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The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,633 posts) Tue Mar 12, 2013, 10:45 AM Mar 2013

Nyquil - Holy crap, what's in that stuff? [View all]

I've had a bad cold/bronchitis for weeks. Got a prescription for cough syrup with codeine because I was up all night coughing. It helped, got a nice mellow feeling as I drifted off to sleep without feeling like I was going to hork up a lung. But I ran out, didn't want to go through the hassle of another doc visit, etc., so I got some Nyquil.

OMG. Took the recommended dose and it dropped me like a stone, like I'd been shot with one of those tranquilizer darts. When I woke up this morning (10 hours later) I halfway expected to find myself being weighed in a net by a bunch of biologists, with a red-feathered dart stuck in my haunch.

I can't believe they sell that stuff OTC.

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Nyquil - Holy crap, what's in that stuff? [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 OP

"Nyquil ingredients include sedating antihistamines, hypnotics, and alcohol that cause drowsiness. " LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #1

"Sedating"? Is that what they call it? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #2

It doesn't instantly render me unconscious Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #42

careful with a double dose SCantiGOP Mar 2013 #49

Use to swear by NyQuil.... Wounded Bear Mar 2013 #3

Had to quit using Nyquil years ago. MicaelS Mar 2013 #4

I know a lot of people that it knocks out. RiffRandell Mar 2013 #5

I understand it is sometimes used as a recreational drug. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #6

I saw on our local news last week that kids are now drinking RiffRandell Mar 2013 #8

Happens with mouthwash too... Saw that on A&E. n/t Agschmid Mar 2013 #11

Had an 83 year old female client who was drinking hairspray. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #37

When I was teaching on the college level, students used to joke about it Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #26

Not sure specifically, but Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #7

Many years ago... Orrex Mar 2013 #9

Alcohol. cliffordu Mar 2013 #10

Doxylmine succinate is the magic ingredient sir pball Mar 2013 #12

15 hours later and I'm still buzzed. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #13

It's the stuff dreams are made of. ;) Javaman Mar 2013 #14

I see they haven't pipi_k Mar 2013 #15

Black Blood of The Earth Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #16

Every time I hear NyQuil I think of the old Denis Leary bit MadrasT Mar 2013 #17

Prior to my last hospital stay, I was loading up on fluids in my lungs, but my cough... MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #18

So, Nyquil has a Viagra effect - The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #19

That's pretty much the story of my (sex) life. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #20

My metabolism is off. NyQuil doesn't knock me out, but then I overcame Klonopin and Ambien. freshwest Mar 2013 #21

I won't touch the stuff unless I have the next day off. nolabear Mar 2013 #22

I love these things for a cough - hedgehog Mar 2013 #23

I was taking those, too, during the day, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #24

I suggest mixing it with some Hydro or Codeine Cough Syrup Taverner Mar 2013 #25

The now make a sleep only formula... Earth_First Mar 2013 #27

All I need is a sip PasadenaTrudy Mar 2013 #28

Romilar cough syrup was very popular back in the day Doc_Technical Mar 2013 #29

nyquil is the preferred drug at karioke bars olddots Mar 2013 #30

Elmer's glue... pipi_k Mar 2013 #32

labrary paste is even better than cocaine paste... olddots Mar 2013 #41

It has the opposite effect on me. femmocrat Mar 2013 #31

I love it. I keep a supply on hand at all times. It has alcohol... Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #33

Seriously... RobinA Mar 2013 #45

Yes! It's behind the counter in the pharmacy. You just have to ask for it... Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #50

Al Capp knows the answer... pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #34

Don't like it - I never feel right the next day. Dash87 Mar 2013 #35

As the song says.... ellaydubya Mar 2013 #36

A whole bottle? Shit! Drink that and you'll be Rip Van Fucking Winkle. Kennah Mar 2013 #40

It's on the Alcohol Anonymous forbidden list. TexasBushwhacker Mar 2013 #38

reminds me of Lewis Black's bit on the flu Bombero1956 Mar 2013 #39

I'd never seen that bit before mimi85 Mar 2013 #44

The stuff really doesn't do much to me Fearless Mar 2013 #43

I've never experienced that with Nyquil Xyzse Mar 2013 #46

I adore it. Zquil, notsomuch. Myrina Mar 2013 #47

I once had a notable Dayquil experience Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #48