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…
DXM abuse has been associated with impaired brain function, but it’s not clear that it causes lasting brain damage.
Yes. Although rare, in large enough quantities, DXM can suppress the central nervous system, which could result in death.
The effects of DXM abuse vary with the amount taken. Known effects can include confusion, dizziness, double or blurred vision, slurred speech…
Triple C is slang for over-the-counter cough medicine containing DXM that people abuse to try to get high.
Dissociative drugs, including DXM, distort how you perceive sights and sounds. In addition to hallucinations…
DXM powder, or dextromethorphan powder, is the active pharmaceutical ingredient in many over-the-counter cough medicines. DXM can be abused by ingesting…
A trip report is a recap or chronicling of a user’s experience abusing DXM. Some people…
Some people who abuse DXM have reported experiencing different combinations of effects when they consume different amounts of DXM…
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 …
A “trip” is a slang term referring to the effects some DXM users say they feel when they take high doses (more than you are supposed to take) of cough medicine with DXM. Any DXM trip has…
A cough syrup high may occur from taking extremely high doses of over-the-counter cough syrup containing DXM or prescription cough syrup containing codeine…
No. While both refer to a kind of medicine abuse, they are not the same thing. Both involve…
Cough suppressants, including those with DXM, prevent you from coughing by blocking the cough reflex.
DXM extraction is a process where people try to separate DXM from other ingredients found in cough medicine…
Products with DXM can appear in different forms, like cough syrup, cough and cold tablets, or gel caps…
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