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Poison Center Calls Involving Diphenhydramine and Teens More Than Doubled in Early 2026
America's Poison Centers reported more than twice as many calls involving diphenhydramine and teenagers in the first five months of 2026 than in the same period of 2025. The organization released the data in a health advisory obtained first by ABC News.
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Calls to poison centers involving diphenhydramine and teenagers more than doubled in the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. America's Poison Centers issued a health advisory that contained the call data. ABC News obtained the advisory first.
The advisory compared the January-through-May periods across the two years and recorded the increase in reports tied to the medication.
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