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 | migraine | slept 10 hrs, mild euphoria | This is the only medication that complete wipes out my pain level 10 migraines in 5 minutes flat. I would have killed myself by now to escape the pain if it weren't for Demerol. I have to go to the ER around once a month for an injection after all other methods of relief have failed. | F | 24 | 1 days | 3/14/2007 | 3 | lower rhytidectomy (lower necklift) | dry mouth, constipation, severe pain in hips, thigh muscles, and lower back, loss of balance | medicine did work, I guess, but had to take two every 3-1/2 to 4 hours since the surgery. After a day and a half switched to tylenol as I could not sleep due to the pain in my lower body when lying down in bed. | F | 56 | 2 days | 8/4/2006 | 1 | Administered by hospital in Miami | Administered by nurse following operation while in recovery room at hospital in Miami. Went into cardiac arrest, heart stopped & stopped breathing for 7 minutes before staff brought me back. | Never had Demerol previously & didn't know was alergic to it. Look up in Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) here on web what some side effects can be. | M | 62 | 1 days | 4/21/2006 | 2 | acute neck pain | none | did nothing for the pain at all. I ended up taking two 400mg ibuprofen and that was the only thing that finally dulled the pain enough so I could sleep. | F | 46 | 1 times | 4/19/2006 | 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 | 1 | Appendectomy | Convulsions, hallucinations and inability to concentrate; I was totally unable to communicate. Side effects (finally) stopped when I was switched to morphine. | Demerol for me was the worst nightmare of my life. The hospital staff claimed no knowlege of similar cases, seems unlikely; I've talked to others! They assumed I was suffering D.T.'s but I don't drink... | M | 17 | 2 days | 2/19/2006 | 5 | Emerg Pain Med for Ruptured Cyst | Warm tingling sensation all over my body (actually felt good). A feeling of floating and happiness. | This was the ONLY thing that worked on me in the ER when I came in for a rupterd ovarian cyst (9cm!!!) I was in the ER for 12 hours before they were able to come up with the correct diagnosis and they tried EVERYTHING and this was the only thing that workedto alleviate the pain. Only use this for EXTREME pain.. seems like it could be addictive. | F | 27 | 3 times | 1/19/2006 | 1 | full hernia patch surgery | after surgery, it did not work, dry mouth, would almost put me too sleep, but did nothing for hernia surgery pain! | I made sure its posted in all my medical records that it does not work for me. what a living hell for 16 hours. the nurses and doctor were stumped, could not beleive it was not working for me. Reluctant too change. | M | 62 | 1 days | 12/27/2005 | 5 | c-section | this medicine took away alll my pain. i would highly recommend this medicine. i did get some dizziness, and some itching BUT WOW I would take itching and dizziness over c-section pain any day. | this med will help any sort of pain. | F | 28 | 5 days | 9/4/2005 | 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 | 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 | 3 | | 3/23/2005 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | kidney stones | extreme dry mouth, hallucinations, drowsiness, dizziness, mild nausea | F | 31 | 1 days | 9/21/2004 | 5 | | 6/2/2004 | 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 | 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 | 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 |