A 34-year-old member asked:
Is it okay to mix codeine cough syrup and monster energy drink?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Addiction Medicine 51 years experience
No: It isn't ok to mix prescription medications with anything without talking to the prescribing physician or your pharmacist. Monster energy drink has a large amount of caffeine, as well as umpteen other ingredients of uncertain safety and use, and has been associated with a number of deaths from people overusing them, or having underlying cardiac issues.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
A/W Dr. Wartenberg: Codeine is a drug. Caffeine is basically a drug. Why would you ever want to mix these two substances???? The monster drink is full of sugar & caffeine.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Codeine cough syrup & monster energy drink, is it okay to mix the 2?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Addiction Medicine 51 years experience
No contraindication: But am concerned about the reasons for taking both. Energy drinks are essentially caffeine, with some of them containing herbal remedies like ginko and often containing vitamins (which are mostly useless, and are just urinated out if you take excess amounts). People who feel tired should treat the cause of being tired, and not use stimulants (whether caffeine or others) - a vicious cycle develops.
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