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NyQuil, produced by the Vicks company, is the brand name of a family of cold medicine designed to help relieve many symptoms of the common cold. Because all of the medications within the NyQuil imprint contain sedating antihistamines and/or hypnotics, they are typically taken at night, just before bedtime. Its daytime counterpart is DayQuil, which does not contain sedating antihistamines and are not intended to induce drowsiness. Image File history File links DSC00135. ...
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Oral medication A medication is a licenced drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. ...
// Acute viral nasopharyngitis, often known as the common cold, is a mild viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system (nose and throat). ...
An antihistamine is a drug which serves to reduce or eliminate effects mediated by histamine, an endogenous chemical mediator released during allergic reactions, through action at the histamine receptor. ...
Hypnotic drugs are a class of drugs that induce sleep, used in the treatment of severe insomnia. ...
Vicks DayQuil is a medicine designed to help relieve many symptoms of a cold that is to be taken orally in either liquid or LiquiCap (capsule) form, during the day. ...
NyQuil comes in both liquid form and packaged in capsules (LiquiCaps).
Products
NyQuil Cold/Flu Multisymptom Relief NyQuil Cold/Flu Multisymptom Relief's active ingredients are: NyQuil Cold/Flu Multisymptom Relief is available in both syrup and LiquiCap form. It previously contained pseudoephedrine, a decongestant, but this was removed for the reasons discussed below. Acetaminophen (USAN) or paracetamol (INN), is a popular analgesic and antipyretic drug that is used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. ...
Dextromethorphan (DM or DXM) is an antitussive drug that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations, usually in the form of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. ...
Doxylamine succinate is a highly sedating antihistamine used by itself as a short-term sleep aid, in combination with other drugs as a night-time cold and allergy relief drug, and a preparation is prescribed in combination with Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to prevent morning sickness in pregnant women. ...
Pseudoephedrine (commonly abbreviated as PSE) is a sympathomimetic amine commonly used as a decongestant. ...
NyQuil Cough Nyquil Cough's active ingredients are: NyQuil Cough is available in syrup form only. Dextromethorphan (DM or DXM) is an antitussive drug that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations, usually in the form of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. ...
Doxylamine succinate is a highly sedating antihistamine used by itself as a short-term sleep aid, in combination with other drugs as a night-time cold and allergy relief drug, and a preparation is prescribed in combination with Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to prevent morning sickness in pregnant women. ...
NyQuil Sinus Nyquil Sinus' active ingredients are: Nyquil Sinus is available as LiquiCaps only. Acetaminophen (USAN) or paracetamol (INN), is a popular analgesic and antipyretic drug that is used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. ...
Doxylamine succinate is a highly sedating antihistamine used by itself as a short-term sleep aid, in combination with other drugs as a night-time cold and allergy relief drug, and a preparation is prescribed in combination with Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to prevent morning sickness in pregnant women. ...
Phenylephrine or neosynephrine is an α-adrenergic receptor agonist used primarily as a decongestant, as an agent to dilate the pupil and, rarely, to increase blood pressure. ...
Reformulation Previously, Nyquil Sinus contained pseudoephedrine, another nasal decongestant that also formed the active ingredient in Sudafed. Following the passage of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act in 2006, all pseudoephedrine-containing medications must be kept behind a pharmacy counter and all purchases must be logged. Vicks chose to sidestep these requirements and keep its products more easily accessible by reformulating NyQuil Sinus, replacing pseudoephedrine with phenylephrine. Production difficulties related to the reformulation caused occasional supply shortages in some parts of the US in 2006.[citation needed] Pseudoephedrine (commonly abbreviated as PSE) is a sympathomimetic amine commonly used as a decongestant. ...
Sudafed is a brand name and registered trademark for a family of over-the-counter (OTC) decongestants based on pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and manufactured by Pfizer Inc. ...
The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA) was signed into United States law on March 9, 2006 to regulate, among other things, retail over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine products. ...
