Abusing Cough Medicine for Dextromethorphan

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The drug in cough medications that creates the intoxication sought by youth is dextromethorphan. It is found in hundreds of cough preparations. Because there are hundreds of products that contain dextromethorphan, just a sampling of the full product list appears below. When a product name includes “DM,” that refers to the presence of dextromethorphan.

Slang Terms for DXM or its Abuse

Cough Medicine Tablets

The drug:

Triple C, Dex, Drex, DM, Red Devils, Vitamin D, Velvet, Skittles, Syrup, Tussin, Poor Man’s PCP, Poor Man’s X, Red Hots, Rojo, Orange Crush,

Abuse:

Robotripping, robo, robofizzing, robodosing, dexing, skittling

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Forms of Cough Medicine with DXM

Dextromethorphan can be found in liquid form, or in lozenges, tablets, capsules or gel caps. Some people extract the active ingredient from the syrup and offer it as a powder in capsules. Powdered DXM can also be purchased from overseas manufacturers via the internet.

Dextromethorphan alone:

  • Baybee Cof
  • Benulin
  • Children’s Robitussin Cough Long-Acting
  • Pertussin
  • Scot-Tussin Diabetes CF
  • Silphen DM

Dextromethorphan in combination with other drugs:

  • Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold and Cough Formula
  • Bromfed DM
  • Brontuss
  • Brotapp-DM Cold and Cough
  • Cheracol D
  • Children’s Dimetall Cold and Cough
  • Children’s Mucinex Cough
  • Children’s Sudafed PE Cold and Cough
  • Comtrex Cold and Cough Day/Night
  • Coricidin HBP Cough and Cold
  • Fenesin DM
  • Halotussin DM
  • LoHist-DM
  • Mytussin DM
  • PediaCare Children’s Cough and Congestion
  • Poly-Tussin DM
  • Promethazine DM
  • Robitussin Cough and Chest DM
  • Sinutuss DM
  • Sudafed PE Cold/Cough
  • Theraflu Max-D Severe Cold and Flu
  • Triaminic Cough and Sore Throat
  • Tylenol Cold and Cough Nighttime
  • Vicks DayQuil Cold and Flu Relief
  • Vicks NyQuil Cough
  • Zicam Multi-Symptom Cold and Flu Daytime

(These products all have brand names that are owned by their respective manufacturers.)

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For a more complete listing, you can visit the National Institutes of Health website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682492.html#brand-name-1