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Dylar is a fictional psychoactive drug that appears in Don DeLillo's novel White Noise. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... White Noise is a novel by Don DeLillo, and is considered a landmark in postmodern literature. ... Don DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American author best known for his novels, which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ... White Noise is a novel by Don DeLillo, and is considered a landmark in postmodern literature. ...

Dylar is intended to remove the fear of death. However, the drug does not work properly and extended use sometimes results in insanity. Extended users interpret spoken words and metaphor as actual actions and events. In an instance presented in the novel, the spoken phrase "hail of bullets" causes a Dylar-using character to panic, drop to the floor and crawl to shelter. Look up metaphor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The drug is only produced on an experimental, highly secretive basis and comes in the form of a small white pill with an insoluble polymer coating containing only a minute hole. During digestion water enters through the polymer coating and the active ingredients begin to dissolve, but can only leave the polymer coating through the tiny laser drilled hole, creating a highly controlled release of the chemical. When empty, the coating collapses in on itself and passes through the remaining digestive tract harmlessly. Insoluble Not soluble ... A polymer is a substance composed of molecules with large molecular mass consisting of repeating structural units, or monomers, connected by covalent chemical bonds. ...