21 In both active treatment groups, cough scores observed by physicians and participants improved in 39.6% of individuals compared with 27.6% in the placebo group, which did not reach statistical significance.
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Abuse potential The US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that, in 2006, 3.1 million people in the United States aged 12–25 years reported using OTC cough and cold medicine to “get high.” 45 The National Institute on Drug Abuse has noted an increasing trend in youth drinking of prescription‐strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine mixed with soda (also known as “Syrup,” “Purple Drank,” “Sizzurp,” or “Lean”).