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13-year-old in Ohio died after “He took a bunch of Benadril”, trying Dangerous call Tiktok This is distributed on the Internet, according to the CNN branch and the Goofundme account from his family.
Jacob Stevens participated in Tiktok Challenge with some friends at home when he was taking antihistamine, a family donation says. Jacob was on the fan almost a week before his death, According to WsyxField
CNN has not confirmed his cause of death.
An overdose of Benadril can lead to “serious problems with the heart, cramps, coma or even death,” the Office for the quality of food and medicine in 2020 on the deadly “Benadril -Zvozov” said in the publication of the public in 2020. To the truthField
CNN takes on the Tiktok account of the 14-year-old. 17 minutes, this is what we saw
Jacob's grandmother does everything that she can “make sure that the other child does not pass” with a call, she said to the CNN WSYX branch.
In his statement for CNN, Tiktok said: “Our deepest sympathies turn to the family. In Tiktok, we strictly prohibit and delete the content that contributes to the dangerous behavior of the safety of our community as a priority. We have never seen this type of content on our platform and blocked the search for years to help you with the behavior advice. The leading principles of the community And we urge our community to report any content or accounts that they are concerned about. ”
The creator of Benadryl, Johnson & Johnson, called the challenge “dangerous.”
“We understand that consumers may have heard about an online problem associated with improper use or abuse of diphenhydramine” Online -prison Reads.
“The task, which includes taking excessive amount of diphenhydramine, is a dangerous tendency and should be immediately stopped. Benadryl® products and other dipenhydramine products should be used only in accordance with the instructions of the tags. ”
“We work with Tiktok and other social platforms to delete the content that demonstrates this behavior,” the statement added. “We will consider partnership throughout industry and with key interested parties to solve this dangerous behavior.”
CNN turned to the Stevens family and the public health of Columbus for commenting.
FDA warning in 2020 He said that the agency “contacted Tiktok and urged them to delete the video from its platform and be vigilant to delete additional videos that can be published.”
Benadryl is an antihistamine used to treat symptoms such as a runny nose or sneezing from the upper respiratory tract allergies, a sensory fever or a cold. FDA is safe and effective when used in accordance with the recommendations.
“Difenhydramin is sold under the brand name Benadryl, store brands and generics. It is also available in combination with painkillers, restorers of fever and decongestant, ”the agency said.
According to FDA, consumers and parents should store Benadril and other over -the -counter drugs and prescription.
