Recent news on Dextromethorphan

Sudan Government must re-establish drug quality control  -  25 May 2007
Sudan Tribune,...including Dextromethorphan HBr, Multivitamin, Promethazine HCI, Sodium Valporate, and Ibuprofen etc., in gross violation of the National Laboratory and

Cough Medicine Makers Applaud Age Restrictions on Sales of ...  -  May 17, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),..."When used correctly, dextromethorphan-containing medicines have a 50-year history of being safe and effective," Suydam added.

Dextromethorphan does not enhance morphine effects  -  May 9, 2007
Scientific AmericanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to preliminary findings, the results of a phase III study failed to show that dextromethorphan significantly enhanced

Grocery Chain Bans Sale of Cough Medicines to Minors  -  May 20, 2007
MyFox Washington DC,Giant Foods is instituting a new policy to refuse sales of any medicines including the ingredient dextromethorphan to anyone under the age of 18.

Supermarket chain restricts drug sales  -  May 17, 2007
Nashua Telegraph (subscription),There is no law regulating sales of dextromethorphan.“The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has identified products containing dextromethorphan as an easy

Giant stores restricting sale of certain cough remedies  -  May 21, 2007
Scranton Times-Tribune,Beginning today, the supermarket/pharmacy chain will impose age restrictions on the sale of cough syrups containing the chemical dextromethorphan,

Supermarkets restrict cold medicine  -  May 17, 2007
Carlisle Sentinel,The overdose prompted a call to alert the Giant in Camp Hill, where the girl purchased the Coricidin product containing dextromethorphan, a synthetically

Area grocer checking ID for cough meds  -  May 20, 2007
Republican & Herald,Products that contain dextromethorphan, or DXM, include: Robitussin Maximum Strength Cough Suppressant, Vicks 44 Cough Relief and Sucrets 8 Hour Cough

Drug industry launches warnings on cough medicine  -  May 14, 2007
The Hill,Many cough remedies contain small amounts of alcohol, but the most common active ingredient in the medications, dextromethorphan, also can produce

13500, then a fall  -  May 18, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,The Food and Drug Administration has identified products containing dextromethorphan, a synthetically produced ingredient found in many over-the-counter

Stop & Shop: Must be 18 to buy cough syrup  -  May 16, 2007
Boston Herald,Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. will stop selling over-the-counter cough medicine, cold remedies and other products containing dextromethorphan to anyone under

Rabies clinic  -  May 17, 2007
Connellsville Daily Courier,The company is taking this action in response to the Food and Drug Administration's concern regarding the abuse of dextromethorphan, a synthetically

Stop & Shop restricts sale of medicine  -  May 17, 2007
Providence Journal (subscription),The US Food and Drug Administration warned about dextromethorphan’s abuse two years ago, after the deaths of five teenagers.

Mother wants drug pulled  -  May 19, 2007
Northwest Herald,Triple C contains three times the DXM, or dextromethorphan, as regular cold pills. DMX can cause hallucinations and altered perception of time and distance

Tops limits sale of cough medicines  -  May 16, 2007
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,Anyone younger than 18 will be restricted from buying cough and cold medicine that contains dextromethorphan, an ingredient found in many nonprescription

New Campaign Fights 'Dex' Abuse Among Kids  -  May 10, 2007
Associated Content,One in 10, or over two million young people, report having abused cough medicine or its active ingredient dextromethorphan to get high.

Cough medicine legal drug of choice by teens  -  May 11, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,The drug the teens are after is dextromethorphan found in some over-the-counter cough medicines. Dr. Katz said it is cheap, easy to get and gives users a

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Presents IEED Prevalence and Updated Zenvia ...  -  May 1, 2007
Business Wire (press release),This study evaluated radioligand competitive binding for memantine, amitriptyline, fluoxetine, dextrorphan and dextromethorphan, the therapeutically active

Five Moms Take a Stand against Cough Medicine Abuse  -  May 12, 2007
HispanicBusiness.com (press release),Some web sites even sell the raw, unfinished form of the ingredient dextromethorphan, which can be deadly, to anyone with a credit card and a shipping

Cough Medicine Restrictions  -  May 16, 2007
WETM-TV,Anyone under the age of eighteen can not buy any product with dextromethorphan at Tops super markets. The ingredient can be found in many over the counter

LI county passes ban on selling some cold drugs to kids  -  May 16, 2007
Newsday,Suffolk County lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to ban anyone under 19 from purchasing nonprescription cold remedies containing dextromethorphan to

Stop & Shop restricts sale of medicine  -  May 18, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...cold remedies or other products containing dextromethorphan to people under the age of 18, because of concerns that teenagers are abusing the product.

