Some proclaim it to be the most delectable "snack," while others liken it to candy. As we enter the third year of an endlessly exhausting pandemic, a new character has entered the chat - Dolo-650. Most households today have their own Dolo stories. Some have used it for years; the medicine occupies bedside tables and drawers, patiently biding it's time.
Some chanced upon the tablet because of a doctors' prescription, others saw the internet gush over its powers against Omicron variant's two horsemen - flu and body ache. But everything comes with fine print - especially medicine. "It is essential to note [Dolo] is no magic pill - it does not cure anything, simply provides symptomatic pain relief," says Dr. Siddhi Chaudhari, a medical officer at a Covid19 ward. When internet culture intersects with public health, the line between education and misinformation gets blurred. The spirit of education and "good fun" can quickly morph into misinformation and abuse of medicines when the illusion is one of a magic pill that cures everything.
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