Attention all CUFFers!

[Jarid in Cedar]

If you witness a teenager buying more than one bottle of Robotussin, please BREAK THEIR EFFING ARMS.

That is all.

[old_gregg]

If you witness a teenager buying more than one bottle of Robotussin, please BREAK THEIR EFFING ARMS.

That is all.

What a crappy way to get a buzz.

[Colly Wolly]

I love me some purple.

[Pheidippides]

I've heard of this, actually. what are the side effects of having too much?

[Surfah]

I've heard of this, actually. what are the side effects of having too much?

Robo-tripping. Pretty popular among LDS kids. I had a friend in college who claimed hallucinogenic properties.

[Green Monstah]

I love me some purple.

Isn't purple the codeine syrup? Robitussin is just for the alcohol.

[cougjunkie]

We used to call it Robo-frying. Tried it one time and puked for about 2 straight hours. It was awful.

I think you have to buy Robotussin via the pharmacy now. It is over the counter but they make you show ID.

[statman]

Isn't purple the codeine syrup? Robitussin is just for the alcohol.

Nope - it's for the dextromethorphan. It's a cough suppressant. VERY SIMILAR structurally to opiates (which are also very good cough suppressants). It's close enough to opiates that if you take big doses of it, that like a lot of other things when you're talking about biochemistry, it can act like an opiate

(chemicals that cause reactions in the body are not cut-and-dried as chemical reactions in a test tube. They chemicals bind to receptors - enzymes/proteins that have a general shape, but are not 100% rigid. If a chemical that's CLOSE to a specific chemical, is near a receptor and is present in high enough concentrations, the receptor/enzyme will often react to it, and treat it as if it is the target chemical. So something that is A LOT like an opiate, in certain circumstances, may react EXACTLY like an opiate.).


Dextromethorphan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fileextromethorphan.svg

Morphine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mo...-_Morphine.svg


The molecules aren't obviously the same, but if you rotate the DXM picture 90degrees, and look at the relationship between the nitrogen ring coming up perpendicular from the aromatic ring, with the OH/O group on the opposite side of the aromatic ring from the nitrogenous ring, you can see why the DXM will sometimes force its way into an opiate receptor.

(Aromatic rings are very specific structures - they have distinct properties - they are strictly planar and don't wobble, they have have slight positive charges all around their perimeter, etc. - put a couple other distinctive atoms/groups in approximately the same orientation to the aromatic ring (the O/OH & the perpendicular nitrogen rings) - and you've got two molecules that could potentially bind on the same enzyme site...)

[TripletDaddy]

Nope - it's for the dextromethorphan. It's a cough suppressant. VERY SIMILAR structurally to opiates (which are also very good cough suppressants). It's close enough to opiates that if you take big doses of it, that like a lot of other things when you're talking about biochemistry, it can act like an opiate

(chemicals that cause reactions in the body are not cut-and-dried as chemical reactions in a test tube. They chemicals bind to receptors - enzymes/proteins that have a general shape, but are not 100% rigid. If a chemical that's CLOSE to a specific chemical, is near a receptor and is present in high enough concentrations, the receptor/enzyme will often react to it, and treat it as if it is the target chemical. So something that is A LOT like an opiate, in certain circumstances, may react EXACTLY like an opiate.).


Dextromethorphan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fileextromethorphan.svg

Morphine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mo...-_Morphine.svg


The molecules aren't obviously the same, but if you rotate the DXM picture 90degrees, and look at the relationship between the nitrogen ring coming up perpendicular from the aromatic ring, with the OH/O group on the opposite side of the aromatic ring from the nitrogenous ring, you can see why the DXM will sometimes force its way into an opiate receptor.

(Aromatic rings are very specific structures - they have distinct properties - they are strictly planar and don't wobble, they have have slight positive charges all around their perimeter, etc. - put a couple other distinctive atoms/groups in approximately the same orientation to the aromatic ring (the O/OH & the perpendicular nitrogen rings) - and you've got two molecules that could potentially bind on the same enzyme site...)

stfu. seriously.

[Moliere]

If you witness a teenager buying more than one bottle of Robotussin, please BREAK THEIR EFFING ARMS.

That is all.

I once tried to buy 5 bottles of cough syrup at CVS. I have 5 kids and so when one gets sick they all get sick and we go through the stuff like candy.

Long story short, I was limited to buying 3 bottles by some state law. I pleaded my case saying that I had lots of kids at home that were sick, but to no avail. So I walked across the intersection to Walgreens and bought 3 more bottles. I'm pretty sure the cashier thought I was a drug addict.