I took Nyquil - what happened too much?!

[j***@yahoo.com]

Last night I had a real bad headache and wanted to get to sleep. I
never used Nyquil before but bought some at the Rx to help me sleep. I
drank about 50% of the bottle at once. About 2 hours later I got real
dizzy and my fingers, toes, then arms and legs started to tingle and
get numb. I fell asleep until 1pm the next day. All day I was totally
dragging butt. I mean I was half alseep throughout the whole day. Very
lathargic and slow. Ears felt blocked up too.

Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?

[Teri Robert]

Nyquil contains:
Active Ingredients (in each 15 ml tablespoon):
Acetaminophen 500mg (pain reliever/fever reducer)
Dextromethorphan HBr 15mg (cough suppressant)
Doxylamine succinate 6.25mg (antihistamine)
Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 30mg (nasal decongestant)

Inactive Ingredients:[original] alcohol, citric acid, D&C Yellow No. 10,
FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Yellow No. 6, flavor, high fructose corn syrup,
polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, purified water, saccharin sodium,
sodium citrate

Did you read the label? It says: 2 TBSP (30 ml) every 6 hours. It also says:
Overdose warning: Taking more than the recommended dose can cause serious
health problems. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison
Control Center right away. Quick medical attention is critical for adults as
well as for children even if you do not notice any signs or symptoms.

It comes in 6 and 10 ounce bottles, so if you took half of it, you took at
least 3 ounces. You're lucky it didn't make you even more ill than it did.
Over the counter or not, it's a drug, and you need to be careful. If you're
taking prescription meds, it may well have interacted with those, too.

Teri

Post by j***@yahoo.com
Last night I had a real bad headache and wanted to get to sleep. I
never used Nyquil before but bought some at the Rx to help me sleep. I
drank about 50% of the bottle at once. About 2 hours later I got real
dizzy and my fingers, toes, then arms and legs started to tingle and
get numb. I fell asleep until 1pm the next day. All day I was totally
dragging butt. I mean I was half alseep throughout the whole day. Very
lathargic and slow. Ears felt blocked up too.
Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?

[NAUAuntie]

Dextromethorphan HBr 15mg (cough suppressant)
Doxylamine succinate 6.25mg (antihistamine)
Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 30mg (nasal decongestant)
(Thanks Teri!)

these three ingredients can cause serious increases in blood pressure (among
other problems) which is why they warn people with high blood pressure to be
careful or not to take these medications. This could have been very
serious, so please follow the directions carefully from now on. Thank God
you were not affected more seriously than this.
Jane in AZ

*Courage is the power to let go of the familiar*

Post by Teri Robert
Acetaminophen 500mg (pain reliever/fever reducer)
Dextromethorphan HBr 15mg (cough suppressant)
Doxylamine succinate 6.25mg (antihistamine)
Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 30mg (nasal decongestant)
Inactive Ingredients:[original] alcohol, citric acid, D&C Yellow No. 10,
FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Yellow No. 6, flavor, high fructose corn syrup,
polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, purified water, saccharin sodium,
sodium citrate
Did you read the label? It says: 2 TBSP (30 ml) every 6 hours. It also
says: Overdose warning: Taking more than the recommended dose can cause
serious health problems. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact
a Poison Control Center right away. Quick medical attention is critical
for adults as well as for children even if you do not notice any signs or
symptoms.
It comes in 6 and 10 ounce bottles, so if you took half of it, you took at
least 3 ounces. You're lucky it didn't make you even more ill than it did.
Over the counter or not, it's a drug, and you need to be careful. If
you're taking prescription meds, it may well have interacted with those,
too.
Teri

Post by j***@yahoo.com
Last night I had a real bad headache and wanted to get to sleep. I
never used Nyquil before but bought some at the Rx to help me sleep. I
drank about 50% of the bottle at once. About 2 hours later I got real
dizzy and my fingers, toes, then arms and legs started to tingle and
get numb. I fell asleep until 1pm the next day. All day I was totally
dragging butt. I mean I was half alseep throughout the whole day. Very
lathargic and slow. Ears felt blocked up too.
Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?

[Teri Robert]

You're welcome, Jane, but it was ultra-easy. All I had to do was go to my
browser and type www.nyquil.com into the address bar. LOL! You know, the
last few years, the pharm companies have been doing sites for almost all
meds, OTC and Rx alike. It's made it easier than every to find info like
that, and I frequently make use of it.

