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 | c-section | excellent drug | by far the best drug i have ever taken. took my pain away during surgery and after surgery. wow this drug is a wonder drug!! | F | 31 | 7 days | 11/21/2008 | 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 | ruptured ovarian cysts and post op | a happy lightheaded feeling | i have a high tolerence to pain medication so this is one of the only things i can take. it works wonderfully for me. | F | 25 | 4 months | 11/3/2008 | 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 | 1 | Post-op pain control | Extreme nausea, vomiting, dizziness, little to no relief of pain. I had this after a myomectomy and after gall bladder removal. When the surgeon doing the myo saw it wasn't helping and just made me sick, he immediately changed over to another analgesic (Fentanyl and then Toradol), and I felt much better--was able to walk around in a few hours and leave in just over a day. However, the gall bladder surgery was a nightmare (my liver got nicked), and I was in agony in recovery--what actually woke me was vomiting. More Demerol created more vomiting, and the surgeon left no orders for anything else (and the nurse refused to contact him). I threw up most of the way home and for the better part of the day. I realize some of the effect might not have been Demerol, but the fact remains that a second dose post-op made me even sicker. I know it works well for some people, but PLEASE ask your doctor to have a backup analgesic order if this makes you sick. NO ONE should have to throw up after any s | F | 41 | 2 days | 4/10/2008 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | Appendicitis | I went into the hospital with a severe appendicitis attack and was given Demoral immediately. I experienced vivid and frightening hallucinations, hightened awareness of pain, and severe nausea (throwing up every 1-2 minutes). As soon as I was switched to morphine, all symptoms vanished very quickly. | F | 26 | 1 days | 2/7/2008 | 5 | Gall Bladder | Euphoria,slight nausea which was easily control with anti-nausea meds, and extreme tiredness. | I had to have surgery several times to correct the botched gall bladder removal surgery I had. I was on demerol both times for the pain and it worked EXCELLENT! I would fall asleep nearly the minute it was injected in my IV but I didn't feel any pain. I did have nausea but as long as I was given some anti-nausea meds it was fine. I found demerol to be much better on my mental state that Morphine or other pain meds. | F | 23 | 7 days | 1/11/2008 | 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 | 1 | post surgery | Nightmares and night sweats, panicky feeling | I was given liquid demerol through an IV when I was in the hospital and woke up 2 nights in a row to extremely frightening nightmares that caused me to sweat profusely. I was told by the doctor that this is a common side effect and was taken off it immediately. | F | 34 | 2 days | 12/6/2007 | 2 | major gall bladder surgery | I felt high as a kite. I couldn't urinate and had to be catherized after taking this. I saw Popeye the Sailor walking in my hospital room. | This drug gives you some wicked hallucinations. It does help with pain, but the side effects are not worth taking it. The cure is worse than the ailment | F | 49 | 1 weeks | 11/28/2007 | 5 | Double C4 fracture, post MVA | Euphoria, drowsiness | I was sent home with oral demerol after a broked neck and major surgery following a car accident. I had been on IV push morphine in the hospital. The demerol was excellent at taking away my pain. It actually enduced a feeling of euphoria that was much welcomed considering all the pain I was in. It did make me a little sleepy, but this was probably related to the fact that I was so happy to have my pain level decreased and feel like I could finally sleep. Im told long term use can result in the acumulation of a toxic metabolite that can result in seizures. This is why you dont see it used often for chronic (i.e. cancer) pain unless there is a specific need such as allergies to other drugs. But I would say it is great for short term pain management! | F | 22 | 30 days | 9/26/2007 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Side-effects: lightheadedness, naseau; but demerol in combination with versed worked for me. I didn't want to remember procedure. I didn't want pain and wanted to sleep. | I am thankful for demerol and versed. Yes, I am still having side-effects a day later, but I am thankful for how the drugs helped me get through the procedure. I was scared going in, but don't remember it and woke up in the recovery room not remembering a thing. I am thankful it worked for me. | F | 53 | 1 times | 8/4/2007 | 1 | oral surgery | Vomiting. | Did not alleviate pain at all. I could not eat anything and could hardly drink water, so I stopped taking it. | F | 32 | 2 days | 6/17/2007 | 2 | Colonoscopy | naseua, vomiting, chills -- lasted about 15 hours after procedure -- was very surprised the post procedure was worse than the pre-colonoscopy procedure! | next time would request anti-naseua medication as well | F | 51 | 1 days | 6/6/2007 | 1 | Surgery | Hallucinations, inability to communicate, extreme pain. | I had this drug twice for major surgery and it did not work. I was in excruciating pain, but reality was so distorted that I could not tell them about it. I refused the drug on my third surgery and was very satisfied with Morphine. | F | 52 | 4 days | 4/29/2007 | 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 |