A 45-year-old member asked:
Are dxm and codeine similar?
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Dr. Edwin Perezanswered
Anesthesiology 21 years experience
No: Codeine is an opioid precursor that the body converts to Morphine. So its basically morphine. DXM is DXM and it is closer to ketamine in action.
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