Benadryl

English Etymology Marketing name. From en benzhydryl diethylaminoethyl ether. Pronunciation en /ˈbɛnədɹɪl/ Noun ~ An antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid. en-GB Kari Paul What TikTok does to your mental health: ‘It’s embarrassing we know so little’ The Guardian 2022-10-30 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/tiktok-mental-health-social-media 0261-3077 The “Benadryl challenge”, wherein participants took a large amount of antihistamines in an attempt to produce hallucinogenic effects, led to at least one death. en 2022 Sean Thor Conroe Fuccboi Hachette 9781472293121 https://books.google.com/books?id=Et1AEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT45&dq=%22Benadryls%22&hl=&cd=18&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Benadryls%22&f=false Reading his posts as posted, sitting in my NOBE studio, railing Benadryls, getting progressively less attractive to ex bae due to domestic overexposure, I was rapt. en w:Miranda July All Fours 2024 Canongate Books https://books.google.com/books?id=3Z3YEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT294&dq=on+all+fours&hl=&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirk8257rSGAxW0VPEDHZZQBp4Q6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=benadryl&f=false 978-1-83885-346-4 The Benadryl was for sleep, not allergies. I'd been having this thing where I woke up every night at two a.m. en-US Simar Bajaj Does Benadryl Do More Harm Than Good? The New York Times 2025-07-15 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/well/benadryl-health-risks.html 0362-4331 Benadryl, ZzzQuil and other drugs with diphenhydramine can also make you drowsy, since histamine helps the brain stay alert, said Dr. Zachary Rubin, an Illinois-based allergist and author of the upcoming book, “All About Allergies.” https://web.archive.org/web/20251014134127/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/well/benadryl-health-risks.html 14 October 2025 See also en diphenhydramine common main ingredient Further reading en Pharmaceutical drugs