How to Use diphenhydramine in a Sentence

diphenhydramine

noun

• The diphenhydramine in Benadryl helps to reduce the body's histamine response and treat the symptoms.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 9 July 2024
• Benadryl is the brand name of diphenhydramine, used to treat allergies.
  — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
• That challenge prompted a warning from the FDA about the danger of high doses of diphenhydramine.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 20 Sep. 2022
• This group includes many over-the-counter sleep medicines, such as those containing diphenhydramine.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2021
• The agency also said Sarah Hart and two of the children who died in the crash had diphenhydramine, an active ingredient in Benadryl, in their systems.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Jennifer was driving—and was legally drunk—but didn’t show signs of having taken diphenhydramine.
  — Lauren Smiley, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2019
• In fact, honey might relieve cough symptoms better than no treatment, diphenhydramine, and a placebo, a 2018 study found.
  — Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 20 July 2023
• Many of these adverse effects are due to the fact that diphenhydramine is not just an antihistamine, Dr. Stolbach explains.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 4 Sep. 2020
• And that’s why diphenhydramine can be helpful to relive such allergy symptoms.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2023
• Doxylamine and diphenhydramine are antihistamines that can be used as sleeping aids.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2020
• The report says methamphetamine, amphetamine and diphenhydramine were present in Jennette's blood.
  — CNN, 21 May 2021
• For example, the active ingredient in Benadryl, diphenhydramine, is banned in Zambia in over-the counter products.
  — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
• According to Albert, many other sleep aids on the market contain diphenhydramine.
  — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2024
• Your child’s allergist can tell you when to give diphenhydramine and when to give epinephrine, if these medications have been prescribed.
  — Hillary Gordon, Md, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• The boy’s death was classified as homicide from diphenhydramine (di-fen-HI-druh-meen) intoxication.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
• The father overdosed on heroine, while the mother used a combination of methadone, dextrorphan, diphenhydramine and doxylamine.
  — Andrea Fowler, Redbook, 30 Jan. 2015
• The coroner found diphenhydramine, an ingredient commonly found in allergy medicines like Benadryl, in the bodies of Sarah and two of the kids; Jen's blood alcohol content was over the legal limit.
  — Lauren Smiley, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2018
• Deputies who searched the home located a bottle of ZzzQuil, which contains diphenhydramine, and a bottle of children's multi-symptom cold medicine containing dextromethorphan.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 31 Jan. 2022
• Many people use diphenhydramine to treat allergy symptoms.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2023
• In fact, one Cochrane review published in 2019 found that honey is likely more effective than no remedy, a placebo, or over-the-counter medicines that contain diphenhydramine (like Benadryl) at relieving cough symptoms in kids.
  — Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 13 Nov. 2023
• During the investigation, police found empty containers of diphenhydramine at the house where Banas was living in 2014.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2020
• The agency also pointed to a TikTok challenge daring people to hallucinate by taking large doses of the over-the-counter antihistamine diphenhydramine.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
• The update also referred to an earlier TikTok trend involving taking large doses of the allergy medicine diphenhydramine, used in Benadryl.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2022
• Kenneth Parker, 28, was found unresponsive in his cell on May 18 and died of an overdose of fentanyl and diphenhydramine, the medical examiner determined.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
• Treatment for dermatitis caused by sea lice can include an antihistamine, such diphenhydramine, an over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream, calamine lotion, or an oatmeal bath.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 June 2018
• Allergy meds Some over-the-counter antihistamines, like Benadryl, contain diphenhydramine, an ingredient that can make people feel sleepy.
  — Carly Weeks, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
• Those include sedatives such as aplrazolam (sold as Xanax), clonazepam (sold as Klonopin) and diazepam (sold as Valium), as well as the antihistamine diphenhydramine (sold as Benadryl), and a number of other powerful narcotics and opioids.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2019
• Older antihistamines, such as Benadryl (diphenhydramine), are known to cause significant side effects such as drowsiness.
  — Daniel More, Verywell Health, 9 Mar. 2024
• Taking oral antihistamines, such as diphenhydramine, fexofenadine, loratadine and cetirizine, can also help counter the effects of your sting, Grimes says.
  — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
• While many of my client’s first thoughts are to try over-the-counter human allergy medications, like diphenhydramine (Benadryl), these tend to be less impactful than medications formulated specifically for a dog’s immune system.
  — Dr. Devon B. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024