Paracetamol Ice Cream Viral On Social Media, Here Are The Real Facts

Viral on social media for paracetamol ice cream ( Instagram/@dr_sharizan)

JAKARTA - When we suddenly have a fever or the body feels sick, paracetamol medicine is usually a savior. However, recently social media was shocked by reports of ice cream containing paracetamol.

Several months ago, several uploads were circulated on social media claiming that ice cream containing paracetamol was sold in the Netherlands. This will make the treatment as if it were a dessert.

However, have they created a perfect combination of pleasure and healing? Although this concept sounds strange, it feels too bad to taste.

"Es cream containing paracetamol (500 mg) was found in the Netherlands. If you have a headache, you don't need to go to a pharmacy, just take a bowl of ice cream," wrote a netizen on Facebook, as reported by VOI from the News18 page on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.

Initially, this upload was shared in 2018. However, now the upload has gone viral again and distributed 66 thousand times. Then, the paracetamol ice cream suddenly went viral on social media.

Written in Spanish, the ice cream was introduced in the Netherlands and offers benefits that can treat headaches. It is suspected that the owner of an ice cream shop named Maddy explained that six liters of ice cream contained 20 tablets of medicine, which was then given lemon taste.

The idea behind the creation of an ice cream mixture with paracetamol is for the promotion of an exhibition at the Dutch evening market in 2016. The ice cream was originally only intended for exhibitions and was never sold in general.

In addition, the ice cream is not designed to be produced more than once. However, due to concerns from the authorities about its health impact, this ice cream was immediately withdrawn from the exhibition.

Some reports say this ice cream is reportedly developed as a healing for drunk people. Even so, the ice cream clearly does not meet licensing criteria, because we know that consumption of paracetamol requires careful monitoring of doses.