chicken in NyQuil?” Cohen said with a laugh.
“I don’t get it!” replied Cabrera.
“It’s apparently all the rage among some kids,” said Cohen, but is “a terrible idea.”
Words fail. Probably the brainchild of those who somehow (and unfortunately) survived the Tide Pod and bleach-drinking challenges.
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