Bintang Emon's Wife Tests Positive for Drugs After Consuming Flu Medicine, Here's the Explanation

Kapanlagi.com - Comedian Bintang Emon has recently become a hot topic of public discussion. This is related to the news about his wife, Alca Octaviani, who has been declared positive for drugs. It all started from Bintang Emon's post on his personal Instagram.

The 27-year-old man uploaded a chat conversation with his wife. At that time, Alca, who was undergoing a medical checkup, was declared positive for drugs and caused a commotion in the laboratory.

"The result is positive hahaha," Alca said in the chat to Bintang.

"What??? Oh my God, positive for drugs?" Bintang panicked.

1. False Positive

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In the chat, Alca mentioned that he was declared positive for drugs not because he consumed narcotics and illegal drugs, but because of the flu medicine he took before the health examination. This incident became even more funny because Bintang Emon's wife felt like a suspect.

"Because of drinking flu medicine, weyyy," Alca said to Bintang Emon.

"It's really hilarious, like being a suspect in the lab," he added.

2. Medicine Content

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Alca explained to Bintang Emon why he was declared positive for drugs, even though he only consumed flu medicine. According to him, it was caused by the chemicals contained in the medicine.

"The flu medicine that you were told to buy by the pharmacist, nalgestan or something... They told you to take it together with Actifed. When they checked the content, luckily I brought it (the medicine)," Alca said to her husband.

Alca was grateful for bringing the medicine during the examination. The laboratory eventually asked Alca to come for another check-up next week.

"They asked me to come again next week, hahaha. I really made the lab go crazy," she explained.

3. Narcotics in Flu Medicine

The incident experienced by Bintang Emon's wife has received a response from pharmaceutical experts. Zullies Ikawati, a professor of pharmacy at UGM, revealed that flu medicines such as Nalgestan and Actified are nasal decongestants.

And these medicines contain phenylpropanolamine, pseudoephedrine, antiallergy drug chlorpheniramine maleate, triprolidine, and cough medicine dextromethorphan. Zullies also mentioned that these drugs structurally resemble amphetamines and ecstasy.

"In terms of chemical structure, these drugs are classified as amine compounds, which have a similar structure to methamphetamine or the shabu or ecstasy group of narcotics," said Zullies.

(kpl/dwn)