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User Reviews for Dextromethorphan / promethazine

Brand names: Promethazine DM

Dextromethorphan / promethazine has an average rating of 4.4 out of 10 from a total of 33 reviews on Drugs.com. 36% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 52% reported a negative experience.

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Reviews for Dextromethorphan / promethazine

Anonymous · Taken for less than 1 month · December 28, 2022

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Useless. I went to Urgent Care and the PA I saw didn't seem helpful. I feel that the OTC cough syrup like Nyquil and Mucinex DM worked as well as this RX. It was supposed to help me rest and it did not."

2 / 10
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46678-1 · Taken for less than 1 month · December 7, 2022

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "RXd for severe sinus infection. I dislike DXM and always have it feels dirty. I have, however, had success with Phenergan in the past for nausea and found it helpful for that and sleep. Unfortunately this mixture has more DXM than Promethazine so if you take too much you'll get nasty effects from that. I feel like DXM isnt a very good cough suppressant and wish the Dr had done Codeine cough syrup instead but that's getting impossible to find thanks to addicts."

5 / 10
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Nanaof · Taken for less than 1 month · January 15, 2021

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Promethazine DM has not helped my cough ONE bit! Others said it made them sleepy. It hasn’t helped me like that at all. If I could ONLY get some sleep it would be nice. No this medication has not helped one bit. The over the counter cough syrup works just as good if not better than this. I sure was hoping it would give me some relief!"

1 / 10
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Boo... · Taken for less than 1 month · December 1, 2020

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Promethazine DM is the only stuff that helps when I get my bronchitis flare-ups. Everything works on everyone in different ways. But this stuff help suppress my cough and helps with the pain because of coughing so hard."

10 / 10
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Bronc... · Taken for less than 1 month · March 4, 2022

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Week two of nonstop coughing and 3-4 hrs sleep a day. Tried tons over the counter stuff and nothing worked. Went to clinic. Doc said bronchitis so gave me this cough med and some other stuff. Second day and while not coughing as much, it still gets really bad at night. 6 hours sleep last night felt awesome but it was two 3 hr sessions broken up by a 2 hour long coughing spell. I’d say it’s just not a great help but it’s something. It’s 1:30 am and I’ll be awake another 2 hours or so. Depressing!"

4 / 10
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Krista... · Taken for less than 1 month · December 17, 2017

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Had severe bronchitis and non stop cough for over 2 weeks. It hurt to cough. As soon as I started feeling bad and getting worse as the day wore on, I saw my primary care doctor. He put me on the Promethazine-DM 6.25- 15mg cough syrup. Helped me tremendously. I'm on my last refill."

9 / 10
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distr... · Taken for less than 1 month · December 4, 2022

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "I’ve had apparently the flu that’s been evading tests for over two weeks now. I’ve been on Promethazine DM for half of that time and not once has my cough let up. My abdominal muscles are so sore and I feel like there’s a hole in my left lung. I’m young. 24. I don’t have preexisting lung issues so I’m extremely distressed that this medication hasn’t helped despite such high praises. This medication didn’t even make me drowsy nor stop my vomiting as claimed it would. I literally took 5ml of nasty syrup for nothing is how it feels."

1 / 10
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Lauryn... · Taken for less than 1 month · May 22, 2016

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "I had a really bad cough that came along with a sinus infection and pharyngitis(whatever that is) and this didn't help one bit. Didn't help me sleep or take the edge off the cough. It smelled like pineapple/tropical fruit but tasted like floor cleaner smells."

1 / 10
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Theresa... · December 26, 2015

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "So far this medicine is working a little, but I've only been on it for 1 day, I need to get it more time so really can't comment on it. My bronchitis is making me cough a lot, so I hope this stuff works."

6 / 10
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Alexis · Taken for less than 1 month · March 22, 2023

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "I was prescribed Promethazine DM to help for my cough during the daytime but I only used it at night. I was instructed to take 5mL instead I doubled my dosage so I would be able to sleep throughout the entire night and that worked perfect. I wouldn’t recommend taking it during the day due to drowsiness being a significant side effect."

8 / 10
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Heath... · Taken for less than 1 month · March 24, 2023

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "I may as well have taken 10mL of water. This medication does absolutely nothing for my cough, and doesn’t create enough drowsiness to help me sleep through the urge to cough. NyQuil has worked 100% more than this stuff. If I could get a refund from the pharmacy, I would!"

1 / 10
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Anonymous · Taken for less than 1 month · May 30, 2022

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "I might as well of drank water and pretended it was medicine. It is 1:57 AM as we speak and I am still coughing. I cannot sleep"

1 / 10
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Jinhe... · August 6, 2015

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "It knocked me out."

9 / 10
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Bella · August 19, 2020

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Did not help my cough at all. It made me very drowsy, but still couldn’t sleep because of coughing fits."

2 / 10
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Winnvb · Taken for less than 1 month · January 22, 2023

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Promethazine DM caused me to be restless and did not help my cough. I stopped taking it after 3 restless nights and started on NyQuil."

1 / 10
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PZ2 · December 24, 2022

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Didn’t do much for my cough. Tried this cough 6 hrs after Ny-Quil. None of the above did anything for cough."

1 / 10
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Netted · Taken for 1 to 6 months · April 30, 2015

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "it helps me"

9 / 10
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Anonymous · Taken for less than 1 month · December 16, 2022

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Did not help with my cough at all. I took this medication as directed for weeks and saw no improvement."

1 / 10
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Sassy · Taken for less than 1 month · November 13, 2021

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Doctor prescribed it for me because I was coughing so bad had my lungs sore. I take 5ml ever 4 hrs as needed for cough but I take it once before bed works great stops cough and helps sleep"

10 / 10
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Anonymous · Taken for less than 1 month · December 1, 2015

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "It knocked me out but it works"

9 / 10
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JRano · Taken for less than 1 month · December 26, 2019

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "Been using this for three days now and hasn't help me stop coughing or sleep yet. Going to try one more night thenI plan to go back to dr. Coughing at night and trying to sleep doesn't work."

2 / 10
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mike · Taken for less than 1 month · July 24, 2021

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "DR put me on 5ml every 6 hours and it worked for exactly 4 hours, but it helped me sleep and stopped the coughing for 4 hours but it finally stopped the cough so I could sleep longer."

8 / 10
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Sickly · Taken for less than 1 month · March 18, 2016

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "It didn't help with my cough or sleep like the Nurse said. I had better results with OTC meds."

3 / 10
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Alice · Taken for less than 1 month · February 24, 2018

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cough "It has not worked at all. I am up all night and all day still coughing"

1 / 10
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Tlcg · Taken for less than 1 month · September 3, 2016

Promethazine DM (dextromethorphan / promethazine) for Cold Symptoms "Great stuff! Knocked me out and is helping with cough..."

10 / 10
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