DILAUDID Reviews (HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.6 (204 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DILAUDID with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DILAUDID | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
5 | After Surgery Pain Control | This was the best, I was up and walking the same day after my surgery, partial hestrectomy. I felt wonderful and was not sick like the morphine made me and last alot longer. | F | 32 | 1 times 1X day | 2/21/2011 | 5 | Kidney Stones/Infection X4 | I have amazingly high opiate tolerance. Was the best feeling ever to come down so fast. Created a bit of a sleepy feeling, but other than that, no adverse side effects. | F | 21 | 1X day | 2/16/2011 | 1 | ER Visit with severe Migraine | Extraordinarily intense nausea and violent waves of vomiting. Did temporarily relieve pain from Migraine and pain when coughing (was in ER for bi-lateral pneumonia -- severe, possibly life-threatening). The reaction I experienced was profound and extremely unpleasant. Also felt a flush, cold feeling when drug was administered via IV. Eventually left AMA when they were so flustered by my reaction that they forgot to reattach my IV and left me dehydrate to the point that I was dry-heaving and screaming in pain from resurgent migraine and bursts of blood from my nose. This was my experience, and I am not suggesting it is anything even close to typical. But it is what happened and I hope that this review helps someone. Thank you for the opportnity to provide my information! BTW I am 41, M, 5'7" 174lbs, no known allergy to any medication, in decent health at the time, non-smoker, non-drinker, and not a drug user. | See side-effects. Remember, this was a one-time IV dose of unknown amount of this medication (I would guess relatively significant) while I was in the ER for life-threatening bi-lateral pneumonia and after having developed a non-related but extraordinarily intense migraine headache (long history of migraine headaches). I truly hope my data helps :-) | M | 41 | 1 days IV ? 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 4 | Status Migrainosus | Immediate feeling of being overwhelmed and unable to move, lowered my BP enough that the nurse told me I was not allowed to sit up until they administered fluids through the IV. | The pain I was experiencing was some of the worst I've ever had. I was in an auto accident about five months ago and got a mild TBI and have had severe ongoing migraines ever since even though I'd never had a migraine before in my entire life! They are completely debilitating. I had to go to the ER because it got so bad (they'd been this bad before, but my cognitive functioning had not returned enough to allow me to be able to recognize that I needed to go to the ER before this point to reduce the pain... I know it sounds strange, TBI is a strange way of living.) the dilaudid cut the 8 level pain to a 4 level pain within minutes and then down to a 3 after that. I did not get or feel high whch was my number one concern with taking it. They administered it by injection I guess and if I am in that level of pain again I would not turn it away. My biggest disappointment with it is that the doctor suggested that it might stop the headache altogether, which it did not, but it reduced it for several hours and I was able to sleep for most of the day. A full, deep kind of sleep that I felt I hadn't had in months-since the accident occurred most likely. The headache did return and increased to a level 6 that evening and a 7 the night afterwards but that's still much better than an 8! | F | 33 | 1 times 1mg 1X O | 1/3/2011 | 2 | Intestinal blockage pain | Severe reaction to drug. Went into convulsion. Counter the effects by injecting Benydril into IV. | F | 70 | 1 days 1X day | 12/28/2010 | 5 | Post Surgery | Unlike other narcotics, I do not experience any nausea or other side effects such as "spaciness" or even euphoria. I did fall asleep while sitting up (not good if you are a caregiver) probably because I wasn't used to it. The last couple of tablets I took gave me mild chest pain. | F | 42 | 7 days 2 mg 2X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | breast cancer surgery | severe sweating, drenched, nausea, dizziness, had to change hospital gown as well as bedding | would not reccomend it; similar reaction to morphine; informed hospital staff about morphine, codeine reaction, dangerous, symtoms of onset of stroke | F | 71 | 1 days I V 1X O | 10/15/2010 | 4 | violent cough& slipped L4&L5 disks | Worked Pretty Well for pain but didn't last long Had 3 doses in 2 he's by IV then was given a script for 16TABS (=1 Every 3hrs prn) don't think the pills work as well as IV but its better than morphine. Only side effect was a headache. The next. Morning. | I take hydrocodone on a regular basis & I couldn't tell the difference between takin the pills. IV is much quicker and u know its working when u get the warm rush but it wears off about 30min later. All together that an oxycodone& hydrocodone Work for my pain in my back and legs but morphine is like taken ibu (4me) | F | 27 | 5 days 4MG 1X AN | 10/14/2010 | 1 | 33.5 weeks pregnant w/back fall | Immediate itching all over body, heavy in the face area, hot burning all over but concentrated in the face area; uncontrollable movement of back, arms, hands, legs, feet; increased heart rate (form 90 to 200 in a few seconds); difficult breathing and awareness | Thought this was to help with the pain of knee and back from a fall I had while 33.5 weeks pregnant. This is a common narcotic given to pregnant women, however I had an extreme reaction; it was given via IV the nurse slowly put it in and the reaction was immediate, she gave me only 1/4 of the dosage and stopped once she saw the reaction had taken over. Ended up being observed due to increased heart rate for several hours. Given benadryl for itchiness but pain did not go anywhere but become more intense, most likely form the uncontrollable movements of back and legs. | F | 35 | 0 days unsure 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 5 | ER 3X for Kidney Stones | Zero side effects, inc Zero nausea. I see several note about nausea. I have Promethazine given along with the Dilaudid IV. Prometh works well at suppressing the nausea. | I've passed kidney stones 4x, with 3 visits to ER. 1st time the Dr gave me the 2mg Dilaudid IV w/ Prometh. Great Combo ! Even with a 6mm stone stuck in my ureter - pain was Gone. So Now, when I go to ER, I just Tell the ER Doc what I need. | M | 59 | 2 mg 1X day | 9/25/2010 | 3 | Shoulder dislocation | Incredible pain relief when morphine was not working, however the ITCHING all over - particularly the face - is so severe I would not use it again. