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発音

• IPA: /ˈbɛnədɹɪl/

名詞

Benadryl (countable and uncountable, plural Benadryls)

1. An antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.
   • 2022 October 30, Kari Paul, “What TikTok does to your mental health: ‘It’s embarrassing we know so little’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

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

     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.

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

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

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

     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.”

参考

• diphenhydramine (common main ingredient)

Further reading

• Benadryl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia