Talk:NyQuil

Band Reference?
Is this really useful information in the header section of a product: The product is referred to in the German band's EC8OR song “Gimme Nyquil All Night Long”. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tirdun (talk • contribs) 20:23, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Flavor
So what is the flavor of the green NyQuil? And how about the inactive ingredients, specifically, alchohol. 67.11.137.182 16:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC) The flavor of NyQuil is not like any medicine that you've had before. It tastes like cherries along with the taste of sour milk.


 * NyQuil tastes... green. It is the only thing in the world that tastes green. --70.81.251.32 04:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd say the closest thing you could compare it to is Jägermeister Elhector 22:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

the flavor of green NyQuil is black licorice. red is cherry. it contains 10% alcohol, making it 20 proof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.8.249.246 (talk) 00:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Denis Leary called the Green NyQuil the "Green Death" flavor. I think that sums it up. Stormwysper (talk) 19:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Nathan Loves the flavor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.116.137.120 (talk) 22:00, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Reformulation
If you go to http://vicks.com/products/nyquil_liquicaps.shtml, you will discover that the Cold/Flu stuff has been "reformulated." ____

"To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require decongestion." Sorry, impossible, NyQuil isn't a decongestant. Zing! --Szabo 02:56, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I have a bottle of Multisymptom Cold/Flu relief NyQuil, and it does NOT list pseudoephederine as one of its active ingrediants. This bottle was purchased (4/24/2006) at a California pharmacy. Please correct or clarify this for the main page.

This is onthe page:

NyQuil used to contain the nasal decongestant pseudoephedrine. Some pharmacies stock medications with pseudoephedrine behind the counter due to fears that they will be used as an ingredient to produce illegal drugs. Because taking the product off store shelves negatively impacts sales, the pseudoephedrine was removed from the formula. Therefore, the current formulation of NyQuil is ineffective as a decongestant and should not be classified as such.

I just got back from a pharmacy, and they had two different formulations of Nyquil: one which had pseudoephedrine and Acetaminophen, and one which had niether of these. I can't reember what the former variant was called, but was NyQuil something something, while the other was just plain NyQuil. Could someone clarify how this relates to the above?


 * Someone added that NyQuil Multi-Sympton Cold/Flu Relief does contain pseudoephedrine. Perhaps it does or did, but to make things even more confusing, I just bought a bottle of the stuff (7/7/06) that has a little yellow box stating: "NEW FORMULA-Pseudoephedrine Free." The ingredients are listed as acetomenaphin (pain reliever/fever reducer), dextromethorphan (cough suppressant), and doxylamine (antihistamine). No decongestant listed.Next time I stop by the drug store, I'm going to check NyQuil Multi-Symptom and regular and compare the ingredients just to be sure. Things are changing faster than we can keep tabs on them! cluth 23:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I believe I have sufficiently dealt with the above issues with my edits of this evening. Blockhouse 03:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

"other stupid stuff" under "Uses"? What is that about? what's the etymology of nyquil?]]']]]]]]]

Cleanup
Third paragraph contains a poorly written reference to Canadian formulations. Also the sentence "Because taking the product off store shelves negatively impacts sales, the pseudoephedrine was removed from the formula" does not make sense; the only logical sequitur would be that it would cause the drug companies to resist removing pseudoephedrine. Submitting this for cleanup. -Rolypolyman 19:54, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

