Dextromethorphan or DXM is a widely available cough suppressant. If used as a cough suppressant, it is both safe and effective. However, some people take DXM in amounts far above its recommended medical dosage. When taken excessively, it can be then be classified as a dissociative drug.
In small recreational amounts, DXM causes a psychedelic effect similar to the combination of alcohol, marijuana, and opiates. Those who take DXM in greater amounts may experience intense euphoria, closed-eye hallucinations, out-of-body experiences or even psychosis. It may cause serious damage to the brain that could result to lost or distorted contact with reality.This can also affect a person’s ability to think, respond, communicate and interpret reality effectively.
Other side effects include vomiting, nausea, drowsiness, blurred vision, dilated pupils, sweating, fever, disassociation, confusion, excitation, slurred speech, urinary retention, shallow respiration, hypertension, and increase in heart rate.
The effects of using DXM for recreation purposes would last as long as it would have lasted when taken for medical purposes. This length of time really depends on the user’s tolerance and the type of DXM taken. How much one has taken has little effect on the length of time the effects of DXM are experienced. If one takes more DXM, it would make the effects more intense, but not necessarily make the effects last longer.
DXM also goes with the following common names: tussin, robo, dex, syrup, rome, cherries, skittles, ccc, triple C, and candy coated chaos.
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