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 | severe abdominal pain | extreme euphoria,slight head rush, sleepiness, slight hallucinations and confusion. | I was in excruciating pain for appendicitis, i was given dilaudid in my I.V and about 5 seconds later no pain whatsoever. Worked like a miracle for the pain, and the euphoria wasn't half bad either. I would occasionally fall asleep and wake up later not knowing I had fallen asleep. However, the medication seemed to wear off in as soon as an hour, but wasn't opposed to have more. | F | 20 | 3 days | 11/22/2007 | 5 | back pain | tired, euphoria, head rush | worked very welll, didnt feel a thing when i was on it. when first injected, gave me a bad head rush almost to the point where my eyes rolled back. after the initial feeling, it was great | M | 20 | 2 days | 10/15/2007 | 1 | cellulitis/MRSA | delusional, out of it, no memory of what happened | M | 2 days | 9/17/2007 | 4 | Back Pain | I seem to have been very depressed in the last 24 hours, even suicidal. I am only taking 2mg of Dilaudid and the ER prescribed Valium, as well, for a muscle relaxant,5mgs | I was at first prescribed percoset and valium. This didn't relieve my pain at all. They switched me the to Dilaudid with Valium. One without the other doesn't really seem to help. But now I've become very depressed and for no reason I can name. | F | 36 | 4 days | 7/26/2007 | 5 | post-surgical (hysterectomy) | dry mouth and some sleepiness. | Dilaudid did not make me sick and kept me very comfortable for the first two days after surgery. I never felt drugged or high and it kept away the tension of worrying about pain. Worked wonders for me. | F | 52 | 2 days | 7/24/2007 | 3 | Syringomyelia | Complete exhaustion | I was on dilaudid for almost a year, and it did work somewhat for my pain. The problem was they also had me on a fentanyl patch. The combination of the two made me feel like a zombie. I could no longer drive, and all I did was sleep. I finally convinced my doctor to give me something not as strong to supplement my patch, so I now take Norco. Of course it doesn't work as well on the pain, but at least I can keep my eyes open. | F | 45 | 1 years | 7/18/2007 | 5 | post-op (hysterectomy) | none | For three days my idiotic surgeon tried several different meds for pain. I was supposed to get up and walk after the hysterectomy but I couldn't move. They tried morphine, Percodan, codeine, Oxycontin--you name it. The hospital's wonderful pharmacist finally recommended Dilaudid. Within an hour there was no pain and I got out of bed and OUT of the hospital! I didn't feel "high" at all on this drug--just normal. The other drugs made me very nauseated, dizzy, and constipated. Dilaudid was not addictive (for me, anyway). I only took it two weeks, but for long-term pain this would probably be a good drug to keep patients functional. | F | 44 | 14 days | 4/30/2007 | 1 | Cellulitis | While in the hospital for cellulitis, I was given a combination of Dilaudid along with Phenegran (for nausea) and Methadone. For whatever reason, I ceased breathing in the middle of the night because of this combination of drugs. Thankfully, a nurse walked in on me (I was NOT connected to any monitoring device) and she alerted the rapid response team and I was administered Narcan in order to reverse the effects caused by the painkillers and this saved my life. Please follow this link for more information on my story. www.geocities.com/paulanddilaudid | www.geocities.com/paulanddilaudid | M | 35 | 7 days | 3/25/2007 | 4 | pain reliever for migraines | my legs tend to lose stability, i get feverish, then knocked out cold. | it does get rid of the migraines, but not being able to walk(i have to lean up against walls) is not fun. | F | 17 | 6 times | 3/18/2007 | 3 | infectuous mass, post surgery | worked fine in recovery room when injected to my central line, but once in my room and it was despensed via pca, it was totally useless no pain releif, ended up taking percacet for pain releif | M | 38 | 3 days | 12/2/2006 | 5 | post surgeries,cervical osteotomy | none really | had the surgery above[the doc goes into the spine where the problems lie. for me it was c6,c7,c8 or t1.] i have AS and am deformed at the neck[chin on chest syndrome] a few days after surgery i began to have weakness in my arms followed by severe nerve pain,which is unrelenting screaming until you cry until you scream again. they killed the pain with what i don't know, then reoperated on me again. the surgery lasts for about eight to twelve hours. after, i was put on 4mg dilaudid every four hours among other pain meds. i am home now on 30mg of methadone x3,4mg of dilaudid x6, 300mg gabapentin x3,and a muscle relaxant. since i take dilaudid every four i think i can gauge it's effectivness and ,it is very good,it takes the pain right down to a tolerable level. happy so far, may take away the methadone after a spell. | M | 56 | 2 months | 