Shop for Mucinex. Mucinex and Mucinex DM tablets also both come in maximum-strength versions. These medicines contain double the amount of active ingredients. You should take no more than one maximum-strength tablet every 12 hours. Do not take more than two tablets in 24 hours. Shop for Mucinex DM. The packaging for the regular-strength and maximum-strength products is similar. There is also a liquid version of Mucinex DM available, but only in the maximum-strength form. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist to decide which form is right for you.
Mucinex DM liquid is only for people 12 years or older. Shop for liquid Mucinex DM. There are Mucinex liquid products that are made especially for children 4 to 11 years of age. Most people tolerate these medications very well. However, at higher dosages, the likelihood of side effects from the drugs in Mucinex and Mucinex DM increases. The chart below lists examples of possible side effects of Mucinex and Mucinex DM.
These drugs are called monoamine oxidase inhibitors, or MAOIs. Examples of these drugs include:. The interaction between these drugs and Mucinex DM can cause a serious reaction known as serotonin syndrome. This reaction can be life threatening. Symptoms of serotonin syndrome include:. Keep reading: Serotonin syndrome symptoms, treatment, and more ». Also, dextromethorphan, one of the ingredients in Mucinex DM, is a commonly misused drug.
It can cause a high or euphoria when used in high doses. It can even cause hallucinations. For the best results:. If you are taking the medication regularly, take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose. Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at A codeine overdose can be fatal, especially in a child or other person using the medicine without a prescription.
Overdose symptoms may include slow breathing and heart rate, severe drowsiness, confusion, hallucinations, cold and clammy skin, pinpoint pupils, and fainting. This medicine may impair your thinking or reactions.
Avoid driving or operating machinery until you know how this medicine will affect you. Dizziness or severe drowsiness can cause falls or other accidents.
Do not drink alcohol while you are taking medicine that contains codeine. Dangerous side effects or death could occur. Ask a doctor or pharmacist before using any other cold, allergy, or cough medicine.
Many combination medicines contain decongestants or cough suppressants. Taking certain products together can cause you to get too much of a certain drug. Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction : hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Like other narcotic medications, codeine can slow your breathing. Death may occur if breathing becomes too weak. A person caring for you should seek emergency medical attention if you have slow breathing with long pauses, blue colored lips, or if you are hard to wake up. Serious side effects may be more likely in older adults and those who are overweight, malnourished, or debilitated. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine if you are also using any other drugs, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.
Some medicines can cause unwanted or dangerous effects when used together. Not all possible interactions are listed in this medication guide. Taking codeine, guaifenesin, and pseudoephedrine with other drugs that make you sleepy or slow your breathing can cause dangerous side effects or death. Ask your doctor before taking a sleeping pill, narcotic pain medicine, prescription cough medicine, a muscle relaxer, or medicine for anxiety, depression, or seizures.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided by Cerner Multum, Inc. Drug information contained herein may be time sensitive. Multum information has been compiled for use by healthcare practitioners and consumers in the United States and therefore Multum does not warrant that uses outside of the United States are appropriate, unless specifically indicated otherwise.
Multum's drug information does not endorse drugs, diagnose patients or recommend therapy. The absence of a warning for a given drug or drug combination in no way should be construed to indicate that the drug or drug combination is safe, effective or appropriate for any given patient. Multum does not assume any responsibility for any aspect of healthcare administered with the aid of information Multum provides. What probably got you was the dextromethorphan.
It will make you high as a kite if you take too much, and there are indeed people who do it on purpose. There is 30 mg of it in the Mucinex, and an extra 10 mg in each Dayquil. Cantw8 said:. Inigo DIS Veteran. Joined Jun 24, In higher than recommended doses, it gives a hallucinagenic effect. These kids keep telling me they just take it because of colds, but The kids don't realize or maybe don't care that too much of this stuff can put a person into a coma or could even cause death.
OctMtnWoods That's where I want to be. Joined Mar 9, Joined Mar 1, I take Mucinex DM and it makes me feel like a million bucks very energetic ly charged all day and I could Councour The World I fell so good if iam grogy sometimes IL take it jus to get boosted and going idk what's in it but my concentration levels are so high it's unreal and i smoke any and everyone at work people can't keep up I never fell high I fell like an extremely adrenaline rush set in for 12 hours and I have a heart problem Artillery Defibrillation and it doesn't affect it at all my heart beats per minute all the time weather iam working or at a complete rest but it never messes with it but stress with make it stop from time to time not medicen.
Joined Feb 12, Oh yeah, that's the dextromethorphan. It's the chemical that makes people drink cough syrup until they start to hallucinate. I don't know if it's still a recreational activity but the short answer to your question is YES it can get you high! Have fun! Joined Feb 1, I haven't hallucinated on it I jus have this rush of energy and consintration that's unreal I have dslexia and adhd so it just helps so much.
Poohlove DIS Veteran. Joined Nov 11, I don't take the Mucinex DM because of the way that it makes me feel, it is whatever the medicine is called that the D stands for that I can't tolerate.
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