kjb595
Newbie
Reged: 10/14/03
Posts: 37
Loc: Michigan
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Hi everyone I have am having a problem trying to find the name of the cough syrup that my husband used last year when he got this stupid broncitis?sp that he has once again! I know that it either had hydrocodone or hydromorphone? in it but I'm not sure which one! He is allergic to codeine so it wasn't the normal that they give to most people. If anyone know the name of both or either of these please respond in post or PM ASAP PLEASE!! We have to go to the doctor in a few hours and I need this info cause this new doc doesn't have his records yet!!! 
Thanks in advance,
Kelly
AKA: kjb595
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marleysherb
Stranger
Reged: 09/11/03
Posts: 13
Loc: se
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Hmmmm, HYCOMINE® or HYCOMINE®-S will probably do the trick if you need cough syrup. DXM is also a great medicine used for cough suppresion. I'm no doc, but I would not reccommend either of these medicines for chronic bonchitis, but if he's not sick with it often, I suppose it should be ok. Check with yer doc.
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chevygal
Veteran
Reged: 04/28/03
Posts: 504
Loc: Way down south
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Hycodan. Not sure if it is the same thing as what the other poster mentioned, I have also had hydromet. Hope this helps and hubby gets better 
chevygal
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LumbarSpasm
Silent Chaos
Reged: 05/07/02
Posts: 1538
Loc: USA
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There is also Tussionex.
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me1969
Newbie
Reged: 11/15/02
Posts: 41
Loc: upper midwest
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There is also Codiclear.
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night_shade
Threadhead
Reged: 08/26/03
Posts: 907
Loc: The State of Hockey
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I too am allergic to codeine and have suffered pneumonia annually for a few years. My doctor always prescribes cough syrup containing hydrocodone. It would typically be the next thing up from codeine cough syrup for a person suffering from serious coughing.
I would doubt (but have been wrong many times in life, believe it or not!  ) that your husband received the dilaudid-containing cough syrup for bronchitis unless there was some other indication for it such as opiate tolerance.
Best wishes!!!
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toe
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 10/09/02
Posts: 1443
Loc: MidWest USA
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Tussionex is the big new cough syrup on the market. Try to think? Was it incredibly expensive? Do you remember the word "polystrirex" on the packaging/script info/prescription label anywhere? Was it potent enough to last through an entire night's sleep, directed for use up to 3 times a day and no more?
Only one cough syrup on the market fits this description, that it Tussionex, as mentioned above. Unlike regular cough syrups that dose every 4-6 hours, Tussionex contains both immediate and sustained release (that's the "polystirex." Plain dextromethorphan is also available in this format OTC in the US).
If the dosage instructions were less stingy and/or the syrup only stopped the cough for a few hours at a time, it could have been any of the hydrocodone based cough syrups above. AFAIK, immediate-release hydrocodone cough syrup has been on the market a very long time and perfectly suitable generic formulations are available.
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