Diphenhydramine Deaths

[The Shadow Self]

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Carelon BH CT is sending this alert from the Office of the Child Advocate on behalf of the Child Fatality Review Panel.

Dear Providers,

The Child Fatality Review Panel is sending this urgent warning to systems working with adolescents following the death of 3 children in the last 6 weeks from an apparent overdose of Diphenhydramine, most commonly known as Benadryl. It is commonly found in many households as a treatment for allergies and other symptoms. It has been known as a substance of misuse for over a decade, recreationally abused for delirium and hallucinosis, given its availability and cost. Ingestions have occurred from both liquid and capsule delivery.

We urge providers working with children to consider Diphenhydramine as a “lethal means,” much like you would assess and safety plan regarding access to sharps or a firearm. Talk with caregivers about removing all products containing Diphenhydramine from homes and seeking alternatives to address allergy related symptoms. If they must be used, precautions for safe storage should be utilized. Advise parents to ensure that large quantities are not available and educate them regarding the potential risk on both prescription and non-prescription medications. Please reference this drug safety communication from the FDA on Benadryl.

This is being issued as a multi-system communication. Please note that CFRP is not issuing this warning to the general public due to concerns that doing so may increase awareness of the broad accessibility of a lethal means to children in the community. Rather, we are urging you to share this message throughout your networks to inform providers. For state agencies this would include contracted providers to ensure that the professionals working with children and families with the highest risk are aware of the real and recent dangers that may exist in homes and are appropriately safety planning around those risks.

Please forward any questions or concerns as we work to prevent future loss and promote safe environments. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Thank you,

CT BHP
Administered by Carelon BH CT

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[foodcrisis]

terrible drug... no reason for kids to be taking when in almost all areas you can just wait a few years and grow shrooms or even just save some cash and get a bag in high school. shrooms get way more visuals for the most part too.

i don't know if sharing the doses of the kids that died would help kids stay away from the drug. like a lot of people think it's okay to do once. were these kids first time users just OD'ing or did they wear down their health upping their doses?.. i guess it doesn't really matter and there is no reason people should be poisoning themselves with this shit. i think that alcohol is accepted kind of makes kids feel like being self destructive is okay.... both alcohol and benadryl wears people down and just doesn't really vibe with good health. natural highs are less apparent and there is also more anxiety combined with being tired especially with benadryl.

doing dramamine caused my urinary tract, probably my prostate to hurt for months when having most kinds of food or drink back when i was a teen. it was really bad.