Pseudoephedrine (commonly abbreviated as PSE) is a sympathomimetic amine commonly used as a decongestant. ...
Phenylephrine or neosynephrine is an α-adrenergic receptor agonist used primarily as a decongestant, as an agent to dilate the pupil and, rarely, to increase blood pressure. ...
NyQuil Children's
 Children's NyQuil is artificially flavored for easier consumption by children and without alcohol NyQuil Children's active ingredients are: Image File history File links Cnyquil. ...
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NyQuil Children's is unique among the NyQuil line in that it contains no alcohol. It is available in the syrup form only. Chlorphenamine (INN) or chlorpheniramine (USAN, former BAN), commonly marketed as its salt chlorphenamine maleate (CPM), is first-generation antihistamine used in the prevention of the symptoms of allergic conditions such as rhinitis and urticaria. ...
Dextromethorphan (DM or DXM) is an antitussive drug that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations, usually in the form of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. ...
Warnings and Contraindications As with most OTC cold and allergy medications, there are populations for whom treatment with NyQuil is inappropriate. NyQuil should not be taken with medications that contain other antihistamines or cough suppressants. People with certain other diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, glaucoma, asthma, chronic cough, excess mucus production, enlarged prostate, or high blood pressure should consult a physician or pharmacist to ensure that NyQuil will not interact negatively with their disease states. Additionally, concurrent use of NyQuil with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) or other drugs containing acetaminophen is contraindicated. Another concern with Nyquil of any formulation is that it contains acetaminophen (also known as Tylenol). It is essential to avoid excessive amounts of acetaminophen as this may cause damage to the liver. This risk is additive when separate co-ingestion of acetaminophen is used. The normal maximum for acetaminophen per day is 65 mg/kg/24hrs or 4gm/day, whichever is less. Certain patients such as those on medications processed by the liver or diseases of the liver (eg Hepatitis A,B,C) should consult their physician. For the disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, see diabetes insipidus. ...
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Acetaminophen (USAN) or paracetamol (INN), is a popular analgesic and antipyretic drug that is used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. ...
NyQuil in popular culture - The album John Henry by They Might Be Giants featured a song which refers to a "NyQuil driver". While the lyrics were unchanged, the song was renamed "AKA Driver" due to legal issues — whether real or perceived — which required a title with no reference to the medicine. In addition, the lyrics to the song were omitted from the CD insert.
- Standup comic Denis Leary once performed a lengthy routine based on the concept of his having given up such illegal drugs as cocaine and marijuana and taking up the use of legal ones, particularly NyQuil, the flavor of which he referred to as "Green Death." He also made note of the large Q in NyQuil. He also is shown in his show, The Job, drinking it straight from the bottle while driving and going into a drug store and buying around 8 bottles of it at once, making the cashier look at him weird.
- Lewis Black humorously referred to NyQuil as "180 proof alcohol", calling it "the moonshine of medicine". In actuality, NyQuil contains 10% alcohol, making it 20 proof. Black also refers to the colors of NyQuil (Red and Green) as the only things that taste that way, in addition to them reminding him of Christmas.[1].
- Comedian John Pinette also did a routine about NyQuil. The first thing he asked the crowd was, "Have you had it? That's good stuff isn't it?" He also notes that the commercials are right in showing people taking it while in bed, because he claims to have passed out in the kitchen for 16 hours after taking it there. He then parodies the slogan; "The nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, what-the-hell-am-I-doing-on-my-kitchen-floor medicine."
- The Matches referred to NyQuil in their songs "December is for Cynics" with the line 'Let's get high on NyQuil and hibernate' and in "You (Don't) Know Me" with the line 'NyQuil at SFO, caffeine, caffeine at JFK'.
- Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Farley spoofed NyQuil's advertised sleep aid in a skit promoting a product called Hybernol. The product was featured as a cold and flu medication that would put the patient to sleep for "the next six months" allowing the existing ailment and any subsequent ones to pass comfortably and naturally.
- German techno punk band EC8OR released a single called "Gimme Nyquil All Night Long".
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