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 | Post hemmorhoid surgery | None. It gave me great pain relief from the worst pain of my life. | M | 59 | 3 days 1X AN | 3/18/2012 | 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 | 5 | crohns decease | dizzyness, big time dry mouth when i woke up! | When i got taken to the ER they gave me demerol and fenagyn(sp?) to help with the pain. It burns when they give it to you, but it works GREAT! Very soon after I got it I felt very tired, dizzy,helped the pain a LOT and i slept pretty much the whole time! | M | 19 | 2 times | 12/9/2007 | 5 | Colonoscopy | I felt like I had a few cocktails and a little drunk. But there was no hangover! For me it was a marvelous feeling while the procedure was taking place. | Afterwards, I realized my headache was gone and I felt quite great the rest of the day. It was like a got a good 10 hours of sleep! If I was an addict...this would be my drug of choice!!!! | M | 59 | 1 times | 11/20/2008 | 5 | Colonoscopy | A little "drunk" in the recovery room and on the ride home (as a passenger). By the time I got home I was lightheaded and nauseous, but that could also be a result of not eating the previous day and not sleeping much the night before, due to the procedure prep. | Had the best 3 hour nap of my life after getting home, and felt absolutely fine after waking up. Don't remember anything at all about the procedure, which is probably good. | M | 41 | 1 days | 11/25/2008 | 5 | bowel resection | I am allergic to morphine and dilaudid so was tried on demerol and found very good pain relief but did not last long so required repeat dosages to maintain relief. | Stomach upset did occur with the demerol but used phenergan along with and took care of the problem. I would recommend this combination for very effective pain relief. | M | 38 | 6 days | 1/2/2009 | 5 | Kidney Stone | Had a shot of Demerol (in my butt cheek) roughly 3 hours into a stone while the pain was intense... within minutes I felt better after the fist shot wore off (5 hours later) i was in agony until my next shot which i could then time at 4.5 hours till i needed another shot. and I kept this up till i passed the stone. | M | 26 | 2 days | 5/9/2008 | 5 | Spinal Injuries | I have to take it with milk and a snack to avoid vomitting. | Post rear-end MVA multiple cervical and lumbar disc herniations, vertabrae dislocations & intrusions, loss of spinal fluid. Was taking percocet to manage the pain but developed a reaction of severe burning and itching which grew progessively worse to the point where it was almost worse than the pain itself. Tried many of the other analgesics but almost all were ineffective. Dialaudid worked well for pain relief but it made me very sick - like severe flu symptoms. Doctor hit upon Demerol. It works very well in relieving the pain. I supplement it with presciption dosage (800mg) Ibuprofin. The only side effect I experience is "dry-heaving" or vomitting. If I take the demerol with a glass of milk and some butter or cheese with white bread I avoid that unpleasantness. | M | 51 | 4 months | 10/12/2009 | 4 | kidney stone | Slept for 6 hours straight (in the middle of the day!), extreme dry mouth, mild headache upon awakening | I had been using Percocet when acute pain from the kidney stone would come on, but it hasn't been doing the trick. My MD gave me an injection of Demerol today, and it pretty much eliminated the pain and knocked me the heck out, which is fine by me. Make sure it's coupled with an anti-emetic so that you don't vomit. | M | 36 | 1 days | 3/25/2008 | 4 | crohns disease | mild drowsiness | works quickly and does wonders for severe pain due to crohns disease and partial bowel obstruction. I get no relief from morphine or dilaudid. Pain relief does not last very long requires frequent doses and loses effectiveness if taken for extended periods. | M | 37 | 6 days | 4/4/2008 | 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 | 4 | Pain in my lower back | Must take it with food or it will come back up / stomach will ache. | Doctor tried many drugs to help me sleep/Only demerol would stop the pain and allow me to sleep 5-6 hrs. | M | 57 | 16 years | 3/22/2006 | 4 | Two broken bones in lower leg/ankle | Not really hallucinations, but more of an inability to tell reality from dreams. It was very hard to urinate, although this may have been more about having to pee in that stupid jug than a side effect of the demerol. I wouldn't say it really took the pain away as much as it made me forget about the pain. | As stated before, I broke the bones in my ankle and required surgery to place plates and screws around the break. I was on a demerol PCA through the entire process. The demerol helped get me through the night, but did not really help much of the pain immediately after surgery. | M | 23 | 3 days | 