• Captain Aggravated
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    686 days ago
    1. Benadryl is a brand name of diphenhydramine, an antihistamine with a powerful side effect of drowsiness. Benadryl is labeled as an allergy relief medication but the same drug is sold under other brands such as Sominex as a sleep aid. Effects of overdosing on diphenhydramine include seizures, extreme drowsiness, excessive sleepiness, delirium, and hallucinations.

    2. The translucent object packed with several of the pills is a shotgun shell. The text refers to the practice of reloading shotgun shells with other objects in an attempt to alter their lethality and/or pain potential. A shell loaded with rock salt for example, salt is much lighter than lead so it should have less stopping/penetrating power, but any wounds caused are automatically salted.

    • @turtlesareneat@discuss.online
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      76 days ago

      It would make a lot more sense with robotussin but whoever made this doesn’t really understand what’s in today’s OTC drugs, the Benadryl that was fun isn’t pink like these. Diphenhydramine is just a bad drug they need to recall.

      • @andros_rex@lemmy.world
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        76 days ago

        It’ll still fuck you up in a deeply unpleasant way if you try to have fun with it.

        Literally having conversations with people who weren’t there. A hellish night of no sleep while desperately needing it. 0/10 would not recommend.

      • @meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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        5 days ago

        What Benadryl are you talking about, I’ve never heard of it being anything but diphenhydramine? People definitely abuse this form, it’s a deliriant in high doses and can cause hallucinations. I can’t recall its name but I distinctly remember there being a community about it on the other site.

        Edit: perhaps you’re thinking of Sudafed PE, in which the main ingredient, pseudoephedrine, was switched for phenylephrine? The latter drug was recently found to be ineffective like you’re talking about. Though, the reason they made pseudoephedrine prescription only in the first place was because people were using it to make meth, not because it was a fun drug to abuse.

      • @bier@feddit.nl
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        15 days ago

        If we can get an intruder high on any drugs in this scenario I’d go for datura. It’s not an otc drug, but I think you can legally grow the plant or even get it from a plant store. Most people describe the trip as hell