{"id":46616,"date":"2019-05-15T10:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T08:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccadicciones.es\/the-risks-of-getting-high-on-cough-syrup\/"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T08:16:19","slug":"the-risks-of-getting-high-on-cough-syrup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccadicciones.es\/en\/the-risks-of-getting-high-on-cough-syrup\/","title":{"rendered":"The risks of ‘getting high’ on cough syrup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The recreational use of cough syrup<\/strong> is not as new or as common as sometimes implied. Javier Porto, therapeutic director of CC Adicciones<\/strong>, believes its relevance has been exaggerated. In his opinion, \u201cthese practices are linked to media sensationalism rather than an increase that poses a risk to public health.\u201d However, it still presents significant health risks<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Javier points out that the active compounds in cough syrup \u201cusually appear in very low doses<\/strong> to achieve relief from colds and flu.\u201d These are: <\/p>\n

Codeine<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For over a decade, the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (Aemps) has required that drugs containing codeine always be dispensed with a medical prescription. <\/strong>It is an opioid derivative, and recreational users<\/em> take codeine-containing syrups to feel a sense of placidity, tranquility, well-being\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dextromethorphan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It has gained greater relevance in recent years because products containing it do not require a medical prescription. Its effect produces activation, hallucinations, and dissociative symptoms<\/strong>. Those who consume it seek to \u201cfeel disinhibition, a certain euphoria, activation, and some kind of amusing confusion<\/em>\u2026<\/strong>\u201d. <\/p>\n

Despite the known addictive power of codeine, the dependence that cough syrups could produce is not cataloged. Javier indicates that the main risks are: <\/p>\n

    \n
  • Intoxication<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Death from codeine overdose<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Liver and cardiovascular damage.<\/li>\n
  • Loss of consciousness<\/strong> and blurred vision.<\/li>\n
  • Muscle stiffness and high fever<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Short-term memory retention<\/strong> problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The risks would increase if the consumption of these types of drugs were continuous, but as Morente, a nurse and professor at the Pontifical University of Comillas, points out, the \u201cvast majority of consumers are experimental or sporadic<\/strong>, not habitual or compulsive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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