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'benadryl challenge' must end, warns family of girl who died

family of teen who overdosed on tiktok is warning others that the dangerous stunt 'needs to stop.'

by postmedia news

sep 3 2020
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chloe philips, 15
an oklahoma family whose teen daughter overdosed while attempting the “benadryl challenge” on tiktok is warning others that the dangerous stunt “needs to stop.”

chloe phillips, 15, died last month while taking part in the tiktok challenge filming oneself hallucinating from the allergy medication, the u.k.’s sun reports.

“this needs to stop taking our kids or putting them in the hospital,” phillips’ great-aunt, janette sissy leasure, reportedly wrote on facebook in a post that has since been deleted or is no longer shared publicly.
leasure said the teen was “a happy and smart young lady” who had “all kinds of plans for her future.”
referring to the deadly online fad, she pleaded to others: “don’t let it take any more kids.
“i don’t want to see any families go through what we are going through right now. don’t ever say this can’t happen to you,” she added.
the ‘benadryl challenge’ is a new game in which teens on tiktok are encouraged to take as much allergy medicine as needed to hallucinate or trip out.
“kids are like: ‘the other person was okay, so i’ll be okay.’ try to always know what your kids are doing or taking,” continued leasure.
scott schaeffer, director of the oklahoma center for poison and drug information, warned teens about the stunt’s dangers in the wake of chloe’s death saying it could “cause something potentially life-threatening,” news station kfor reported.
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“large amounts of benadryl can cause seizures and, particularly, problems with the heart. the heart tends to go out of rhythm and not pump blood effectively,” he said.
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