Help for Parents of Teens Abusing Cough Medicines  -  May 11, 2007
U.S. News & World Report,Most abusers take the medicine, whose active ingredient is the chemical dextromethorphan, for its anesthetic effects--and the resulting trancelike and

Food Chain Will Card Customers For Certain Cold Medicine  -  May 14, 2007
WGAL,A local teen overdosed this past weekend on an over-the-counter cold medicine containing Dextromethorphan. The boy survived and he told police he bought the

Cough syrup abuse targeted  -  May 10, 2007
The Republican,Cough suppressants contain the active ingredient dextromethorphan which, if abused, causes hallucinations and loss of motor control, she said.

At Giant, cough medicine now has an age limit  -  May 17, 2007
York Dispatch,Giant Food Stores has joined other major retailers with pharmacies in prohibiting people under the age of 18 from purchasing products with dextromethorphan,

The important, the ironic and, sometimes, the idiotic from around ...  -  May 17, 2007
phillyBurbs.com,...to make crystal meth, grocers are now going to great lengths to limit the sale of over-the-counter medicines containing dextromethorphan or DMX.

Morning Roundup: Dextromethor-banned Edition  -  May 17, 2007
DCist.com,As NBC4 tells us, some local retailers — most notably Giant Food & Drug — are going to stop selling dextromethorphan-containing medicines to customers under

Store Chain To Crackdown On Cough Syrup Sales  -  May 17, 2007
Boston Channel.com,It applies to all over the counter medicines and cold remedies that contain the drug Dextromethorphan. Also known as DXM, the ingredient can produce an

News Minute: Here is the latest New York news from The Associated ...  -  May 17, 2007
WCAX,...western New York will join other grocery chains owned by Royal Ahold in restricting the sales of over-the-counter medicines containing dextromethorphan.

Cough Medicine Abuse Gets More Attention  -  May 17, 2007
HR.BLR.comDextromethorphan is safe when used at recommended dosages. However, the CPHA reports that abusers are taking as much as 25 to 50 times the normal does to

Giant Puts Age Rule on Cough Syrup  -  May 16, 2007
Washington Post,Medicines containing dextromethorphan -- which the Food and Drug Administration has identified as a substance increasingly being misused by young people

Supermarkets to limit access to abused cough medicines  -  May 16, 2007
WSTM-TV,...chains owned by Royal Ahold beginning Sunday in restricting the sales of over-the-counter medicines containing dextromethorphan, also called DXM.

Underage Cold Remedy Ban Set For Suffolk?  -  May 16, 2007
WCBS-TV New York,In a unanimous decision, without debate, the Suffolk County Legislature voted to ban those under age 19 from buying products with DXM -- Dextromethorphan

Stop & Shop restricts sale of cough medicine  -  May 16, 2007
Boston Globe,Effective May 20, Stop & Shop said its retail pharmacies will place an age restriction of 18 years or older for the purchase dextromethorphan products.

Suffolk Legislature Passes Ban On Some Cold Drugs For Minors  -  May 16, 2007
LongIslandPress.com,The law would prevent anyone under the age of 19 from purchasing over-the-counter medicines containing dextromethorphan, or DXM. Anyone caught selling such

Supermarkets To Limit Access To Abused Cough Medicines  -  May 16, 2007
WJLA,Royal Ahold in restricting the sales of over-the-counter medicines containing dextromethorphan, a common ingredient in cough syrups, pills and lozenges.

Giant To Stop Selling Some Cough Medicines  -  May 16, 2007
WCAV,Royal Ahold will restrict the sales of over the counter medicines containing dextromethorphan, a common ingredient in cough syrups, pills and lozenges.

Suffolk bans non-prescription cough medicine for minors  -  May 15, 2007
Newsday,...to ban those under age 19 from buying non-prescription cough and cold medicines containing what is popularly known as DXM, or dextromethorphan.

The Pilot-Independent  -  26 Apr 2007
Walker Pilot Independent,As you recall from my previous article, many cough medicines (including Robitussin) have an ingredient called Dextromethorphan or DXM.

KIDS' COLD MEDS: WHAT'S ON THE LABEL?  -  Apr 24, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Dextromethorphan, benzonatate: Codeine substitutes that reduce frequency of coughing. They have not been studied in children.

