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"Benadryl is a brand name for a number of different antihistamine medications used to treat allergies. In the United States and Canada, it is the first-generation antihistamine diphenhydramine. Diphenhydramine can also cause sleepiness." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benadryl

Benadryl in the US is diphenhydramine, which definitely does have drowsiness as a side effect. It's also pretty hard to OD on.

You mean it's Nytol then.

If the box says Benadryl, is it still Nytol?

> Acrivastine doesn't really have any sedative effect at all

no, but benadryl does. which is exactly what the op said, and op doesn't live in your country. in fact, most people don't live in your country.

I knew I should have specified diphenhydramine! It could have averted this precise discussion.

But then I was worried that nobody would recognize its chemical name.