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) did not ease the itching. | F | 42 | 1 days 4 mg IV 1X day | 9/15/2010 | 4 | Migrane | I'm given with nausea and benadryl for migranes at the ER. It does help but 24 hours later I still have a slight headache. | Does make you sick for a short duration, but if they give you they nausea medication first and you lie still it helps. It's just a sicking heavy weight feeling. I also have severe pain from DDD, arthritis, fibromyalgia...etc...and it helps that as well. | F | 40 | 1 days 8 1X O | 8/31/2010 | 2 | Fibromyalgia Chronic Pain | I tolerate all opiate pain killers very well. | The dilaudid was very weak in comparison to oxycodone. I had to double the RX for pain relief. The only time I feel it works is a shot of it or given IV route. I was crying with pain from it since the presribed dose was not adequate for me. | F | 35 | 10 days 4 mg 3X day | 8/26/2010 | 3 | bulging discs and sciatica | none | It's not working the tablets suck the only thing that works is an injection of it | F | 29 | 1 years 35 6X day | 8/10/2010 | 5 | Post-surgery (colectomy) | Bad: Vomited once after 2 mg IV was pushed too fast. Good: warmed up cold hands and feet. | IV form was much more effective than PO. Really felt the initial uncomfortable rush in my abdomen (surgery site), but after that resolves the pain is gone, too. Worked better for me than fentanyl, morphine, and oxycodone. | M | 40 | 2 months up to 4 mg 4X day | 8/5/2010 | 2 | chronic pain, fibromyalgia, RA | extremely itchy nose | Took my first one today. After 2.5 hours, no relief of pain just a very itchy nose. I had been taking Percodan but I itched so badly on that I wanted to rip the skin off my face. Now I'm itching again. With Percodan I would take Benadryl and an H-2 blocker to try and prevent the itching but after awhile that wasn't effective. So I'll try that with the Dilaudid and see if that helps, especially since I think I need to double the dose for it to alleviate some of my pain. | F | 53 | 1 days 4 mg 3X day | 7/18/2010 | 2 | post-op pain, day of surgery | severe sweating and nausea. I was dripping in sweat. I looked like I just got out of the shower. It lasted about 4 hours. I must be an uncommon side effect because the nursing staff thought it was related to something other than the Dilaudid. The nausea went on for awhile. zofran ineffective, emend ineffective. Anzemet finally did the trick. | F | 46 | 1 days 1/5 mg 1X day | 7/2/2010 | 4 | Severe headaches (poss.brain tumor) | Euphoria, drowsiness, very vivid dreams, constipation | It didn't take away the pain instantly. However, when it did, I went to sleep for about 2 hours. When I tried to get up and do things I was too drowsy and out of it. I ended up sleeping for about 12 hours. It felt like I dreamed for the whole 12 hours too. It was weird. It's good for pain. But I can't function normally after taking it. I have to go to bed. | F | 40 | 2 days 4mg 2X day | 6/22/2010 | 5 | in ER for pain | loopiness when it first goes into an IV; constipation usually the day after a dose | About 10 times in the past 3 years, I've needed to go to the ER for conditions causing extreme pain (including a serious bout with nausea that caused chest pains and created an irregular ECG, and another bout with what turned out to be a serious UTI and colorectal infection). I was first given Dilaudid in 2007 for what turned out to be a pulled chest muscle (thought I was having a heart attack) after the ER doctor discovered I was opioid-tolerant (I take MSContin for a chronic pain condition). 1 unit was all it took to knock me for a loop, then knock my pain from 8-pushing-9 to 3-pulling-2. Ever since, if an ER doc asks "what works for you when you have high pain levels?", I have no hesitation saying "a unit of Dilaudid". In an IV, it's a VERY fast-acting med--I can always tell when it's gone in because I can feel it spreading through my body; that's how dramatic the pain relief is. If you're what ER docs sometimes call "narcotic-naive" (that is, you don't take a lot of opiate-based meds and/or seldom take any kind of strong painkiller), Dilaudid might be a bit much for you (I watched a narcotic-naive woman go completely unresponsive after a single dose before coming back around once the initial shock of the drug faded). don't know if I could ever take it as a regular maintenance medication like some people here, but as a method for stopping immediate pain, there's almost nothing better. | F | 46 | 10 times 1 mg 1X O | 5/28/2010 | 4 | To get high IV | Euphoria that dissipates quickly, intense. | I shot up the name brand dilaudids at first because I had a good access to them and it was 2mg at a time. Just drop in the syringe add some warm water and shake till it's dissipated then inject. You get a quick rush thats gone in like 2 minutes. Not what I was hoping for. Started to get the 4mg hydromorphine pills and shot those one at a time. Too many buffers. I finally went overboard and did 12mg one day and almost od'ed so no more. Had some serious withdrawal. Should really be used for pain patients because us junkies have been giving it a bad rap since the 70's. | M | 42 | 2 months 4mg 4X day | 5/27/2010 |