NyQuil addiction
Is NyQuil addiction real or made-up? Ewlyahoocom 23:13, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * All I know is, it's the only way to get a good nights sleep with a cold. Rever e ndG 06:24, 9 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Possibly, the alcohol (?) can be abused as... alcohol, dextromethorphan as a dissoactive, and Doxylamine succinate I believe can be abused as a hypnotic and something just make someone drowsy. I think the alcohol would be only a last ditch attempt if an alcoholic wanted some. --68.45.219.63 (talk) 17:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Pop culture
AFI has a song called "Ny-Quil". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ubern00b (talk • contribs) 04:13, 25 December 2006 (UTC).
 * That's true, from their album Answer That and Stay Fashionable 68.195.59.194 02:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Alcohol / Nyquil Children's.
One section of the article says "NyQuil Children's is unique among the NyQuil line in that it contains more alcohol." while the image to the right has the caption "Children's NyQuil is artificially flavored for easier consumption by children and without alcohol" - could someone who knows for certain which is correct fix this? 69.85.181.89 08:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, DayQuil does not contain Alcohol.69.54.33.33 (talk) 19:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Old bottles with original recipe
I have some old bottles with the original formula (expired 2003 and 2005). Can anyone think of a reason why these might be harmful? -- Stbalbach 18:42, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Liquid medications lose their effectiveness much faster than solid pills do. I've never had a problem dregging out old bottles of OTC medications.  At least you still have some of the old "effective" formula.  Your cold will thank you.
 * Never EVER use expired medication. The expiration date denotes how long the drugs have been tested for.  As a drug ages, it breaks down into other chemicals, and since they are not tested, you have no idea what the drug will do to you.  ALWAYS check the date and throw out anything that's expired.  Buy a new bottle and you can replace the missing ingredients (like pseudoephdrine) by taking it in pill form that you can buy separately. Orever (talk) 19:01, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * While I certainly would not encourage regular use of expired mediations, the above paragraph is little more than fear-mongering. Do you really think that nobody does tests to see whether or not the ingredients in your medication will break down into harmful chemicals!?  Could you imagine the lawsuits if such a thing were true?  The entire pharmaceutical industry would be brought to its knees if something as common (and easy to do by mistake) as taking a medicine that is past its expiration date were a significant health risk!  Any physician or pharmacist will tell you that the vast, vast majority of medicines pose no health danger whatsoever when taken past their expiration dates--only the efficacy of the medication is diminished, not the safety.  I'm aware that there are exceptions to this rule, but it is truly irresponsible to claim that you are consuming "untested" and potentially dangerous chemicals by using a medication past its expiration date.  -Grammaticus Repairo (talk) 03:40, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I recall that in the 1970;s or 1980's Nyquil had to refomulate, the older version was referred to as a "witch's brew". I would like to know what Nyquil's 1970's formulation was. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.92.214.99 (talk) 04:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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Recreational use
I've heard news reports about how NyQuil is abused as a recreational drug (or maybe that it's use in an ingedient to make such). As such, one now has to be over 21 in order to purchase the product and I believe buying it in bulk gets you on a watchlist. I'm surprised to find no section covering this, as it was my reason for visiting the article.--SeizureDog (talk) 00:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Nah, that's Sudafed. It's used to make methamphetamines. -user:wjs23 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.35.213 (talk) 23:20, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * NyQuil contains DXM, a psychedelic dissociative drug in high doses. People do use it recreationally... Often.67.226.153.225 (talk) 19:04, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, Sudafed is pseudoephedrine, not dextromethorphan. Anyways, the article states that Nyquil Cough is the most abused form, however it contains doxylamine which is known to cause rhabdomyolysis (when your muscle tissue dissolves and in effect clogs your kidneys to the point of failure.) Although it may be the most abused form of Nyquil it's far from the most abused form of DXM. The one used/stolen the most is pure dextromethorphan, usually Robitussin syrup or the red pills known as "Robo gels." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.171.210.196 (talk) 03:22, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

