Codeine / promethazine and Cough: What Users Say

• Bre...
• December 29, 2011

For Cough "Have had a cold for a little over a week now. Yes, I had it during Christmas, and I'll still have it for New Year's Eve. For 3 or 4 nights in a row, I couldn't sleep, due to a tickling in my throat when I would lie down at night. I would cough violently, attempting to stop the tickle. I was so exhausted by the time I went to the doctor for help. I'd tried everything over-the-counter with dextromethorphan HBr (Mucinex Fast-MAX) and pseudoephedrine (Sudafed), but nothing was touching it. Thanks to one tiny teaspoon of this prescription elixir, I've just enjoyed 10 hours of solid (uninterrupted) sleep! Hallelujah! I didn't wake up even once to cough! I'm so glad there's still something out there that works!"

• Anonymous
• August 1, 2008

For Cough "I usually only use the codeine syrup when I experience a dry, unproductive cough, and even then I try to only take it in the evening so that I might be able to sleep better. I have frequent lung infections, and unfortunately, this often develops into dry coughing spasms."

• Tat...
• February 9, 2018

For Cough "After being prescribed, I did some extensive research because the paranoid person that I am, I always research medicines I'm prescribed prior to consuming them. I would've been better off listening to the negative reviews because that's exactly the kind of experience I had (negative). I was advised it would make me drowsy, so I had to take it before bed to help me sleep through the night due to a horrendous cough I've had for about 4-5 days. About 20 minutes in, taking 10 mL, my coughing got way worse, and I felt like I would vomit every time I coughed up a lung. Yes, it made me drowsy, but did absolutely nothing for my cough aside from making it ten times worse."

• Men...
• March 15, 2016

For Cough "It is ineffectual. My muscles ache from the wretched coughing. It is functionally a placebo."