C
18H
25NO,
dextromethorphan hydrobromide
Effects
Positive:
Negative:
- Upset stomach, vomiting
- Body itching
- Diarrhea
- Red blotchy Skin
- Fever
- Tachycardia (racing, pounding heart)
Usage
This is not a drug to mix with
alcohol, since
DXM itself
will make you nauseous. If deriving from a cold medication, avoid ones which contain Tylenol or other medications.
Robitussin,
Delsym,
Pertussin,
Drixoral and
Vicks formula 44 are generally safe bets, one capsule has about twenty to thirty
mg. Dosing is as follows:
Threshhold: 80-90mg
Light: 100-200mg
Common: 200-400mg
Strong: 400-600mg
Heavy: 600-1500mg
Fatal: 2500+ mg
Experience
Effects at low dosage can be similar to
alcohol producing carefree clumsiness with a touch of
psychedelic and speedy effect. Intense and rhythmic music induces a state of euphoria and
dancing becomes fun. On a higher dose imagination can become vividly experienced (not always pleasant), feelings of
dissociation from the body can occur and on very high doses profound alterations in consciousness.
Each
trip lasts three to four hours
Legality
In the U.S.,
DXM is
uncontrolled, so
possession, purchase and sale are fully legal. In China you need a
presciption in order to purchase, and
Finland requires a license to sell undiluted DXM, over the counter stuff is often laced with a
laxative. If you live in Japan, DXM can be procured from your local headshop (5000-6000
yen for 2 doses.)
Info borrowed from Erowid and people who will probably have forgotten it soon. Don't do any drugs until you fully understand their effects.
Procurement
I found this on a personal website, the posting was done over usenet. I have no clue how reliable this is, chemically, it should work, but I wouldn't risk frying my bain to try.
"I HAVE CONFIRMED THIS TECHNIQUE, DXM HBr DOES LIBERATE ITS BASE VERY FREELY. The technique I employed utilized generic DXM based cough syrup similar in composition to the above mentioned product. It was
diluted 50% with water to allow rapid filtration and easier formation
of the cation. A solution of 50% sodium hydroxide was added dropwise
to the 50% cough syrup solution until the pH of the solution was around
11 to 12. The solution was stirred and allowed to stand for 1 hour
to completely precipitate the DXM base. The solution was decanted
to remove the bulk of the liquid, and the solid sediment as well as
a portion of the mother liquid was filtered and the filtrate was
washed 3 times with cold water and allowed to dry. Alas, I did not
weigh the product for yield. The dry product was mixed with an
aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid until all went into solution,
the pH was then adjusted to neutral and the solution was evaporated
to dryness. The product is assumed to be the hydrochloride salt of
dextromethorphan. Other possibilities are the product is the dl-form
Racemethorphan HCl, which means that about 50% of this product will
be the l-Form of methorphan HCl or Levomethorphan HCl. This has
given me the idea of a simple one step cleavage to yield Levorphanol
from the base Levomethorphan. If the product is true dextromethorphan
base, a simple cleavage to dextrorphanol should as well be possible.
I have no reference on dextrorphanol, but I have extensive information
on levorphanol, which is a powerful schedule 2 narcotic. One bottle
of Robo should yield enough levorphanol for 30 analgesic doses based
upon PDR dosage recommendations.
Research is now continuing. The plan is thusly; convert DXM HBr to
the base, which will be either Racemethorphan or Dextromethorphan.
Cleave this product to yield either Dextrorphan or Levorphan or the
dl-form Racemorphan and convert this product to the tartrate.
I have no information at all on the dl-Form or the l-Form of
Methorphan (Levomethorphan). Someone please post what you have.
I also need information on the dl-Form, Racemorphan and
the d-Form, Dextrorphan. The PDR provides clear information on
the l-form, Levorphan (e.g. Levorphanol).
3-Methoxy-17-methylmorphinan => 3-Hydroxy-17-Methylmorphinan
A Schedule Narcotic
Racemorphan HCl should by this procedure be a simple and reliable
narcotic produced easily from Dextromethorphan HBr bearing products."