i don't know about where you folks are from, but i live in SC, and it's easy to find the gelcaps here, in eckerd or walmart, you just gotta look for a while...the bad thing about the cough syrup is that it contains so much sugar that it can fuck with your kidneys and stuff so your body tries to puke to get rid of it before it can get there...it depends on your tolerance to sugar and your metabolism...people that have constantly eaten candy and junk food with sugar and drank sodas constantly are more likely to be able to process the large amount of sugar....as for the one who downs dxm, i say you prolly just couldn't handle it because i thought it was pretty damn cool myself, a little intense, but pretty cool...it's definitely worth it if you don't have anything else, but i will smoke pot and be happy before i'll do dxm just because it has some side effects

good luck lookin for the gelcaps, they're out there