FDA to America: Don't cook 'NyQuil chicken' or 'sleepy chicken.' It could kill you.
The latest seriously questionable social-media trend apparently has people sautéing chicken in over-the-counter cough and cold medicine like NyQuil, presumably to eat. And this “NyQuil chicken,” or “sleepy chicken,” has ruffled health officials’ feathers so much that the Food and Drug Administration has actually issued a warning about it.
The danger? As any seasoned cook knows, boiling and reducing a liquid makes it much more concentrated — meaning you could make the concentration of the medicine you’re cooking even stronger than the recommended safe dosage. What’s more, even if you’re cooking the NyQuil chicken with no intention actually eating it, just inhaling the medicine’s vapors while cooking could still see you ingesting high levels of the medication into your body, and it could also damage your lungs.
To be fair, it’s not clear that “NyQuil chicken” is actually a viral social-media dare on par with 2018’s “Tide Pod Challenge.” In fact, most of the TikTok videos sharing the NyQuil chicken trend feature posters highlighting how gross and dangerous it looks — not actually accepting the challenge and making the dangerous dish, themselves.
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