Teens and Cough Medicine Abuse
Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a common ingredient found in many cough and cold remedies. It helps stop a cough. Used as directed, DXM products are safe and ...
Cough Medicine Abuse by Teens - Health Encyclopedia
Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a common ingredient found in many cough and cold remedies. It helps stop a cough. Used as directed, DXM products are safe and work ...
Teens and Cough Medicine Abuse - WebMD
A drug called dextromethorphan (DXM) replaced codeine in cough medicines. At very high doses, it can mimic the effects of illegal drugs like PCP and ketamine.
Teen Abuse of Cough/Cold Medicines is at Historic Low After ...
The annual Monitoring the Future survey measures teenage drug and alcohol use nationwide among students. Results from the 2021 research show ...
Cough and Cold Medicine Abuse (for Parents) | Nemours KidsHealth
How It's Used: Medicines that have DXM in them come as syrups, capsules, pills, or throat lozenges. But some people extract DXM from cough syrup and make ...
Cold Medicine Abuse | Connecticut Poison Control Center
During the fall and winter months, it is not uncommon to see people carrying around bottles of cough medicine or taking cold pills on their break. It's ...
Preventing Dextromethorphan Abuse
CHPA supports legislation that would prohibit the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines containing dextromethorphan to teens under the age of 18.
Dangers of Cough Syrup Abuse - Destinations for Teens
Understanding DXM Abuse. Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a common ingredient in many over-the-counter cough and cold medications. While it is ...
Robotripping: A Guide for Parents of Teens
Robotripping: the dangerous epidemic of using dextromethorphan, or DXM, to get high. Learn about cough syrup abuse in our expert blog.
Dextromethorphan in Cough Syrup: The Poor Man's Psychosis - PMC
Dextromethorphan (3-methoxy-N-methylmorphinan), also known as “DXM” and “the poor man's PCP,” is a synthetically produced drug that is ...
Cough Medicine Abuse by Teens | Phoenix Children's Hospital
DXM is a common ingredient in many cough and cold remedies. It's also become a popular substance to abuse by teens searching for a cheap, easy high.
We come together as parents, healthcare professionals, educators, and community advocates to share tips for preventing teen over-the-counter (OTC) cough ...
Cough Medicine Abuse by Teens - Montreal Children's Hospital
Dextromethorphan (DXM), a cough suppressant, is found in at least 70 over-the-counter (OTC) products, including Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold ...
Drug Fact Sheet: DXM - DEA.gov
Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a cough suppressor found in more than 120 over-the- counter (OTC) cold medications, either alone or in combination with other drugs ...
What types of medicines do teens abuse? Rx Drugs: While prescription medicines benefit many different people – for many different conditions – when used ...
Cough Medicine (DXM) Abuse in Teens - Watch WebMD Video
Video Transcript. Brendan. To get drugs, I would leave the campus. Narrator. Meet Brendan. He's 16 and a recovering drug addict ...
Cough Medicine Abuse by Teens - Health Library
DXM is a common ingredient in many cough and cold remedies. It's also become a popular substance to abuse by teens searching for a cheap, easy high.
Teens turn to cough syrup to get high, feds say - NBC News
... teen drug abuse. It found that while fewer teens overall drank alcohol or used illegal drugs in the last year, a small but growing number ...
Dextromethorphan: a case study on addressing abuse of a safe and ...
Dextromethorphan is a safe, effective cough suppressant, available without a prescription in the United States since 1958.
Intelligence Bulletin: DXM (Dextromethorphan) - Department of Justice
Coricidin® HBP Cough & Cold tablets. Figure 3. Cough syrup with DXM. List of Tables. Table 1. Calls Involving Abuse or Misuse of DXM to Poison Control Centers ...