FDA: Please Do Not Cook Chicken In NyQuil [VIDEO]

The Hill reports:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning young people against engaging in an online trend that challenges people to cook with over-the-counter drugs, saying there are “significant risks” in using these medications incorrectly.

At the beginning of this year, the trend took off on social media apps such as TikTok, where users would post videos of chicken marinating in liquid NyQuil.

Online users were aghast at this “challenge,” which appears to have jumped in popularity after one account claimed that the “sleepy chicken” helped with their cold symptoms.

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Since I lived the aftermath firsthand of worrying about Americans w/ the FDA & CDC when the fmr guy suggested people ingest household cleaners…I feel the need to say this given the latest dangerous trend on social media. Please do not cook your chicken in Nyquil. Thank you.?

— Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) September 19, 2022

?PSA: No NyQuil chicken ?! https://t.co/WDAo18KzEY

— Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) September 19, 2022

Hey, kids, just FYI, TikTok is trying to kill you stone deadhttps://t.co/7hX8PnDnl3

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) September 19, 2022

NyQuil chicken ? pic.twitter.com/u9cnHNV393

— justin (@ckajuice) September 16, 2020