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Jacob Rawley

Warning over dangerous 'sleepy chicken' social media challenge using cough medicine

Parents are being warned over a dangerous social media challenge that involves cooking chicken in cough medicine.

Known as the "sleepy chicken" challenge, health chiefs have warned that the viral trend is dangerous and could even cause death.

The US Food and Drug Administration - commonly referred to as the FDA - claimed that a social media video challenge encourages people to cook chicken in NyQuil, which contains acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, and doxylamine.

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