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Next I hope they do cough medicines, I looked a few years ago when I had a cough and it seems like literally none of the OTC ones are more effective than placebo.

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Dextromethorphan (DM or DXM) is the OTC cough suppressant. Marketed as Delsym comes in an orange box, or you can find it in various combo formulations, and it works

Delsym is dextromethorphan-polistirex, a long-acting formulation of DXM that is supposed to last 12 hours. DXM is available in almost all cough syrups.

The 12 hour formula is the only way you can get it OTC by itself. That’s because it’s a recreational drug that is commonly abused (“robo tripping”) and extended release prevents that. Otherwise you have to get it in a combo drug like NyQuil, which I don’t prefer because I can’t manage distinct symptoms and dosages independently with a combo

Can also give you incredible diarrhea as a nice side effect

Dextromethorphan is the only otc cough medicine that works and pretty much the only prescription stuff that works is opiate based. Of course both are regulated.

DXM can be more or less effective. I wish codeine cough syrup was still available without a prescription.

Exactly. Why do I have to cough my head off because some idiot abuses codeine?

Because you and your neighbors think you can interfere with people through your voting decisions. Government has grown so out of line, 'crime' has no meaning anymore beyond "doing that which some group of humans with guns and cages says, who nobody really consented to or contracted with (they've always been there bullying everyone into paying taxes and obeying edicts)." It certainly doesn't mean what it used to mean anymore!

We as a people need to become even more ungovernable, we need to be the opposite of German and be the most annoying red blooded American caricatures we can be.

Don't join the beehives, they're not worth it! My corollary to Franklin: those who would give up essential sovereignty to gain inclusion into a society deserve and shall receive neither.

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