Doxylamine succinate: The ingredient present in all NyQuil formulations is that of doxylamine succinate. Its elimination half-life is approximately 10 hours in healthy adults, meaning that at 10 hours post-ingestion, 50% of the doxylamine within NyQuil will have been eliminated from systemic circulation.
phlegmon (Noun) A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis. Origin: phlegmone, phlegmon, inflammation beneath the skin, from .
Pseudomembranous (SOO-doe-mem-bruh-nus) colitis, also called antibiotic-associated colitis or C. difficile colitis, is inflammation of the colon associated with an overgrowth of the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. diff). This overgrowth of C. difficile is most often related to recent antibiotic use.