DXM (dextromethorphan)

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law HB 9, prohibiting the sale of DXM-containing products to minors.

This week, CHPA testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health on four bills under consideration in that body.

CHPA is set to testify on Monday before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health. The hearing, which will be held virtually, is the first policy committee hearing for the Commonwealth’s legislature in 2021. Nearly 50 bills are scheduled to be considered during the hearing, including four bills on which CHPA will be testifying.

A Ohio bill restricting sales of dextromethorphan-(DXM) containing cough medicine to individuals younger than 18 years of age was passed out of the House last week.

The results of the 2020 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future survey shows more teens reported using OTC cough medicine containing DXM to get high than in 2019.

There is currently no clinical data indicating that dextromethorphan has a pro-viral effect in people with COVID-19 infection. The study results published in Nature are experimental, preliminary, and not conclusive.

The 2019 results from the NIDA and University of Michigan’s annual drug abuse survey, Monitoring the Future, show that the number of teens using OTC cough medicine containing DXM to get high decreased slightly.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed HB 4412, legislation to combat teen abuse of OTC medicines containing the cough suppressant dextromethorphan (DXM).