What would happen if you drank a whole bottle of cough medicine?
– Just wanted to add a note that i posted this question due a random discussion in the office – i am not looking at overdosing myself!
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August 24th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Overdose. Doesn’t matter if it is Robitussin or a prescription cough syrup. It’s an overdose that can be fatal.
August 24th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
my brother Ian did a whole bottle of veno’s when he was 7 or 8, and he still hasnt ever had a cough.. hes 48 this year..draw your own conclusions..
August 24th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
you would be overdosing, not a good thing. If it is alcohol based such as NyQuil, you would get drunk.
August 24th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
You would get high, in a sence, or you could overdose.
August 24th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
you would get the shits!also might be a bit drowsy, dont thing it would do anything to major, not unless it was really strong, although still not advisable
August 24th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
I would call your local poison control center and ask. I don’t know for sure. It worries me that you are considering it. If you are suicidal please get help.
August 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
try it and let us know….. what an odd thing to ask.
August 25th, 2010 at 12:22 am
You would vomit…
August 25th, 2010 at 1:15 am
you would stop coughing,,,,,,
August 25th, 2010 at 1:29 am
You will be very dopey indeed
August 25th, 2010 at 2:17 am
ironically you would start coughing.
August 25th, 2010 at 3:11 am
Depends on the make, if it contains codeine its an overdose and will cause rapid sleep and/or vomitting and seeing as the person is asleep it could cause choking. Other ingredients in cough medicine over dose can do damage to the liver. I shared a large bottle of benylin with my sister when i was 6 we slept from 4pm sun til we were woken at 8 on monday……I’d have been in the e.r. but it just goes to show you what the docs or parents knew bach then compared with now.
August 25th, 2010 at 3:35 am
Nothing! I like to add a bit of it to all my favourites spirits.
August 25th, 2010 at 3:40 am
Well if you had a cough it would probably go!
Hate even taking a spoon of the stuff. It lodges in my throat. Yeuk.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:35 am
it would make you sleep for bout 24 hours
August 25th, 2010 at 4:38 am
hmm im thinking you could die.
Overdose.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:42 am
UD NEVER HAVE A COUGH AGAIN FOR LIFE
August 25th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Depends on whats in it
August 25th, 2010 at 6:27 am
You could seriously damage your liver and probably your kidneys too as they function to filter out waste (and toxins too I THINK) I’m only a year 11 student, i’m no doc but I’m something like that would happen….science lessons…bah.
Good question, I’ve wondered that too…not that I would like to try…
August 25th, 2010 at 6:42 am
you will feel drowsy.what a stupid question……………………..
August 25th, 2010 at 6:55 am
Apart from overdosing and that could well bring some people some complications, I think other than that, you would sleep it off for hours and hours.
August 25th, 2010 at 7:26 am
it would for sure stop your coughing.
i wouldn’t do it. [dangers]
August 25th, 2010 at 8:02 am
you’d start coughin’
August 25th, 2010 at 8:39 am
you’d probably feel dosile and vomit
August 25th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Overdose
August 25th, 2010 at 9:59 am
you’d never cough in your life. just kidding. probably nothing serious. try it and see. just kidding. nah, you’d probably get super drowsy and then go to sleep for a while and then that’s it
August 25th, 2010 at 10:43 am
You would get rid of your cough! Seriously, you are bound to be overdosing as most cough medicine has paracetamol or coidine in it so i wouldnt advise taking more than the stated dose unless you want to end up in hospital or worse!
August 25th, 2010 at 11:21 am
It truly depends on the size of the bottle and the ingredients…if there are antihistamines in it? You’g get very sleepy, could possibly affect your respiratory status.
If it contains a narcotic like hydrocodone or codiene..same deal.
slow respiration.
Tylenol in it? Liver toxicity/damage
Dextromethorphan? hallucinations and lots of other scary stuff. I’ll find you a link. We had a kid who did that (I’m an ER nurse) and he was one sick puppy.
Bottom line? Anyone would be an idiot to drink a bottle of cough syrup, but then most drug abusers aren’t too bright anyway are they 😉
August 25th, 2010 at 11:30 am
On a dare I once drank a full bottle of Buckley’s Cough Mixture
medium size bottle. I fell asleep.. slept for about 3 & 1/2 hours!
No ill effects afterwards but for some reason I was hungry.
August 25th, 2010 at 11:43 am
Personally it just made myself feel sick. Nothing cool about drinking it at all, just make yourself feel like crap.
August 25th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
i agree with everyone else , overdose that can be fatal or other serious injuries.
they dont put those pioson control labels on those bottle’s cause they are candy.
August 25th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
I always drink a full bottlebut it takes a few days to do it.
No side effects
August 25th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
you wont cough for a while put it that way
August 25th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I drank a whole bottle of methadone once and I came through ok – so just down it you nonce!
August 25th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
As already been stated overdose, you could go in a coma.It certainly wouldn’t heal your cough any quicker
August 25th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Ah – interesting question!
This is actually my friends cure for the common cold!
Whenever she gets those warning signs that you’re gonna wake up sick, she downs a bottle of cough medicine, passes out and then is fine the next day!
And honestly, truly I have known her for 14 years and she’s never had a cold!
August 25th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
You’d go bye-bye.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
You can’t buy Codeine linctus from the chemist any more because of its addictive qualities.You also can’t get kaolin & morphine(a diahorrea cure) because it separates and junkies were injecting it for a quick fix.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
your cough would disappear and so would you
August 25th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
well at least you would stop your cough! as it contains aspirin it could knock you out
August 25th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
cough medicine has many different drugs in a whole bottle could damage your liver irreparably
December 23rd, 2010 at 6:25 pm
It depends the size and ingredients but i have done it many times and what happens is you get super high!? it feels pretty good but i advise noone to try it because it damages your liver!