I am quoting now, Jazzman, from Wikipedia.... these are the uses "
As
sedative/hypnotic
For preoperative sedation and to counteract postnarcotic nausea
Together with codeine or dextromethorphan against cough
It can be used to increase the activity of
opioids. It allows lower opioid doses and decreases their emetic properties.
As a
motion sickness or
seasickness when used with
Ephedrine or
Pseudoephedrine.
As an antipruritic (
pruritus vulvae).
To combat moderate to severe morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum."
Now Jazzman you are really getting in the glue.... I used a brand name when referring to this "mixture" and I suppose I apoligize for that? I didnt realzie how specific I had to be when all I was doing was getting a point across. If you were to look up "Lean" in a place like wikipedia you would find this:
"Lean is an illegal
recreational drink popular in the
hip-hop community of the
Southern United States. Its main ingredients are
prescription-strength
cough syrup containing
codeine and
promethazine.
[1]"
Now Jazzman, I believe I was speaking about Lean originally before you came and decided you were going to try and fight that with what little knowledge you have. I wasnt being scientific, I was using the "slang" terminology that I believed was appropriate for the context i used it in. Yes, Promenthazine can be used as an antihistanmine, BUT the actual use has nothing to do with that since there is many other more effective alternatives. People also have varying opinions about the synthetic vs natural drugs. I myself have the liberty to view this in black and white.... If its altered its synthetic.... period. Now who ever may read this can also have their opinion... in my career whether or not a chemical is labeled synthetic or not has not changed anything. You are just a know it all Jazzman who apparently, doesnt know to much when it comes to this. I am offended you would challenge the fact that I am a chemist because I take pride in my work. You can think what youd like jazzman it doesnt effect me at all.... youve amused me so far with your confident ways and your factual knowledge when in reality you just a bullshitter. Now, Im almost sorry I had to make you look like such a fool.
Ganzy! You're all upset again! What happened?
I have no idea what LEAN is. I don't care; I never referred to it, and neither did you. Your pride and your anger seems to have gotten the best of you. Again, NO, you weren't talking about LEAN, or any other cough medicines. You referred specifically to TUSSIONEX. Just read your own posts. You never had a point. You simply were wrong, and I corrected you. We wouldn't be here if you had simply owned up to a silly mistake, which neither you or I truly care about.
Should I remind you of your last post? You were wrong about so many things, it's astonishing. Are you currently using? Or abusing? I believe your judgement, not to mention your brain, has been clouded.
I'm not sure why you posted that info on promethazine...? You're rambling. And making no sense. If you're a chemist, as you claim to be, you never should have referred to Tussionex as a drug containing Codeine and promethazine, as it contains NEITHER. Are you in such a haze that you don't realize that? It was the basis of our "argument". I never said anything about LEAN, or any other cough syrup. Nor did I refer to anything containing Codeine, or promethazine.
i
dont know of antihistamines used ever in these for they are used soley for cough suppression.
Tussionex = Hydrocodone and Antihistamine. Were you wrong? Or perhaps just being vague? Or was that slang?
Bottom line is that the brand tussionex carries codeine in one of their lines of cough suppressants
No, Ganzy, it does not. There is no brand of "TUSSIONEX" that contains codeine. Certainly not an anti-emetic. Your education should have taught you that; with Hydrocodone it's simply not necessary. Being a
semi-synthetic opiate that was created in an attempt to make a more potent form of it's natural cousin, which would not cause as many adverse reactions, namely, nausea. Not to mention the many people who are allergic to codeine: many can safely consume hydrocodone.
the chemical i prevously stated is what is contained in tussionex..... the ingredient is essencially codeine....
No, Hydrocodone is not ESSENCIALLY(sp) Codeine. Are you a chemist or not? Stop using your so called "SLANG" for the benefit of all the uneducated here. It is a very different drug, despite the fact that it is derived from Codeine. Your education should have taught you that. If codeine was in fact ESSENCIALLY hydrocodone, the absurd amount of addicts across the country would ESSENCIALLY be popping Tylenol 3, not Vicodin. And Codein would essenTially be one of the MOST prescribed and abused drug in the country, not vicodin. And YOU, would essencially, be RIGHT.
Is Codeine essentially Opium? Or is it essentially Morphine? Both of which it is obtained from.....
People also have varying opinions about the synthetic vs natural drugs. I myself have the liberty to view this in black and white.... If its altered its synthetic.... period. Now who ever may read this can also have their opinion...
No, Ganzy. No. I'm sorry, but there is no opinion at issue here. You have the liberty to be WRONG. And incredibly stubborn. Codeine is a classified as a
naturally occurring opiate. Do you actually KNOW THAT? Or are you simply unwilling to admit it, as it would hurt your ego? Hydrocodone is a semi-synthetic opiate, as it was synthesized FROM a
naturally occurring opiate. That is not my OPINION, it is a simple fact. Ganzy, I'm NOT enjoying this. If it makes you feel better to believe the delusion that your are somehow
making a fool of me, well, more power to you. Fantasy can be FUN! So you insist that you're a chemist: wonderful. This, however, is simple pharmacology; there are no opinions to be considered here. When an opiate is synthesized without extraction from a naturally occurring opiate, it is then a true synthetic opiod. Fentanyl, Methadone, etc...
Let's be sure to keep this going Ganzy baby! I'm slowly, but surely, beginning to ENJOY being made such a fool of.