On Feb 21, 9:55 am, Joel <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "jt" <trim...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >can anyone give any examples of brain damage caused by dxm. what sort
of
> >brain damage? symptoms would be appreciated. this is a serious
inquiry.
>
> There are three major categories. One isn't really "damage", but may
> seem that way for a period of time, that being a lowering in the
> number of s*****onin neurons. They'll come back (the same thing can
> happen to people who use SSRIs, and then stop). Then there is
> NMDA-antagonist neurotoxicity (Olney's Lesions), which is only likely
> with heavy third- and fourth-plateau users - it would probably be
> experienced as being "spaced out", or something.
>
> The other one, however, comes from redosing, taking Delsym, or
> especially, taking Coricidin. It's a chemical imbalance, caused by
> the overload of s*****onin and sigma-opioid effects one experiences on
> those crazy, hallucinogenic trips. Hopefully, with time, they would
> heal - but in many cases, I'm sure they don't. :(
>
> --
> Joel Crump
>
> I'm omnipresent, and omni***ual.
There is not now, and has NEVER been, a single study that linked the
consumption of DXM, Chlorpheniramine Maleate (the other ingredient in
Coricidin cough and cold) or the combination thereof to Olney's
lesions or ANY other brain disease. There are a few (about 6)
anecdotal re****ts of the Olney's lesions problem, but none have panned
out, and three of them later were demonstrated to be suffering not
from Olney's but from another degenerative disease of the brain
unrelated to drug consumption.
The Olney's lesions theory was ignited by White's otherwise excellent
but somewhat alarmist DXM faq, and he has now repudiated that section.
Lizard
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