Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Main Players:

PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (PSE): is the active ingredient in many over-the-counter decongestant medications such as Sudafed. It is used in making the drug "meth".
-->METHAMPHETAMINE (Meth): is an addictive stimulant drug with limited medical uses.

DEXTROMETHORPHAN (DXM): is the active ingredient in many over-the-counter cough and cold medications as a cough suppressant.
--> DXM is abused by taking larger than needed doses.

CHEESE (the recreational drug): the combination of black tar Mexican heroin and OTC medications that contain diphenhydramine and acetaminophine, such as Tylenol PM.

4 comments:

Michelle's Dish said...
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Anonymous said...

I can't believe that something as dangerous as meth can actually be made from something that we take all the time like pseudephedrine. It's weird trying to connect the two.

Anonymous said...

Good definitions, very useful. thanks. Can not pronounce them, but the definition were very detailed. Thanks

Anonymous said...

I have never really looked at the active ingredients of my medications.. but I guess I will start!