The effects of DXM abuse vary with the amount taken. Known effects can include confusion, dizziness, double or blurred vision, slurred speech…
A DXM overdose is any dose over the recommended amount. At extremely high doses, DXM can even be toxic and suppresses the central nervous system.
Some people who abuse DXM have reported hangover effects, although they are different from the hangover effects of drinking. Socially, although both DXM abuse and alcohol…
At extremely high doses, DXM can lead to a coma or even be lethal by suppressing the central nervous system. If that happens, the brain can stop…
Third plateau is a term abusers use to describe a kind of feeling that can occur when they take DXM in doses which far exceed recommended doses. Sometimes these users…
Triple C is slang for over-the-counter cough medicine containing DXM that people abuse to try to get high.
Skittling is slang for abusing over-the-counter cough medicine containing DXM to try to get high.
A trip sitter is someone who stays sober as a precaution while others abuse DXM…
Cough medicine abuse is taking extremely large doses of…
It varies for everyone. When people abuse DXM, they take a lot of it — many times the recommended dosage.
Drinking alcohol while taking DXM can be an unpredictable combination. Abusers describe…
This is a term for the harshest level of abuse effects. Those who claim to have experienced plateau sigma describe strong feelings of dissociation with the self …
Products with DXM can appear in different forms, like cough syrup, cough and cold tablets, or gel caps…
DXM abuse is taking extremely large doses of over-the-counter (or non-prescription) cough medicine to try to get high.
Although potentially dangerous to your heath and social reputation, DXM abuse is technically not illegal…
Dex, Robo, Skittles, Triple C, and Tussin.
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All information comes directly from medical research, reliable news sources, and people who have abused DXM.
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