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Acidic stomach + DXM polisistrex
FlowingThought
Bluelighter
would making your stomach acidic make the dxm polisistrex in delsym release more quickly at all? or would you have to have an inhumanly (or intolerably) acidic stomach in order to make a difference? thanks in advance for replies
pharmakos
Bluelighter
my intuition tells me it would help, but i don't know for sure.
for what its worth, coca-cola's pH is like 2.5... so the human stomach can obviously stand pretty high pHs.
don't go drinking hydrochloric acid though!
maybe its better to mix up your DXM with something acidic, let that sit for awhile/stir occasionally to break down the poly, then drink that? i think i've heard of people doing that before... not sure though.
FlowingThought
Bluelighter
yeah, i was going to ask that too, but I figured it was basically the same question. any other opinions/ideas?
pharmakos
Bluelighter
join the forums at dextroverse.org
also... as far as DXM in general... zicam is your best bet. its got the least inactive ingredients of any OTC preparation, and is therefore most likely the healthiest form of DXM you can buy at the store. Delsym feels the worst on my gastro-intestinal system... i actually don't even use it anymore because of that, unless someone else gives me some. the only OTC preps that i use anymore are zicam and robitussin/walgreens/riteaid brand cool cherry tussin. if i'm using tussin, i only use one bottle and then add zicam to increase the dose...
cough syrup is hard on your body.
of course, pure powder is probably best... dissolved in solution with alcohol and PEG for proper absorption.
and this thread is derailed, but not too far i suppose.
oh, for Delsym... there's an extraction you can do to make it cleaner.
the gist of it is that the polistyrex beads sink in water. you can actually see and feel the beads if you pay close enough attention when you drink the stuff. what you do is mix up your delsym with a bunch of water in a large container, then carefully pour off all the stuff from the top without pouring off the stuff on the bottom. its kinda tricky but you can probably do it. you'll be left with like 10% of the inactive ingredients but 90% of the DXM.
FlowingThought
Bluelighter
join the forums at dextroverse.org
also... as far as DXM in general... zicam is your best bet. its got the least inactive ingredients of any OTC preparation, and is therefore most likely the healthiest form of DXM you can buy at the store. Delsym feels the worst on my gastro-intestinal system... i actually don't even use it anymore because of that, unless someone else gives me some. the only OTC preps that i use anymore are zicam and robitussin/walgreens/riteaid brand cool cherry tussin. if i'm using tussin, i only use one bottle and then add zicam to increase the dose...
cough syrup is hard on your body.
of course, pure powder is probably best... dissolved in solution with alcohol and PEG for proper absorption.
and this thread is derailed, but not too far i suppose.
oh, for Delsym... there's an extraction you can do to make it cleaner.
the gist of it is that the polistyrex beads sink in water. you can actually see and feel the beads if you pay close enough attention when you drink the stuff. what you do is mix up your delsym with a bunch of water in a large container, then carefully pour off all the stuff from the top without pouring off the stuff on the bottom. its kinda tricky but you can probably do it. you'll be left with like 10% of the inactive ingredients but 90% of the DXM.
damn that's clever. and thanks for the info on the zicam. mods can close this thread or whatever now.
fastandbulbous
Bluelight Crew
Normal operating pH of the stomach is about 1. Noo need for coca-cola etc. If it wasn't acidic, you'd hhave insurmontable problems digesting proteins (proteases only work in highly acidic conditions)