Hope you're doing well,
Teri

Post by Teri Robert
Dextromethorphan HBr 15mg (cough suppressant)
Doxylamine succinate 6.25mg (antihistamine)
Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 30mg (nasal decongestant)
(Thanks Teri!)
these three ingredients can cause serious increases in blood pressure
(among other problems) which is why they warn people with high blood
pressure to be careful or not to take these medications. This could have
been very serious, so please follow the directions carefully from now on.
Thank God you were not affected more seriously than this.
Jane in AZ
*Courage is the power to let go of the familiar*

Post by Teri Robert
Acetaminophen 500mg (pain reliever/fever reducer)
Dextromethorphan HBr 15mg (cough suppressant)
Doxylamine succinate 6.25mg (antihistamine)
Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 30mg (nasal decongestant)
Inactive Ingredients:[original] alcohol, citric acid, D&C Yellow No. 10,
FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Yellow No. 6, flavor, high fructose corn syrup,
polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, purified water, saccharin sodium,
sodium citrate
Did you read the label? It says: 2 TBSP (30 ml) every 6 hours. It also
says: Overdose warning: Taking more than the recommended dose can cause
serious health problems. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact
a Poison Control Center right away. Quick medical attention is critical
for adults as well as for children even if you do not notice any signs or
symptoms.
It comes in 6 and 10 ounce bottles, so if you took half of it, you took
at least 3 ounces. You're lucky it didn't make you even more ill than it
did. Over the counter or not, it's a drug, and you need to be careful. If
you're taking prescription meds, it may well have interacted with those,
too.
Teri

Post by j***@yahoo.com
Last night I had a real bad headache and wanted to get to sleep. I
never used Nyquil before but bought some at the Rx to help me sleep. I
drank about 50% of the bottle at once. About 2 hours later I got real
dizzy and my fingers, toes, then arms and legs started to tingle and
get numb. I fell asleep until 1pm the next day. All day I was totally
dragging butt. I mean I was half alseep throughout the whole day. Very
lathargic and slow. Ears felt blocked up too.
Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?

[Ray]

Oh doh, as homer Simpson would say....read the label and directions first.
No disrespect intended, when you have a bad one you tend to want to bring it
under control but no surprise you had those symptoms.
Hope things are better for you today
Ray

Post by j***@yahoo.com
Last night I had a real bad headache and wanted to get to sleep. I
never used Nyquil before but bought some at the Rx to help me sleep. I
drank about 50% of the bottle at once. About 2 hours later I got real
dizzy and my fingers, toes, then arms and legs started to tingle and
get numb. I fell asleep until 1pm the next day. All day I was totally
dragging butt. I mean I was half alseep throughout the whole day. Very
lathargic and slow. Ears felt blocked up too.
Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?

[Erik]

Post by j***@yahoo.com
Last night I had a real bad headache and wanted to get to sleep. I
never used Nyquil before but bought some at the Rx to help me sleep. I
drank about 50% of the bottle at once. About 2 hours later I got real
dizzy and my fingers, toes, then arms and legs started to tingle and
get numb. I fell asleep until 1pm the next day. All day I was totally
dragging butt. I mean I was half alseep throughout the whole day. Very
lathargic and slow. Ears felt blocked up too.
Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?

Already good posts, but you should be very cautious with anything with
Acetaminophen. An overdose will destroy your liver and you're only hope
would be a liver transplant.

There are cases of well intentioned parents that used pediatric tylenol,
but failed to read the label. They used the same amout as the regular,
and it turns out that the pediatric version was much stronger, and their
kids ended up needing liver transplants.

There are even rare cases of somebody drinking alcohol and taking
Acetaminophen. You guessed it. It destroyed their livers overnight.

I personally think that the severity of effects warrants putting
acetaminophen behind the counter, but it's advertised as safe as candy.

The drag butt was probably from the Doxylamine succinate. It's a common
sleep medication.

Erik

[Spiff]

Post by j***@yahoo.com
Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?

Hee hee... Dextromethorphan is the culprit, most likely.

You have just stumbled onto one of the latest fads among the
young and foolish: Dextromethorphan bingeing or DXM for short.
In low doses DXM suppresses the cough center of the brain. In
higher doses, DXM is a true hardcore hallucinogen with effects
similar in character and magnitude to PCP or Ketamine.

Do a Yahoo search for DXM and you will find literally 100s or
even 1000s of web sites explaining how to get sky-high stoned
on Nyquil.

Like you, I learned about DXM accidently. Today, after that
mistake, even the teeniest amount of DXM will trigger a full-blown
kill-me-now migraine! Might wanna be careful with future doses
of Nyquil??


-SSpiff

[j***@yahoo.com]

After reading your post, I just happened to come across this story in
the news today, too.

Teen Overdoses On Cold Medicine
Triple C Apparently Caused 15-Year-Old To Lose Consciousness

POSTED: 4:43 pm CDT September 17, 2005
UPDATED: 5:07 pm CDT September 17, 2005

OMAHA, Neb. -- A 15-year-old girl is hospitalized after overdosing on
Coricidin Cough and Cold medicine. The over-the-counter drug, sometimes
called "triple C," can cause hallucinations. Teenagers have made
"skittling" a popular pastime.

Samantha DeCamp is in intensive care after taking too much Coricidin.
Her father, Patrick, said he never saw it coming. Now, he wants to
prevent it from happening to other kids. He said his daughter took
about 40 pills and passed out in a friend's bathroom.

