No more DXM in Germany?

[pne]

When I tried to buy some more cough lozenges today, I was told that the product I had been using (Silomat DMP) had been taken off the market. Apparently not only that, but all products containing the active ingredient dextromethorphan (DXM)—the pharmaceutical-technical assistant whom I spoke with said that there had been concerns about the cardiovascular system or something. So she recommended a cough syrup with herbal ingredients to me.

Comments

[germaniac-z.livejournal.com]

I am pretty sure that a dosage of 240 mg of dextromethorphan (which is aprox. as much as one would need to feel the "special" effects) would do just as much harm to your body as a night of heavy drinking, since the chemical is filtered, like alcohol, through the liver.
I am sure the pharmaceutical technical assistant was told by her boss not to inform the public of the "extra qualities" of this cough medicine.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I think she was confusing dextromethorphan with clobutinol, which was indeed taken off the market.