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results of Phase III ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),Zenvia is a combination of two well-characterized compounds, the active ingredient dextromethorphan, and the enzyme inhibitor quinidine, which serves to

Sick over teen's use of medicine for high  -  Apr 19, 2007
Newsday,A bill that would ban the sale of medicines containing dextromethorphan to anyone 18 and under will be discussed today by the legislature's health committee

Teens abusing cough medicine  -  Apr 9, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,The medicines they ingested had one thing in common: dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant found in more than 100 cold remedies that can cause

Drug's approval needs revisited  -  Apr 8, 2007
Newsday,If dextromethorphan, a common ingredient in cough medications, came before the Food and Drug Administration today, it probably wouldn't be approved for

The Pilot-Independent  -  Apr 18, 2007
Walker Pilot Independent,Many cough medicines have an ingredient called Dextromethorphan or DXM. When used according to medicine label instructions, DXM has been proven safe and

Kids to Be Cut Off from Buying Cold Meds  -  Apr 8, 2007
Associated Content,The drug in these cold-medicines that is abused to get that "high" is known as dextromethorphan. Dextromethorphan is an antitussive drug,

More teens going for over-the-counter high  -  Mar 30, 2007
Providence Journal (subscription),Dextromethorphan, the active ingredient in many widely available nonprescription cough and cold remedies, has a nefarious use that some teenagers know well:

Bill aims to curtail sales of cold medicine to minors  -  Apr 2, 2007
Muskogee Daily Phoenix,Late last year, a 15-year-old boy walked into a local store and bought 16 bottles of cough medicine containing dextromethorphan, a chemical often abused by

Looking for a cheap high  -  Apr 5, 2007
Tulsa World,Cough suppressants and other over-the-counter medications containing a synthetic narcotic called dextromethorphan represent nearly 15 percent of all

Bill wants to restrict certain cough syrups  -  Mar 31, 2007
KOKI FOX 23,The law is looking to stop anyone under the age of 18 from buying cough syrup with the drug Dextromethorphan over the counter. It has many names: Triple C,

Committee approves bill to help restrict drug found in cough medicines  -  Mar 30, 2007
KSWO,Officials say when taken in high dosages, dextromethorphan acts as a powerful hallucinogen that caused 12-thousand-584 emergency visits in the United States

Like taking candy  -  Mar 30, 2007
Daily Iberian,...“Research has also shown students have been abusing Dextromethorphan, which is a nonprescription cough suppressant. Dextromethorphan is often referred to as

Essentials of the family medicine cabinet  -  Apr 24, 2007
Detroit Free Press,Most doctors recommend cough medicines with dextromethorphan, which works by suppressing the cough reflex. When it comes to colds, preferences differ.

Avanir’s Value More Than Doubled on Phase III Results of Diabetic ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Zenvia (dextromethorphan hydrobromide/quinidine sulfate (DMQ)) is an NMDA antagonist and sigma-1 agonist. In the trial, two doses of Zenvia,

StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 04/18/2007  -  Apr 18, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),...results from the company's Phase III clinical trial evaluating the investigational drug Zenvia(TM) (dextromethorphan hydrobromide/quinidine sulfate,

Editorial: Deadly way for teens to party  -  Apr 14, 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),It's a dangerous and deadly form of partying mixing cold medicines that contain dextromethorphan, or DXM, and alcohol that is on the rise among teenagers

Drug mix may have killed teen in Ventura  -  Apr 13, 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),The drug, dextromethorphan, or DXM, is an active ingredient in such medications as Coricidin cold tablets and Robitussin syrup. Taken in quantities beyond

Science&Health: Abuse of pharmaceutical drugs on the rise  -  Apr 11, 2007
The UCLA Daily Bruin,The number of overdoses due to dextromethorphan (DXM), a common ingredient in cough suppressants, reported in patients between the ages of 9 and 17 has

Stock up for ills and spills  -  Apr 8, 2007
Poughkeepsie Journal,Most doctors recommend cough medicines with dextromethorphan, which works by suppressing the cough reflex. When it comes to colds, doctors' opinions differ.

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Highlights the Expansion and ...  -  Apr 4, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...quick-melting, immediate-release guaifenesin and dextromethorphan combination medication for the treatment of congestion and cough.

Cough syrup is addictive danger  -  Apr 4, 2007
Brockton Enterprise,Siggins said she is trying to educate parents about the abuse of over-the-counter medicines containing Dextromethorphan, DXM.

Prepare medicine cabinets for big, little pains of life  -  Apr 2, 2007
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Cough and cold medicines: Most doctors recommend cough medicines with dextromethorphan, which suppresses the cough reflex. When it comes to colds,

Finding a high in the medicine cabinet  -  Apr 1, 2007
Glens Falls Post-Star,Coricidin, or "CCC" as it is known on the street, is a cold medicine containing the cough suppressant dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM), which,

Over-the-counter is under the radar  -  Mar 31, 2007
St. Petersburg Times,It added: "If you ask kids if they know what Dextromethorphan (DMX) is, most of them will say 'no,' but if you ask them if they've ever heard of Coricidin

Avanir’s Unwinding  -  Mar 31, 2007
Orange County Business Journal,One worry was about the heart risk of quinidine, an enzyme inhibitor that helps to increase the availability of dextromethorphan, Zenvia’s active ingredient

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