It used to be one bottle didn it?
as far back as I can remember, Nyquil was always one bottle: I went back to the store last week, and they had 2 kinds: nyquil colf/flu, and nyquil cough. what happend to the night time sniffling sneezing coughing aching so you can have a good night medecine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.8.249.246 (talk) 00:26, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * As a former drug-store manager, I can state that the 'cough' formula has been around for several years now (4+ at least). -Grammaticus Repairo (talk) 03:42, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Unclear Statement
The use of the phrase, "It caught on fast" is ambiguous. Someone might want to revise the sentence, making it more clear what "it" is. In it's current context, "it" can refer to the styles of the product, or the product in general. 75.26.188.64 (talk) 08:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Warnings
The warnings section looks as if it was directly taken from another website. I don't really feel that I have enough experience editing pages to know what should remain and what should go, so if somebody else wants to take a look, that'd be fantastic. 66.136.148.197 (talk) 01:27, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Discontinuation of NyQuil D
This should be verified and references added to it. Tiltoam (talk) 03:42, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Acetaminophen
Um, this is strange, but the article says that both regular Nyquil and Nyquil Flu-formula have 325mg Acetaminophen per 15ml tablespoon(half a dose).However, as a former user of Nyquil for sleep and with my opiates(I still occasionaly use it, just not very often) I can say with confidence, the formulation I often seen had 500mg Acetaminophen per 15mltablespoon.Not sure if I am thinking of a different style or if perhaps it's been changed, but this is worth looking into.One thing I can say for sure, they have changed the damn stuff too many times, it's possible older bottles had 500mg, but I know it did, that's why I had to use the cold 7 flu formula, as I prefer taking at least 25mg Doxlyamine at a time(the primary reason I took Nyquil, becuase Unisom wasn't widely available and the liquid hits FAST and hard) and 2'000mg was a stupid amount to have to take — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.98.250.155 (talk) 01:29, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Americentrism
This article writes about Nyquil being "behind the pharmacist's counter", which is an Americentrist issue—no such restrictions exist in Canada, for example. HoserHead (talk) 01:46, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

NPOV tag
NyQuil has been tagged as the multiple issues version of POV-section for 6 months. Normally this tag is not supposed to be removed until discussed, but apparently the source of the tag is, who started this talk section also, and it appears to me that HoserHead may have meant something more like Globalize. Also, some US-centric statements have been removed since April 2012. I'd like to remove the POV tag if the issue has gone away. Does anyone believe the section is still non-neutral (or lacking in geographic balance)? (Note that the article still has other problems.) --Closeapple (talk) 20:51, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

original slogan
It used to be: The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, so-you-can-rest medicine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.21.213 (talk) 03:03, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Dubious historical reference
The historical reference (item 2) points to a Google sites page that looks made up. If you look at the site history, it was created by two guys over the span of a few days and has nothing else on the site but the history of Tylenol. Might have been a fake reference for a term paper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.65.67 (talk) 12:15, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

WP:PHARMMOS
Redirect per here and the WP:PHARMMOS Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 02:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't know if that's a good idea. This particular brand is used as a case study in business and marketing textbooks.  There are significant sources about their advertising programs (example).  It should probably remain a separate article, just like Tylenol has a separate article.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:50, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes but this article is not about the brand, it is mostly a reduplication of content at cold medicine except very poorly referenced. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 20:36, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * agree w/ Doc James comments above--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 20:59, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I believe that leaving it alone is the best option. This page has existed long enough that there is no reason to get rid of it. It also passes the "Signifigance" test. One person alone should not be able to unilaterally remove information. Das7002 (talk) 13:35, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * It just repeats what the other page mentioned. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 01:29, 25 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Support redirect, wikipedia is NOT a directory for branded goods. Polyamorph (talk) 18:40, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

This has possibilities
Please add R with possibilities to this redirect.

The subject that has encyclopedic possibilities is the brand itself (i.e., the marketing content that gets featured in business textbooks – e.g., the extension of the brand from "NyQuil" to "DayQuil"), not the ingredients of any single formulation (which all work the same no matter what label is on the bottle). WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:10, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Edit request to complete RfD nomination
NyQuil has been listed at Redirects for discussion (nomination), but it was protected, so it could not be tagged. Please add:

to the top of the page and  to the bottom to complete the nomination. Thank you. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 07:56, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ Amory  (u • t • c) 16:05, 1 February 2023 (UTC)