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[dxm]

this may be an extrodinarly stupid question, but is "Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide" DXM?

I thought the hyrdobromide part was different. hmm. confused i am.

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[daeleth]

dxm = dextromethorphan

dxm HBr = Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide

[incidenti]

I want to sound smart... Hydrobromide is two parts Hyrdogen and one part Bromine!

[devilbleeding]

good work! you are good at science but not so great at spelling.

excellent job looking smarter! hahaha. *hug* that was really great! thank you! i needed a snicker on a shitty day like this.

[homberto]

To be happy and simple; yes :D

[infintysquared]

The easy answer: Yes, it's the same thing.

The technical answer:

DXM is actually the active base half of a compound. It needs to latch on to an acid half to be stable. The Bromide acid is the cheapest way to make DXM stable, so that's what we use. It's a Bromine salt.

When you extract DXM using Agent Lemon, you are replacing the Bromine acid half with a Citrate acid, to make DXM HydroCitrate, which is soluble in water so that you can extract it.