Mixing Codeine and DXM
- Codeine also called
- lean, purple drank, co-codamol, dihydrocodeine
- DXM also called
- robo, robitussin, robotussin, syrup, dex, cough syrup
Dangerous
CNS depression, difficult breathing, heart issues, hepatoxic, just very unsafe combination all around. Additionally if one takes DXM, their tolerance of opiates goes down slightly, thus causing additional synergistic effects.
This combination carries bodily risk and can go badly psychologically. The headspace part often arrives first and makes the physical part harder to notice.
Can you mix Codeine and DXM?
High risk of death or life-changing injury. Do not combine.
This is a class-level answer, inherited from Opioids. Nothing specific to this exact pair is documented, so treat it as the default for the class rather than a measurement of these two drugs together.
- Codeine
- Weak, but metabolised unpredictably between people
TripSit drug combination chart, retrieved 2026-08-20. View the dataset.
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