Samantha DeCamp is a junior in high school and an honor student. She's
now in intensive care. Her father is watching over her hospital bed
after he was recently released from a hospital himself.

"She'd stopped breathing at one point. They had to put her on a
ventilator," Patrick DeCamp said.

His daughter has turned the corner, and is now recovering. Patrick said
he made a startling discovery when he took a break from his daughter's
side and searched her bedroom at home.

"There's about 58 boxes in here," he said.

Patrick DeCamp found Coricidin, all containing the ingredient
dextromethorphan, which causes hallucinations when taken in large
doses. At $6 a box, it's a cheap high for teens and it's available over
the counter. DeCamp said retailers should be more cautious about
selling it to teens.

"If they look underage, ID them for their cough and cold pills," he
said.

Substance abuse experts agree. Kersten Borer, of ABH Health Services,
said Corcidin's active ingredient concentration can make overdoses
harmful enough to cause heart problems.

"Coricidin has more milligrams per dose of DXM than other
over-the-counter cough suppressants, so that makes it even more
dangerous," Borer said.

Borer said some retailers have noted the increasing abuse by teenagers,
and taken steps to monitor its sale.

Patrick DeCamp said Samantha got her Coricidin at an Omaha Target
store. Calls to Target headquarters in Minnesota seeking comment were
not returned.

A local pharmacist said sale of Coricidin is not regulated in the way
that other medications, such as Claritin, are so people are able to buy
large quantities of Coricidin during one store visit.

Samantha DeCamp is responsive, and she's expected to pull through,
according to her father.

[friendlytxtech]

A very common thing with teens. Coricidin has been popular with them for
many years...seems so strange...they'll take just about anything nowadays.
So sad.

Michelle

Post by j***@yahoo.com
After reading your post, I just happened to come across this story in
the news today, too.
Teen Overdoses On Cold Medicine
Triple C Apparently Caused 15-Year-Old To Lose Consciousness
POSTED: 4:43 pm CDT September 17, 2005
UPDATED: 5:07 pm CDT September 17, 2005
OMAHA, Neb. -- A 15-year-old girl is hospitalized after overdosing on
Coricidin Cough and Cold medicine. The over-the-counter drug, sometimes
called "triple C," can cause hallucinations. Teenagers have made
"skittling" a popular pastime.
Samantha DeCamp is in intensive care after taking too much Coricidin.
Her father, Patrick, said he never saw it coming. Now, he wants to
prevent it from happening to other kids. He said his daughter took
about 40 pills and passed out in a friend's bathroom.
Samantha DeCamp is a junior in high school and an honor student. She's
now in intensive care. Her father is watching over her hospital bed
after he was recently released from a hospital himself.
"She'd stopped breathing at one point. They had to put her on a
ventilator," Patrick DeCamp said.
His daughter has turned the corner, and is now recovering. Patrick said
he made a startling discovery when he took a break from his daughter's
side and searched her bedroom at home.
"There's about 58 boxes in here," he said.
Patrick DeCamp found Coricidin, all containing the ingredient
dextromethorphan, which causes hallucinations when taken in large
doses. At $6 a box, it's a cheap high for teens and it's available over
the counter. DeCamp said retailers should be more cautious about
selling it to teens.
"If they look underage, ID them for their cough and cold pills," he
said.
Substance abuse experts agree. Kersten Borer, of ABH Health Services,
said Corcidin's active ingredient concentration can make overdoses
harmful enough to cause heart problems.
"Coricidin has more milligrams per dose of DXM than other
over-the-counter cough suppressants, so that makes it even more
dangerous," Borer said.
Borer said some retailers have noted the increasing abuse by teenagers,
and taken steps to monitor its sale.
Patrick DeCamp said Samantha got her Coricidin at an Omaha Target
store. Calls to Target headquarters in Minnesota seeking comment were
not returned.
A local pharmacist said sale of Coricidin is not regulated in the way
that other medications, such as Claritin, are so people are able to buy
large quantities of Coricidin during one store visit.
Samantha DeCamp is responsive, and she's expected to pull through,
according to her father.

[qe2]

John,

Congrats - you have just learned a valuable life lesson: never drink 1/2 a
bottle of cough syrup. This ranks up there with spending the night in jail
and spending the night hugging the toilet as far as landmarks to manhood go.
Good ol' Dextromethorpan Hydrobromide is what knocks you out, and Nyquil is
chock full of the stull. I take a 1/2 dose (not bottle!) when I have the flu
since it is so "hangover" inducing.

Good luck,

QE2

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Post by j***@yahoo.com
Last night I had a real bad headache and wanted to get to sleep. I
never used Nyquil before but bought some at the Rx to help me sleep. I
drank about 50% of the bottle at once. About 2 hours later I got real
dizzy and my fingers, toes, then arms and legs started to tingle and
get numb. I fell asleep until 1pm the next day. All day I was totally
dragging butt. I mean I was half alseep throughout the whole day. Very
lathargic and slow. Ears felt blocked up too.
Is this normal? What's in that Nyquil stuff?