3/20/2007 | 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 | 2 | colonoscopy | What side effects? I was injected with 50 mg of IV Demerol for a colonoscopy and did not even feel the drug. If you have ever taken Demerol you know that this is impossible! I believe that either the Demerol was switched with water or the doctor faked the IV injection because of the many misses of my vein. (The nurse tried 3 times and the Doctor tried 3 times times (6 times at first) to to give me an IV and they could not hit a vein). I was in pain from all the misses. The doctor then tried vigorously for at least 10 minutes to talk me into doing the procedure without anestesia and I was adamant that I wanted to be sedated or I did not want to go through with the procedure. About 1/2 hour went by while the Doctor kept trying to hit a vein. (7 to 8 times & all misses) The doctor tried again to talk me into doing the procedure without anestesia and I refused again and told him to keep trying to hit a vein or give me an IM shot and wait 15 minutes for the medication to kick in. The | I have had IV Demerol several times in the past and know what Demerol feels like and tastes like. When I was injected I felt and tasted nothing and immediately informed the doctor. He said don't worry you will feel it soon. The next thing I knew he was performing the procedure and I was in extreme pain. I asked for more pain medication and the doctor said "I'll be done soon". Several minutes more of severe pain went by and I complained again and he said "I'm almost done". A few tortuous minutes later I complained again and the Doctor removed the camera from my butt within a minute or 2. I was relieved but I am not stupid. I am 100% sure the injection they gave me was nothing. I believe the Doctor faked "hitting a vein" because of all the misses and elapsed time and knowingly gave me the procedure without the medication I insisted on. To confirm my suspicions I had a drug test done the next day and guess what? No Demerol in my system. This proved me right. The doctor gave me a colonoscopy without the anestesia I insisted on against my wishes. I was very unhappy and felt humiliated because I was made a fool of and it was very unethical because it was strictly for the money and against my wishes. I was very unhappy . The only pleasant thing about a colonoscopy is the pain medication. I thought about suing for malpractice but I am not that kind of person but I can tell you this: that is the last time I will see that doctor. Has anyone else had a s | M | 58 | 1 days 50 mg 1X day | 10/15/2011 | 2 | Surgery - Spine | Itching - deep, burning itching. Almost drove me insane! High doseage of Benadryl did not relieve the itching. I'd rather have the pain - that's how bad the itching was. | M | 47 | 2 days | 12/5/2009 | 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 | 1 | Appendectimy | They gave it to me right before surgery in my IV. Right after I took it I started freaking out and trying to pull out my IV. I would fall asleep every few seconds and then suddenly wake up and forget where I was. The whole time I had the worst drymouth. Didn't help that all they could do me was let me have a few licks of an ice cube since it was before surgery and I couldn't have liquids. I don't remember most of it or how long it lasted but it was definitely scary. | M | 15 | | 2/23/2008 | 1 | Appendectomy | Intense Nausea, Dizziness, Sweating (associated with the feeling of intense heat), Vomiting, Some Hallucinations | The story: I had a surgery late in the day, so I was staying overnight at the hospital. I wake up and I'm offered a painkiller shot, which they inform me has to be in the behind. At first, I resist, but the morphine from the surgery had worn off so the pain is getting pretty bad. The nurse comes back and gives me a shot of Demerol in the behind. After a few minutes, a crazy rush of heat hits me. It's like someone turned up the temperature to 130 degrees in the room. Immediately thereafter, a wave of nausea overcomes me and I pass out. Though I suppose it sounds "interesting" in retrospect, the next couple hours were a confusing and dizzying mix of reality and what I can only describe as insanity. I had very strange (bad) dreams that were indistinguishable from reality, and occasionally I would be awake, only to SEE things that weren't actually there. For example, the nurse came in and got really close to my face and then all of a sudden she was back at the doorway com | M | 21 | 1 days | 3/6/2008 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Sleepiness, Nausea, vomiting, weakness, the shakes | I am still feeling the affects of the drug a day after my procedure including nausea and vomiting. I would not want to take this drug again! | M | 65 | 1 days 50 MG 1X day | 5/31/2012 |
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)