Parakol

12:54am - 2 August 2007 - 1,529 views - 11 Comments
Posted in: Daily

Parakol is a supposedly well-known remedy for flu. I would describe these pills as feminine. And bitter. Feminine, because they’re pink. Very pink.

Bitter, because they really are. They dissolve faster than most pills, and you could taste the bitterness almost immediately after you pop it into your mouth. They also seem to be much more brittle than other pills, I always end up scratching them every time I try to pop them out of the vacuum pack.

However, more importantly, Parakol has been a subject of our national news where schoolchildren are taking them to get high.

Excerpt from thestar.com.my:

FOR just 50 sen, schoolchildren can get high on Pil Jambu or parakol from private clinics in Negri Sembilan. 

Harian Metro reported that parakol has become the latest trend among schoolchildren in the state to get high after consuming two or three pills at a go. 

The pill, which is used as a remedy for flu, can be a potent substance as it contains dextromethorphan and pseudoephedrine, which can get one to hallucinate. 

I didn’t quite realise this, I must have missed the news. Ivan tried to tell me but he couldn’t remember the details as well so I found out when I googled up “Parakol”. I only just recently took a few (and still am taking) Parakol because I’m down with flu.

So, the point is – does it really make you high? I can’t say it makes you high (maybe because I don’t pop two or three pills at one go), but I did have some funny feeling. No, I didn’t have the sort of euphoric-I-see-the-light kind of high.

Rather it was something like I’m-going-to-conquer-the-world-*insert evil laugh* kind of feeling.

Not significant, not enough to make me feel like Superman because I still felt like crap. But just enough to give me such thoughts. Conquering the world isn’t in my To-Do List so I don’t usually come up with something like that. But who knows, it might be just the placebo effect. The mind can do wonders at times, if not most of the time.

So does Parakol really make you high? Your guess is as good as mine.

But one thing is for sure – Parakol ROCKS WORKS! Oops. Pardon the slip of tongue.