Sixty seconds on . . . the NyQuil chicken challenge

Is this like the ice bucket challenge but sponsored by KFC?I wish. At least that would be earning money for charity. No, the NyQuil chicken challenge involves people filming themselves cooking chicken bathed in over-the-counter medication and ingesting it.What the cluck?The dish—also called “sleepy chicken” or “bedtime chicken” after the side effects of the medication, which contains acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, and doxylamine—originally came about around 2017. It seems intended to treat cold and flu symptoms combined with a meal. And it’s recently turned into a viral social media meme on TikTok as users seemingly challenge each other to make and eat the dish.Is it finger licking good?It’s dangerous, is what it is. The rise in videos posted has alarmed health authorities. So much so that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a public health warning.1 “Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties…
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