A Discussion On Over-The-Counter Cough Syrup Misuse

See @chubbyemu video https://youtu.be/WPxb2IG9MOk Featuring: Dr Sonal Jagasia Patient GG depicted by @MerryRoseHowley Additional patient depictions by @JustinWhangYt Video with @JustinWhangYt : https://youtu.be/QKIobyk6Isc Audio version of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chubbyemu Tweet me: https://www.twitter.com/hemereview IG me: https://www.instagram.com/hemereview FB me: https://www.facebook.com/hemereview Dextromethorphan is an over the counter cough medicine. It is for coughs. Misuse of it can cause life threatening side effects. Thumbnail case courtesy of Dr Derek Smith, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 53692 References: Dextromethorphan, chlorphenamine and serotonin toxicity: case report and systematic literature review. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21175434/ Case of Serotonin Syndrome Initially Presenting as Diffuse Body Pain. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196581/ Serotonin Syndrome. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865832 Bromism: An overlooked and elusive toxidrome from chronic dextromethorphan misuse. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31864868/ Dextromethorphan-induced serotonin syndrome. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19238739/ Cognitive Deterioration from Long-Term Misuse of Dextromethorphan:A Case Report. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1188627/ Pediatric Fatalities Associated With Over the Counter (Nonprescription) Cough and Cold Medications. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19101060/ "DXM": a new drug of. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9624331/