8/13/2006 | 1 | pain post-back-surgery | Memory loss. | Dilaudid was prescribed along with valium and fentanyl and not only is the week after I came home from the hospital completely erased from my memory, but it was sort of like that movie Memento -- I couldn't remember things that had happened just hours after they happened. My family and friends would come to visit, but my husband tells me that I would be really sad later, saying "nobody has come to visit me". They said that I told them I was not in pain at all, but I was also very belligerent if anyone suggested reducing the amount of medication I was taking because I had been in so much pain in the hospital. I walked into walls more than once and fell down several times. I don't remember any of this and only started having a memory after they checked me back into the hospital and had me taken off of the dilaudid and valium. I'm not sure which one was the main cause or if it was the combination, but I have tried them separately since then, and while I didn't get the memory los | F | 38 | 7 days | 7/5/2006 | 5 | Broken Discs. RSD | Constipation is occasional not very often as long as I stay on top of drinking water and eating whole grains | I take 2 8mg tabs every 4 hours. I has allowed me to return to work as I don't feel the great pain I had in the past. I don;t feel high or "on" somwthing just glad to be back in society | M | 42 | 8 months | 6/22/2006 | 5 | Broken Discs. RSD | Constipation is occasional not very often as long as I stay on top of drinking water and eating whole grains | I take 2 8mg tabs every 4 hours. I has allowed me to return to work as I don't feel the great pain I had in the past. I don;t feel high or "on" somwthing just glad to be back in society | M | 42 | 8 months | 6/22/2006 | 4 | Post-Op | Fever, chills, and very short-lived pain relief | Here is the odd thing with Dilaudid: it just did not work for me after a few days. I weigh 112 and at 5'8" 2mg every 4 hours SHOULD have knocked me out cold! -it didn't... this medicine goes into the system quickly & leaves it quickly (and when it leaves, you NOTICE)If you have a very high metabolism I'd recommend that you opt for Percocet since it doesn't seem to fly out of the system! | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 5/30/2006 | 1 | Post-Surgical | Itchiness, rash, hives, swollen skin, headaches | I was on the drip after surgery and it didn't seem to help my pain, just made me itchy, face swollen, rash, headaches, it sucked! After 2 days they took me off that damn thing and gave me Percocet, MUCH BETTER! | F | 27 | 2 days | 4/20/2006 | 3 | Chronic Back Pain | None | Some relief, then no relief after about 1 week Was put on Dilaudid b/c of Percocet tolerance from the last 3 years... Dilaudid is a clearer pain Rx, once adjusted to proper dose can be helpful | F | 27 | 10 days | 4/15/2006 | 5 | RSD/CRPS/FIBROMYALGIA | I have been on Dilaudid for over eight years and the only side effect has been consitpation, which two other pain meds I take could also cause it. I try and drink lots and lots of water to keep the constipation at a tolerable level. I have been on so many pain meds for the RSD and to date the Dilaudid (generic form) is the 0NLY ONE THAT TAKES MY PAIN DOWN TO A TOLERABLE LEVEL. I was on Methadone, a very high dose for the pain and it made me very sick and didn't do anything for my pain. I now take a pretty hefty dose, down from what it was under a different pain doc, but it's enough to control my pain, which is all I care about. When hospitalized, I also get it in the IV form, which causes sme itching and nausea, symptoms I don't get using the oral form. I get no warm feeling, no feelings of being high, only pain relief. | I was surprised to find one of the people who commented about getting it for headaches. It doesn't do anything for mine and they have better drugs for Migraine headaches that work within 15 minutes. | F | 59 | 8 years | 2/5/2006 | 5 | migraine | was given some in the er for a migraine... wish i could get some to bring home.. my fioricet just does not cut it when my head is splitting....it seems that the drs. do not like giving the stuff for migraines, but the nurse that was working that night suggested it... | if anyone can get some or knows of a place to get some, or order some let me know seems like something worth having around the house, especially since i suffer from migraines.... anyone wants to sell any let me know | F | 44 | 1 days | 1/27/2006 | 2 | Extreme pain | At first it seemed to work great, I had nausea, constipation, but I felt no pain. | The trouble with this medication that your system gets use to it and you have to keep increasing it. I began to have no feelings whatsoever so I quit taking it. Now I am in pain again and don't know what to do. But I was beginning to feel like an addict. Enough was enought. I was up to 16mg a day and floating but if I took less I was in pain. | F | 59 | 1 years | 1/18/2006 |