About two-thirds of abusers now take Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold, whose candy-red tablets are nicknamed CCC, triple C and skittles. Robotripping takes its name from Robitussin, the second most ...

They're little red pills used to treat a bad cough. Tablets that look like the popular candy "Skittles." In fact, experts say some teens call it "Skittling" when they overdose on Coricidin HBP. It's ...

But her parents think she died from an overdose of Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold medicine ... them she had recently started abusing the cold tablets, and Jim Darling overheard his daughter and ...

The amount of DXM in Coricidin HBP tablets, however, has made it the drug of choice. Reports of teenagers abusing DXM have doubled nationwide over the last three years. There also has been a sharp ...

Just last week, according to the Fremont Police Department, a ninth-grade-student took a few Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold tablets that were given to her. After taking the pills, the girl became sick ...

The drug, dextromethorphan, or DXM, is an active ingredient in such medications as Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold Tablets and Robitussin products, the CPCS reports. Taken in excess of recommended doses, ...