Talk:Robitussin DAC

Is it really going to be necessary for there to be a article on Sugar-Free Robitussin? It strikes me that's kinda the sum of its parts. I know it's on the requested articles page, but I'm not sure, er, why. --Calieber 20:21, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)

What's ironic is that Sugar Free Robitussin has more medicinal detail than the parent article... ugen64 03:24, Nov 22, 2003 (UTC)

Removed claim that people call all cough medicine Robitussin. This tends to remove copyright protection for the product, and such a claim should be sourced. I have never heard anyone say "Robitussin" to mean anything other than the name brand syrup or the generics and house brands with the same forumlation. There are lots of cough syrups with other formulations. Edison 19:47, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how a common error removes a company's right to a trademark. If the error is broadcast, somehow, then they can sue (as in supplicate for a retraction). OTOH, I think if it is a common error, then it should still be sourced. I've long considered the stuff to be synonymous with guaifenesin, not DM. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.234.170.98 (talk • contribs)

Sugar free? No. Redirect it to category:sweetener if someone really wants to know about it. I think it's hard to put all that is to know about one ingredient into an article. Alcohol free? Then you'd be considering children and increasing the importance of the article, because guaifenesin is an alcohol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.234.170.98 (talk • contribs)

name[edit]

Can someone find the source of the name? I notice that other methocarbimol drugs have the "Rob" beginning. Why? Gaviidae 13:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rob - Comes from the first part of the last name of A. H. Robbins Tussive - Means to Cough or the act of Coughing. Dolphingvp —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:16, 26 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

dextromethorphan removed from product[edit]

Dextromethorphan is no longer used in robitussin. I made some quick changes. If someone else wants to flesh out the removal a bit, they're welcome to. --Ryan Wise 01:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.pharmacists.ca/content/hcp/tools/drugnews/discontinued.htm

I will look at that. I wanna know why the whole brand went OTC. Maybe it was backwash from Doctor Phil (who is out of his field, possibly having not formally studied Chemistry). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.234.170.98 (talk • contribs)

That only shows that some products containing dextromethorphan were discontinued, and surely applies only to Canada. In any case, the US website still shows it in their products.[1] --Dhartung | Talk 08:17, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Updated the article to reflect this information; a random list of discontinued drugs is surely not as authoritative as the manufacturer's website. Largesock (talk) 15:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article redirects all medications containing this type of name(see following example), this is inaccurate in that medications like Cheratussin AC have active ingredients which are different from those listed for an over the counter drug like Robotussin, Not sure how to edit the page so just stating that there needs to be separate pages for different drugs, someone could look on here and see very wrong information, but hopefully they dont use Wikipedia as their drug guide I suppose.24.119.165.172 (talk) 23:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

Proposing merge of Robitussin and Robitussin DAC articles, which surprisingly don't link to each other. Little Professor (talk) 20:04, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]