DEMEROL Reviews (MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (89 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DEMEROL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DEMEROL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | chronic neck and back pain | Dry mouth, drowsiness, increased appetite, and bowel movements. | Short acting. | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 8/13/2002 | 2 | Shoulder/neck pain | Makes me very hyper, soar throat and bad taste in my mouth along with dry mouth | really has not helped my pain at all | F | 34 | 14 days | 10/29/2002 | 3 | crohn's pain | None that I noticed. | Doesn't last long. Everytime you need more and more to control the pain. | F | 20 | 2 months | 1/21/2003 | 1 | Severe Abdominal Pains | Extreme dizziness, unable to speak, unable to lift hands, legs or sit forward, terrible shaking of boby and what was more frightening was the fact that I was also having difficulty breathing. These symptoms made me feel as if I was an a seizure. I also had the contiuous starring primarly on an angle. With my personal experience I was very displeased. | I'm sure it works for many people, but I'm probably one of the perentage that experiences it different. However, that was my first time having to take that med and from the experience that I had I surely think it would be my last. | F | 26 | 1 days | 4/3/2003 | 1 | Adult Toneillectomy Pain | I was given liquid demerol after lortab made me itch. The demerol made me feel dizzy and very nauseous. I also had some severe stomach pains after eating crackers to try to settle my nauseous stomach. | F | 31 | 2 days | 4/27/2003 | 1 | pain after c-section | sudden onset of first time panic attack, nervous, anxious, dizzy, vision and auditory comprehension difficuly, inability to concentrate, loss of appetite, unable to sleep although exhausted, dry mouth, excessive sweating, depression, change in personality,uncontrollable tremors. | I would never allow this drug to be administered to me again. I actually felt as though I was going to die during the panic attack. I lost 28 pounds in the week after delivering my baby and I weighed 173 at 39 weeks and usually weigh 140lbs. I am almost back to my normal self after delivering my baby 2 weeks ago. I would rather have experienced the pain than to have gone through that hell for three days. It was a very rough start to second time motherhood. | F | 41 | 2 days | 5/23/2003 | 1 | Hemorrhoidectomy | I went into a spiral of depression and anxiety. I was fine before the operation and a week after I am feeling very depressed and anxious. It made me very sleepy while I was taking it. | The possibility of causing panic and depression should make this a last resort medication. Needless to say, I won't ever take this medication again. | M | 37 | 2 days | 6/17/2003 | 5 | kidney stones | Intravenous: Very sleepy. Everything slowed down. Take-home prescription: Severe constipation. Gradually decreasing effects. Difficult to stop. | I have chronic kidney stones. Demerol is perfect when given as a one-time dose for severe pain while I am having a kidney stone attack. When I have doses administered to me for a longer period of time it becomes more difficult. I get agitated. However, it is a necessary evil, because weaker painkillers like Vicodin barely dull the pain, especially when a large stone has completely blocked the kidney. | M | 25 | 7 days | 7/12/2003 | 4 | head and neck pain | u get tired and stuff and you sleep for up to 8 hours sometimes | i would take it again sometimes but not more than once of a month if less cuz sometimes once you take it on a regular basis it gets to the point where its the only thing that works and what the hell kinda life is that | F | 18 | 6 months | 9/26/2003 | 1 | used in out-patient cyst removal | Some dizzyness and some euphroic feeling. | Did not kill the pain. While doctor was removing the cyst, could feel ever cut and stick. If anything, it might have intensified the pain because of the buzz. I'll never allow this crap to be given to me again. Please pass this on to doctors, demerol does not work for some people. I told the doctor it was not working but insisted that it was. | M | 38 | 1 times | 10/31/2003 | 5 | Crohn's disease pain & colonoscopy | None whatsoever | This injection in conjunction with phenergan were the only relief I got from the pain and nausea of a partial obstruction. It enables me to undergo colonoscopy w/o sedation so that I can watch on the monitor and see for myself what is going on in my colon and terminal ileum. | F | 61 | 35 times | 11/29/2003 | 2 | To get high | stomach aches and dizzeness with mild euphoria | You have to take too much to get wasted by then you have a stomach ache or feels like a cheep opiate high. Not worth it really. | M | 30 | 2 days | 4/3/2004 | 5 | | 6/2/2004 | 4 | kidney stones | extreme dry mouth, hallucinations, drowsiness, dizziness, mild nausea | F | 31 | 1 days | 9/21/2004 | 4 | Chronic Pancreatitis | Itching | While the PO Demerol works, it is not optimal pain relief. Drs. have even said PO Demerol is not the greatest pain med. However, at the time, that was all I could take for the pain due to problems with my Pancreas. I was given IV Demerol, which does work a lot better. | F | 38 | 7 years | 10/24/2004 | 5 | post-appendectomy | extreme drowsiness, mild hallucinations, dizziness | Demerol worked wonders for my pain. I took this by IV during my hospital stay, then followed up my treatment with Vicadin in pill form. The plan worked quite well and I healed rather quickly. | F | 20 | 2 days | 11/30/2004 | 4 | Kidney Stones | Dizziness | I have cronic kidney stones that are not inherited. Percocet didn't even work. I had a shot in my butt, 75mg demerol, it was the only thing that took the pain away after 40mg of morphine over the 12hrs in the hospital.... | M | 23 | | 2/11/2005 | 3 | | 3/23/2005 | 4 | dysmenorhea | Dizziness/head floating | I tried this after the other prescription med (Bextra) was proving to be not effective enough. I took it in pill form on an empty stomach and started feeling dizzy about 30 mins later. The dizziness was bad enough that I had to sit down for about half an hour. I drank a lot of water, thinking it would help dilute it, but that made me feel like throwing up for a couple minutes. It did knock down my pain from about a level 4 to about a level 1-2, and the dizziness passed in about an hour, all told. | F | 27 | 1 days | 6/2/2005 | 5 | crohns disease | Only side effects that I had were mild drowsiness and dry mouth | This is just about the only pain medicine I can take when I am in a flare up of my crohns. I am allergic to so many other things and especially given IV form works wonders for me! | F | 48 | 3 weeks | 6/24/2005 |
DEMEROL (MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE): Meperidine is used to help relieve moderate to severe pain. It may also be used before and during surgery or other procedures. Meperidine belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid (narcotic) analgesics and is similar to morphine. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. Meperidine should not be used to treat long-term or ongoing pain. It should only be used to treat sudden episodes of moderate to severe pain. See also Precautions section. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)