# "Do not exceed recommended dosage"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-exceed-recommended-dosage/31805>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 2, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-exceed-recommended-dosage/31805 "2000-09-02T20:38:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-exceed-recommended-dosage/31805/21 "2000-09-05T20:02:48Z")

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My mom is an RN and her rule of thumb for over-the-counter medicine is that double the recommended dose wouldn’t hurt anybody. Note: this was only for over-the-counter. My mom is a real stickler for following instructions on prescription drugs.  
Tally

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-exceed-recommended-dosage/31805/22 "2000-09-06T02:31:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Silver\_Fire \*  
> \*\*I took more than enough prescription (generic) robitussin w/codeine. I was tingling and queasy until I fell asleep. I slept for quite a while though. \*\*

Of course you did…codeine is pretty much the same as heroin, morphine, opium, etc.

Mmmm…narcotics… :):):)🙂

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**Author:** ![henbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@henbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/henbin)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-exceed-recommended-dosage/31805/23 "2000-09-06T06:25:18Z")

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God, don’t forget how much Nyquil and DayQuil you’ve taken!

I really got a bad reaction when I took some at dinner and again at bedtime. Woke up in the middle of the night very weak with sweats and white as a ghost. I thought I would faint, and clung to a door.

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**Author:** ![LittleStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@LittleStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleStar)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-exceed-recommended-dosage/31805/24 "2000-09-06T06:40:50Z")

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Oh, psssshhhhkkk. Advil is nothing 🙂 I’ve taken 14 Advil within a 24 hour period at one point…mmm…candy. However, I don’t think I’d ever do that again anytime soon (expensive habit, you know…) - it didn’t do anything much. ASPIRIN, on the other hand - whew, let’s keep awwaaaaaaaaaaaayyy from that corner of the medicine cabinet. 🙂

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**Author:** ![LittleStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@LittleStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleStar)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-exceed-recommended-dosage/31805/25 "2000-09-06T06:42:02Z")

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And, yes, Codeine is niiiiiiiiiiccceeeeee. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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