Health: the drug agency alerts about voluntary poisoning of paracetamol in children and adolescents

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Several media, including franceinfo, echoed the popular "paracetamol challenge" among children and adolescents, which consists of swallowing a large amount of paracetamol until they end up in emergencies.

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A new social media trend causes horror: the "paracetamol challenge" reduces the intake of high drug doses – with potentially fatal consequences. How schools in Neuss react to this.

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In a press release dated 19 February 2025, the National Drug Safety Agency (ANSM) is warning about the deliberate poisoning of paracetamol by children and adolescents.

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The national drug safety agency is alerting, this Wednesday in a press release, about the dangers of overdose of paracetamol in young people, while the "paracetamol challenge", a viral challenge observed on the social network TikTok, is spreading in Europe.