In the fall, when the weather turns cooler and there is a big difference in temperature between morning and evening, it is easy to get colds and coughs. Cough drops are effective medications for coughs, and there is no need to worry about addiction when taking them in normal doses. However, many people buy cough drops at random when they have a cough, which is not a safe practice, as abuse of cough drops has the potential for addiction. Some teenagers in order to pursue the so-called pleasure, not only the abuse of cough syrup, but also often cough syrup and cola, Tramadol, Methadone, etc. mixed together to eat, thus forming a multi-drug abuse, a vicious circle. Experts pointed out that cough medicine must be taken according to medical advice, reasonable, correct use, in order to let the cough drops have merit and no fault. Case: “water addiction” so that he had to drop out of school Jianjun (a pseudonym) drink cough syrup has been 10 years. In junior high school, a Jianjun cold, coughing, taking compound codeine phosphate oral solution, not only stop coughing, but also feel that the cough syrup can refresh, Jianjun from then on will be hooked on cough syrup – class energy, to stay up late at night or encountered a bad thing, he will sip on a few mouthfuls. At first, he could control the drinking dose and frequency, but to high school, with the increased pressure of study, he drank the frequency and dose increasing …… After entering college, Jianjun determined to quit cough syrup, cough syrup drink a lot less. But to the second year of college, Jianjun failed in love, depressed mood, mental frustration, he relied on cough syrup again, for several months every day to drink large doses. Once the “water addiction” attack, if you can not drink in a timely manner will be weak, unable to concentrate, sometimes headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea. In addition to severe physical reactions, Jianjun’s personality also became irritable, unable to continue to complete their studies, and had to take a break from school. Finally, at the urging of his family, Jianjun finally chose medical help. Analysis of doubt: large doses of codeine will be addictive Compound codeine phosphate solution belongs to the central cough suppressant, the reason why it can be addictive, the culprit lies in the codeine phosphate, ephedrine hydrochloride, the two ingredients. Codeine is an opioid receptor agonist, which can play a good role in suppressing coughs in small doses, while large doses will excite the central nervous system. Ephedrine hydrochloride is an adrenergic receptor agonist, can relieve nasal congestion, runny nose, at the same time there is a strong central excitation, both synergistic effect can be produced in an instant spread the whole body of pleasure and illusory experience, long-term use of dependence is easy to form. Reminder: quit drug addiction is not easy Combined with the department in recent years admitted more than 2900 cases of patients, the patient’s age group is mostly concentrated in 21-35 years old, ninety percent male. Due to the lack of attention to cough syrup addiction, there is a misunderstanding on the understanding, some parents take it as drug addiction, send their children to drug rehab, or as a mental illness, sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment; some parents think that the problem is not too big, and let it go, ultimately leading to the child’s physical and mental serious damage; there are also parents to use persuasion, scolding, confinement, etc., but often found that the child relapse very quickly because of this addiction can not be suppressed by persuasion alone. The health hazards and subsequent effects of drug addiction cannot be ignored, and the Hong Kong and Macao industry characterizes prescription drug addiction as “a gateway to drug abuse”. It is recommended that the treatment of cough syrup addiction should adopt a comprehensive treatment model integrating the rapid removal of addiction to general anesthesia (UROD), medication, psychotherapy, family therapy, behavioral modification, gratitude education and social support, etc., and intervene in various aspects to identify the crux of the problem behind the addiction, and to help the patient to rehabilitate the body and at the same time, to eliminate the psychological barriers, adjust behavioral habits, and reconstruct the family relationship, so as to prevent the relapse of the drug effectively. The only way to effectively prevent relapse is to eliminate psychological barriers, adjust behavioral habits and reconstruct family relationships.