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by drewg123 53 days ago
At least in the US, its hard to find single-purpose over the counter medicines. Most "cold" remedies now also include acetaminophen. So that makes it easier to OD on acetaminophen if you take some by itself and then don't realize that your cough syrup also includes it. I think this (bundling acetaminophen) should be banned for safety reasons.
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I thought this was partly intentional to discourage DXM tripping. Same reason the only opioid they seem to give anyone now is the shitty hydrocodone/acetaminophen mix.