How to make Robitussin CoughGels (Dextromethorphan HBr) dissolve faster?

[JonezSmith]

One of my favorite recreational drugs right now is Dextromethorphan HBr. I only use the Robitussin CoughGels due to the fact that the only active ingredient is DXM, and its much better than downing whole bottles of a repulsive tasting cough syrup. But the only downside to the CoughGels are the fact that they take an hour longer than the syrup does to even begin to feel the effects because the gel capsule has to dissolve. So its about 2 and 1/2 hours before I even begin to feel anything. So I decided to come to you guys to see if you had any ideas on decreasing the time it takes to dissolve the DXM and enter your body. Do you know of any solutions or chemicals that I could let the Capsules sit in that would make the gel coating easier to break down in my stomach? Or maybe ingesting a certain liquid or mineral/vitamin along with the DXM that would somehow speed up the process? Because I know when I used to abuse Diphenhydramine, taking it with orange juice and taking a vitamin C supplement would greatly decrease how long it took to break down. So maybe the same principles apply. So do you have any ideas?

The inactive ingredients of the product (mainly the gel capsule that needs to be broken down) are as follows;
*FD&C blue no. 1
*FD&C red no. 40
*Fractionated Coconut Oil
*Gelatin
*Glycerin
*Mannitol
*Pharmaceutical Ink
*Polyethylene Glycol
*Povidone
*Propyl Gallate
*Propylene Glycol
*Purified Water
*Sorbitol
*Sorbitol Anhydrides​

 

[MrGrunge]

DXM is an alkaline substance, so downing a bunch of pills/syrup causes the pH in your stomach rise. This makes it difficult to digest the gels quickly. The solution is simple: drink something acidic. Down the pills with a can of cola, some orange juice, or take a shot of lemon juice after you've dosed.

 

[sekio]

Puncture the gels before you eat them.


People I know sometimes make "robo drink"; empty the gels out by either slicing them in half over a bowl, or blending them in a blender and using a strainer to seperate the shells. Either mix the nasty syrupy liquid with e.g. soda or drink it whole as a vile shot and then follow it up with a chaser.

 

[JonezSmith]

Puncture the gels before you eat them.


People I know sometimes make "robo drink"; empty the gels out by either slicing them in half over a bowl, or blending them in a blender and using a strainer to seperate the shells. Either mix the nasty syrupy liquid with e.g. soda or drink it whole as a vile shot and then follow it up with a chaser.

Well the latter is a strange idea. Wouldn't that just kind of contradict the reason most people get the gel capsules, so they don't have to taste that disgusting syrup? If they were gonna do that, then why not just do syrup? May have something to do with the higher concentration of DXM in the gels, so its not quite as diluted as the syrup is, so you would have to drink a lesser volume. Hmmm, either way...

But I tried both of the ideas I recieved. I poked a needle all the way through 5 gels at a time, creating a "robo kabob" . I would then take the 5 punctured gels all at the same time with a swig of grapefruit juice (I heard grapefruit juice helps convert DXM into DXO in your body), I would then take a small shot of lemon juice and eat 1/2 a teaspoon of sugar and Kool-Aid mix. I repeated this process 12 times until I took all 60 gels. After I finished with the pills I ate a raw grapefruit with no sugar... Its been about 30 minutes and I'm already feeling great results from my little experiement. I'm feeling the DXM, still not even close to the full effects I will be feeling, but its deffinately happening faster than if I took the regular gel caps with water.

Thank's for the advice, deff working.

 

[Ralt]

Just wanted to pop in and say that there's lots of pure DXM powder available on the internets. Find it the same way you would other RC's, I don't miss extracting bottles or choking down pills one bit.