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Robitussin is a line of cold and cough medicines currently produced by Pfizer. Robitussin is available in various formulations. Robitussin contains an expectorant (Guaifenesin); Robitussin DM adds a cough suppressant (Dextromethorphan) to the expectorant (Guaifenesin); Robitussin CF is a cold formula that adds an expectorant and a nasal decongestant; there is a nighttime-relief formula that uses a different cough suppressant, and there is a formula with codeine, available by prescription only. A sugar-free Robitussin, introduced under the Whitehall-Robins Healthcare label, headquartered in Madison, New Jersey, went on the market for the first time in 2001. Other than the lack of sugar, the ingredients are the same as in regular Robitussin.
Robitussin was originally produced by AH Robins of Richmond, Virginia. AH Robins was purchased by American Home Products (AHP) in the late 1980s. AHP later changed its name to Wyeth. Wyeth put the manufacturing and marketing of the brand under its Whitehall-Robins Healthcare division. Production was taken over by Pfizer when it acquired Wyeth in 2009.
Robitussin products are available over the counter in many countries worldwide, including the United States, Philippines, Thailand, and Nicaragua. The manufacturing facility for Robitussin is located on Darbytown Road in Richmond, Virginia at the same location as the prior manufacturer, AH Robins.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals sold similar cough syrups (differing slightly in flavor, but pharmacologically identical) under the names "2/G" (a reference to "glyceryl guaiacolate," an older name for guaifenesin) for the base expectorant formulation, and "2G/DM" for the guaifenesin/dextromethorphan formulation.
In media
An early reference to Robitussin being used as a recreational drug appears in the 1967 song "Hey Grandma" by Moby Grape. Robitussin (spelled as "Robotussin" to avoid trademark issues) is referenced in the mc chris song "The Tussin (Robotussin)".
Tussin, an off-brand of Robitussin, was the basis of a running gag by Chris Rock in the 1999 DVD Bigger and Blacker in reference to its use when he was growing up, so the children did not have to go to the doctor. Robitussin is also mentioned often in the show Everybody Hates Chris, and is used to treat any ailment that the family members may have.
One of the characters in Douglas Coupland's 2006 novel jPod (and the CBC television show of the same name) uses "Chugatussin" as means of getting high, referring to this as "getting 'tussed up." It appears too in Microserfs, another novel of the same author, when one of the characters is addicted to "PayLess Tussin".
Robitussin was featured on an episode of Dr. Phil that dealt with drug addiction. An episode of the TV series House, "Ignorance is Bliss", dealt with Robitussin abuse, using the term "Robotripping".
A character in the musical Next to Normal turns to Robitussin to get high.
It is also referenced in the song "Bass Down Low" by Dev featuring The Cataracs in the lyrics "Straight buzzin', Robitussin Wanna get your mitts in my oven."
In 2011 film "The Sitter" Jonah Hill's character admits to having a month long addiction to Robitussin.
Bottle of pouring out Robitussin is seen in video to the song Naked from Dev debut album The Night the Sun Came Up (2011) featuring Enrique Iglesias