Med-X

Med-X is a chem that appears in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and Fallout: The Board Game.

Background
The active ingredient acts as a general anesthetic that dulls pain throughout the body and typically causes listlessness and lethargy. It is a powerful pain killer that effectively increases Damage Resistance for a limited period of time. Those who use the chem have contracted pupils and involuntary spasms. Five doses or more of Med-X have the potential to be fatal.

Variants


Med-X is a potent pain killer that can often be found in first aid boxes or abandoned medical facilities. This chem will increase damage resistance by 25%, but it also carries a 10% addiction rate, and withdrawal results in a -1 penalty to Agility and Intelligence.

Behind the scenes
Med-X was originally named morphine in Fallout 3, but this resulted in the Australian Classification Board refusing its classification and thereby making it illegal to distribute the game in Australia. The game was changed to omit real world drug references, using the name Med-X instead.