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"Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Deonna on 04-16-04 at 09:33 AM
Is there a secret sub culture of people addicted to cold medicine that I don’t know about?

Do they go to different drug store to buy their cold medicine so no one will catch on to their “dirty” little secret?

Should I alert the FDA to serious this health problem?

Deonna

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"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Swami on 04-16-04 at 10:07 AM
Probably. My DH will take Nyquil if it is around when he occasionaly wakes up in the night to pee or something. If it's not there, he just goes back to sleep--but if it's there, he takes it to "help".

I'm guessing that if you take something like that for a long time you decide you "need" it. Whether this is a physical addicition or not I don't know.

Lots of people are addicted to Afrin & other sinus-clearing nasal inhalers. That is a physical addiction. You don't get high or anything, but your sinuses adjust to the chemical stimulation and totally block up when you stop using it. So people keep using it... and on it goes.


"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Deonna on 04-16-04 at 10:30 AM
"Lots of people are addicted to Afrin & other sinus-clearing nasal inhalers."

I agree. I have heard about people being addicted to sinus medicine exactly as you state.

I have never heard of anyone being addicted to cold medicine nor was I aware that this come be a problem. Thanks for your insight.

Deonna

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by mistofleas on 04-16-04 at 10:38 AM
LAST EDITED ON 04-16-04 AT 10:39 AM (EST)

Cold medicines can be very addicting and there is a strong insurgence of teens overdosing on the stuff on purpose to get high!

From ABC Good Morning America:
Across the country, children and teens are intentionally overdosing on cold medicine or "robotripping" in order to get a hallucinogenic high.
Robotripping,is the slang term for intentionally overdosing on over-the-counter cold medication such as the cough medicine Robitussin. Although cough syrup abuse is nothing new — it dates to more than 30 years ago — it seems to be undergoing a revival lately, with cases of teens overdosing on the medicine popping up across the country....The culprit ingredient is dextromethorphan, a common additive in cough suppressants that can cause hallucinations when used in large amounts, according to Dr. Drew Pinsky, an addiction expert...

Scary huh? I'd assume that Ta'Shai knows about this type of abuse and that's what prompted her concern for Noel.


--hates the taste of Nyquil

ETA link to full article

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Gaelraven on 04-16-04 at 10:41 AM
I knew one person who became addcted to Nyquill to help him sleep. Now he finds he cannot sleep without taking it. His body can't relax on it's own.
"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Deonna on 04-16-04 at 10:41 AM
Thank-you. I really had no idea that this was a problem.

Deonna

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Loree on 04-16-04 at 01:21 PM
This reminded me of the Big Brother guests that take Nyquil and Tylenol PM to sleep and then they seem to need it to sleep everynight.
"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by ginger on 04-16-04 at 03:15 PM

Actually, I think Crustal was drinking it for the buzz.


"Any government that would deny a gay man bridal registry is fascist." Margaret Cho

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by mistofleas on 04-16-04 at 03:59 PM
If you take an Ambien and drink 2 little cupfuls of Nyquil you can seen tracers.


--is just saying

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by SilverStar on 04-16-04 at 04:21 PM
I don't get it- why not just take sleeping pills instead of cold medicine?

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"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by mistofleas on 04-16-04 at 04:29 PM
If you want to take a decent sleeping pill that will actually DO something to help you sleep, you need a prescription and most people aren't willing to go to a doctor and try to convince them they need it.

Cough medicine is over the counter, cheap and contains alcohol so you get a buzzy feeling.

Not that I've ever done that or anything. *grin* Besides, I have prescriptions that take care of me just fine.


--knows the difference between dependence and addiction but doesn't think ta'shai does

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by SilverStar on 04-16-04 at 04:59 PM
LAST EDITED ON 04-16-04 AT 05:00 PM (EST)

Actually, I have trouble sleeping alot (see my thread in OT!) and I found a really cheap, generic brand sleeping pill that works for me! I'm sure the prescription stuff is a heck of alot better though! Is Ambien perscription?


Handcrafted by RollDdice.........Proud Member RBBRTFHLA/Greasy Food Division
"I marvel at the stars, and feel my heart overflow."
cough syrups make me absolutely GAG!! can't stand them! I'll have to try some of this Tylenol PM thats all the rage!
Edited because I can't spell tylenol!

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by brvnkrz on 04-16-04 at 07:34 PM
Many places in my neck of the woods are now carding for cough syrup. No lie.
SS, I too have sleep problems and when I really need to get to sleep I take two of the Tylenol PM pills and it really helps. And I don't wake up drowsy in the morning. I take Nyquil when I am sick and it puts me right out but I wake up completely drowsy, so I would give the Tylenol a try if you can't get a script from a Dr.


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"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by AugustGirl on 04-16-04 at 07:38 PM
When I have trouble sleeping I pop in a tape of John Stevens singing.


Works everytime.

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by pheeann on 04-18-04 at 10:56 PM
I'm thinking John Stevens would keep me awake - kinda like the howling dog down the street.
"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by mistofleas on 04-19-04 at 10:38 AM
Is Ambien perscription?

Yeah, it's prescription. It's strong strong stuff too. It's basically a hypnotic drug. It has amnesic qualities to it too. So say for instance you take an ambien but don't lay down immediatly to let it do its work, you can stay awake for a short time but be prepared to not remember anything that you did. Personally I only take 1/2 at a time (and only when I really really can't sleep) because they're strong little suckers. BUT I don't wake up with the groggy feeling which is nice. It's got another wierd side effect but it may just be on me personally. My husband likes the side effect though.


--is being cryptic but figures someone will get it

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Swami on 04-19-04 at 11:05 AM
It's got another wierd side effect but it may just be on me personally.

But how do you know if you can't remember anything you did? Or is that, like, what your husband likes about the drug?

--is feeling naughty today.

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by mistofleas on 04-19-04 at 11:09 AM
But how do you know if you can't remember anything you did? Or is that, like, what your husband likes about the drug?

*snicker*

Um, yeah that's part of it!

But really, I can remember that stuff happened, just not in great detail. But more than anything what hubby likes is that I get...um...I lose any residual inhabitions.

That's about as delicate as I can put it folks. *grin*


--is now blushing

"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by dreamerbeliever on 04-19-04 at 12:31 PM
*** note to self *** When the future Mrs. Dreamer and myself start going threw that one year lull (or is it three years?) ... get an Ambien prescription. Thanks Misto!
"RE: Noel and Cold Medicine"
Posted by Silverado on 04-20-04 at 01:18 PM
>Is there a secret sub culture
>of people addicted to cold
>medicine that I don’t know
>about?
Don't ask my how I know that, but as long ago as 1992, kids were buying loads of Robitussin DM and drinking like ten bottles and it was supoosed to emulate the head-tripping drug (we rarely talk about) called DMT.

"A very intense but brief trip, not really euphoric. Can be frightening because of the sudden onset. Not really a party drug, rather an interesting experience. More intense than LSD, but hallucinations and perceptual changes are of a somewhat different nature."