Benadryl

plural Benadryls

1. countableuncountableAn antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.

   The Benadryl was for sleep, not allergies. I'd been having this thing where I woke up every night at two a.m.

   2024, Miranda July, All Fours, Canongate Books, →ISBN

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   The “Benadryl challenge”, wherein participants took a large amount of antihistamines in an attempt to produce hallucinogenic effects, led to at least one death.

   2022 October 30, Kari Paul, “What TikTok does to your mental health: ‘It’s embarrassing we know so little’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   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.

   2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN

   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.”

   2025 July 15, Simar Bajaj, “Does Benadryl Do More Harm Than Good?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN