Don't Cook Chicken In NyQuil, FDA Warns After Trending TikTok Challenge

Recently, the FDA issued a warning over a TikTok "trend" where users cook "NyQuil chicken," also known as "sleepy chicken." Most videos of people making this unappetizing meal on TikTok have been blocked, and the platform released a statement to prevent users from engaging in the risky trend.

The so-called "sleepy chicken" dish, which is currently prohibited on the platform, has been the subject of numerous educational videos that have crawled the internet.

The FDA's warning statement regarding drowsy chicken misinterprets the trend, presuming that consumers are preparing the dish, and fails to see that the trend is simply a joke. The FDA then assisted in spreading the joke to a bigger audience.

Some people appear to be misinformed about the gravity of the current crisis, which isn't even real, rather than the possible risks of eating sleeping chicken.

NyQuil is still a health risk when used to cook chicken, according to the FDA. Whether or whether the dish is consumed, cooking with cold medicine is still risky, according to the FDA, because inhaling the cooked vapor damages the lungs.

Doctors worry that consuming drowsy chicken could result in ingesting up to a half bottle's worth of liquid medication without the person even realizing it. In turn, cooking chicken with sleeping pills releases increased levels of the medication, resulting in a dosage that is much higher than is necessary.

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Perhaps the worry stems from previously fatal trends like the "Benadryl Challenge," in which participants took excessive amounts of the antihistamine to experience hallucinations; several of them required hospitalization.

The FDA can relax knowing that people aren't consuming NyQuil chicken, even though it is doing its duty by warning people not to participate in these idiotic viral trends. But be aware that cooking with cold medicine can still be risky if you are considering creating your recipe as a joke.