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Pure DXM Powder - Dosage Question/General Advice

aubreymcfate

aubreymcfate

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Okay, so me and my boyfriend just obtained some pure DXM powder. It's not in capsules or anything, it's just in a ziplock bag. So we can measure it out to be whatever we want.

One of his friends who's tried this powder and was our reference for it told him to lowball it in terms of dosage. So obviously, we're going to take less than what we would normally take when we do the syrup.

I'm being kind of paranoid about all this, and I don't want to have a horrendous trip, so I wanted to see if anyone had any advice on both dosaging, and just a trip on pure DXM powder in general.

I usually trip on the CVS Adult Tussin. My normal trip is about 4 oz. give or take a bit. So should I do something like a 3 1/2 oz. equivalent in powder form?

I'm kinda nervous, I dunno why. So any experiences and advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
 
4 oz. of adult strength syrup generally has 354mg in it. Do you have a scale? that would be important. As far as "lowballing" it im a little bit lost, because if you take 354mg of dxm powder, its going to be more or less the same as taking the same amount dissolved in syrup, it might come on a little faster, but should not (or at least in my experience) be that much more intense
 
Yeah, we have a scale.

Well, if 4 oz. has 354mg in it, I would be taking less than that, so that it would be more equivalent to like... let's say, 3 1/2 oz. The thing is, I don't know how much lower to go.

My boyfriend is fine with just estimation but I'm just being a worrywart lol, so I was just hoping maybe someone had experience or knowledge with it. I'm not sure how much stronger DXM powder is, so I don't know how much lower I should go.
 
be careful. is your scale an accurate mg scale? if not id be extremely careful with dosage.
 
ok do NOT eat 3.5 oz of dextromethorphan freebase. you'd die.

your dose should be from 300 - 600 mg if you want to have fun and not get sucked into a new world on your couch and not move the entire time.

i reccomend finding a cinnamon (500 mg i believe) gel cap empty, and filling it up with your dxm freebase powder. i find that one can really only stuff about 400 mg into that sized gel capsule.

eat a small meal and drink some oj or lemon juice, and eat some vit. c. you must acidify the powder in your body to break it from freebase to HCL .

if you do not know how to eyeball them doses, get a good mg scale please dose safe!!! peace.
 
strangedays_indeed said:
ok do NOT eat 3.5 oz of dextromethorphan freebase. you'd die.
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WTF i couldnt believe no one had already said this. within the first 5 seconds of reading i was thinking this.

OP:
Your 4 oz syrup only has 354mg of DXM in it. Hence why you'd eat the mg dosage of your powder. 1000mg= 1 gram. 28 grams= 1 ounce. Measure correctly cuz you obviously arent too aware of whats goin on.
 
I'm pretty sure OP didn't mean to eat 3.5oz of pure DXM powder. I believe she meant that in order to lowball it she would take the equivilant dosage of dxm that would be contained in 3.5oz of syrup. So instead of 4oz of syrup containing 354mg she would take whatever 3.5oz of the same syrup would contain.

That confused me to explain it but hopefully you get the idea.
 
morbiddoctor said:
I'm pretty sure OP didn't mean to eat 3.5oz of pure DXM powder. I believe she meant that in order to lowball it she would take the equivilant dosage of dxm that would be contained in 3.5oz of syrup. So instead of 4oz of syrup containing 354mg she would take whatever 3.5oz of the same syrup would contain.

That confused me to explain it but hopefully you get the idea.
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Lol, yes... that is what I meant. Thank you.

Thanks for the help everyone. It went well though, and I ended up not having to go much lower. The powder is pretty intense though. Crazy stuff.
 
make sure you take a few tablespoons of cough syrup or a few robo gels when you dose . theres a chemical in cough medicine preperations called PEG it aids in the absorbtion of the dxm. that makes a big difference in the trip
 
nativenick said:
make sure you take a few tablespoons of cough syrup or a few robo gels when you dose . theres a chemical in cough medicine preperations called PEG it aids in the absorbtion of the dxm. that makes a big difference in the trip
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Know of a source for that? I've never heard of this before, and it's certainly not listed as an active ingredient in DXM meds here in the States.

edit: by source I mean a source of information, not a source of the chemical.
 
I ended up doing around 350 mg, pretty much the equivalent of what the cough syrup would have been.

It was... not as intense, actually. Something about the syrup provides more of a buzz, or kick.
 
solistus said:
Know of a source for that? I've never heard of this before, and it's certainly not listed as an active ingredient in DXM meds here in the States.

edit: by source I mean a source of information, not a source of the chemical.
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While there may indeed be absorption aids in commercial cough syrup preparations, I was always under the impression that the difference in perceived effects and experience between equivalent doses of dxm powder vs dxm suspended in syrup was due to the rate of absorption of both, with the pure powder having a much quicker absorption rate than the dxm suspended in syrup, which would act as a sort of timing releaser for the dxm as it gets digested.

I'd like to see any info you can point us to on this as well. Thanks!
 
DXM HBr is insoluble in H2O. (i've seen sources before that will confirm, but if you don't believe me google it yourself.) alcohol and PEG are used in OTC preparations in order to aid solubility. i think there's conflicting opinions on whether or not alcohol or PEG are needed for proper absorption in vivo.

i have never used pure DXM powder. however, i have taken off-brand DXM products that don't contain PEG or alcohol. i find that on a mg to mg comparison those particular off brand products are less effective than the more commonly used ones.

fyi these days the only form of DXM i allow myself to use is zicam cough max. its the easiest on my body and has the least negative side-effects.
 
thenightwatch said:
fyi these days the only form of DXM i allow myself to use is zicam cough max. its the easiest on my body and has the least negative side-effects.
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i still shudder at those words. only thing of this i'd say there is a much easier way to get nearly pure dxm, well a lot safer and easier to take than anything else besides zicam and i'm not talking delsym. but prolonged use of zicam will eventually hit you, soon you'll grow sick to it as you did the rest. when these demon days come i can perhaps suggest a riddle for you (;
 
FreeLess said:
i still shudder at those words. only thing of this i'd say there is a much easier way to get nearly pure dxm, well a lot safer and easier to take than anything else besides zicam and i'm not talking delsym. but prolonged use of zicam will eventually hit you, soon you'll grow sick to it as you did the rest. when these demon days come i can perhaps suggest a riddle for you (;
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i'm aware that many people develop a strong aversion to products they use too often. however, it has never happened to me. mind over matter works wonders.
 
a good dose for the powder would probably be about a half gram for a person who has used DXM before and wants a safe but fun trip IMO.

When I was getting powder I would just make the whole pile into a bunch of .5g bags, that way if I wanted a mellow trip I'd do one bag, a fun, intense trip two bags, and if I just wanted to be totally faced I'd do three. But jsut make your scale is accurate to the .1g at least, a triple beam or most digi's will do the job just fine. Anything you measure blow with accurately will work IMO
 
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