Using cold medicines to get high

January 14, 2008

About 5.3% of Americans ages 12 to 25, or 3.1 million people, have used a cold or cough medication to get high, a government survey found. About 1 million did so in the last year.

Procter & Gamble Co.'s NyQuil was the over-the-counter medicine most frequently chosen to achieve a high, at about 30%. Schering-Plough Corp.'s Coricidin was used by 18.1%, of the young people, and 17.8% of them cited Wyeth's Robitussin, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

The survey was conducted and released by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Girls 12 to 17 were more likely than males to have misused the medicines, according to the study, while more males than females in the 18-to-25 age range reported abusing the substances.

Across the overall age group, whites were three times more likely to misuse the over-the-counter drugs than blacks.

FDA warns online hormone sellers

Government health officials on Wednesday began cracking down on Internet sales of custom-mixed hormones for menopausal women, a market born when doctors deemed prescription estrogen therapy too risky for many.

But the Food and Drug Administration says these alternative hormone mixes are no safer and told seven makers to stop selling them.

The FDA said it sent warning letters to the companies saying their claims about the "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy" -- or BHRT -- products are not supported by medical evidence and are considered false and misleading. The agency said it is concerned the claims for safety and effectiveness mislead patients and healthcare professionals.

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-...eadlines-health

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Originally posted by drdªv€@Jan 12 2008, 02:03 AM
January 14, 2008

About 5.3% of Americans ages 12 to 25, or 3.1 million people, have used a cold or cough medication to get high, a government survey found. About 1 million did so in the last year.

Procter & Gamble Co.'s NyQuil was the over-the-counter medicine most frequently chosen to achieve a high, at about 30%. Schering-Plough Corp.'s Coricidin was used by 18.1%, of the young people, and 17.8% of them cited Wyeth's Robitussin, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

The survey was conducted and released by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Girls 12 to 17 were more likely than males to have misused the medicines, according to the study, while more males than females in the 18-to-25 age range reported abusing the substances.

Across the overall age group, whites were three times more likely to misuse the over-the-counter drugs than blacks.

FDA warns online hormone sellers

Government health officials on Wednesday began cracking down on Internet sales of custom-mixed hormones for menopausal women, a market born when doctors deemed prescription estrogen therapy too risky for many.

But the Food and Drug Administration says these alternative hormone mixes are no safer and told seven makers to stop selling them.

The FDA said it sent warning letters to the companies saying their claims about the "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy" -- or BHRT -- products are not supported by medical evidence and are considered false and misleading. The agency said it is concerned the claims for safety and effectiveness mislead patients and healthcare professionals.

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-...eadlines-health

okay now why would they make a big deal about 1 million people trying DXM?
thats not alot of people, their is probably alot more then the government thinks.