leanahow does dilaudid compare to percocet or lortab,? how well does it control pain?
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pharmd0612 Mar 2006
all prescription pain killers can be compared in effectiveness. because all drugs have slightly different affinity for the site at which they work in the body, they can be dosed at different milligrams. it is common for pain management doctors to switch between drugs and an equivalent amount of analgesia can be predicted. for instance 2mg of hydromorphone (dilaudid) is about equivalent to 10mg of oxycodone (percocet). pain management is a delicate process that is tailored to each patient by their physician.
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caringsonbj
31 Mar 2011
I agree with you, I took Dilaudid for about 2 years and then I caught a terrible fall, it caused some fractures and a back problem so they had to put me on something else but I agree with you that Dilaudid is more powerful than 10mg. percocet.
Anonymous 20 Jun 2009
I get horrible migraines and when i can't take it anymore i end up in the hospital and when they injected dilaudid iv i started to feel relief within 20 minutes. The triptans just don't work for me unfortunately and thats all the dr's want to give me. Very frustrating-especially if u find something that helps relieve the pain.
zanthine
3 Mar 2012
Fiorinal #3 w/codeine works well for migraines FYI
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caringsonbj25 Jan 2011
I can only tell you from the prospective of me using the medication, Dilaudid works on a diffeent part of the brain than what Percocet is I found Dilaudid to be stronger but what works with one pain patient does not do the job for another it does really take a lot of work to find the medication that woroks best for each individual patient, at some point in time a drug such as Dilaudid that has worked well then bang it happened to me I got to where even increasing the dose no go, it is an art and it's so different from one person to the other I can stress that enough, a lot of time and effort goes into controlling pain best wishes
Cathleen18631 Jan 2011
I have tried percocet, and I found Dilaudid to be stronger. I don't know how percocet compares to morphine, but just before a recent surgery, the anesthetist, told me that mg - mg, Dilaudid is 8 times stronger than morphine is. I have been told this by other Dr.'s as well as my own.
It's the only thing that helps me control my chronic pain problems. Once I found the correct dose I needed for pain control, I have never had to increase it, in fact, sometimes I am able to take much less than prescribed.. That's just me though, and I'm not saying it works like that for everybody. I wish you the best of luck finding a med to control your pain. I hope my answer has helped you.
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christineATU
31 Jan 2011
And both of those are MUCH better then hydrocodone.
MorphoneGurl
12 Jul 2011
I agree Aaron, 4 mg is def equal in strength to a 10mg, maybe even two 10's. IV form is always more powerful, even if they only shoot 1 or 2mg NaCL, it's still more powerful because its hitting your bloodstream immidiately. Just like with anything else such as Vicodin for example... Well, Vicodin is stronger than Tylenol w/codeine, Percocets are stronger than vicodin, and Dilaudid is stronger than perks & so on..Yet if given 30mg of Oxycodone (Roxicet), some people seem to believe it's much better than Dilaudid, actually some prefer it...
melissaho...13 Jul 2011
Dilaudid is stronger. I have been on both also. I am now on Perc 30's. & they work better than the 5 mg percs. I have spinal stenosis from 2 bad epidurals with one child & have extreme back pain. My husband was on Perc 30's also for back pain & a doc today gave him lortab, what a joke.
23 Nov 2011
I have been seeing a pain managment doc for several months now for severe kneck and shoulder pain.He has done injections in my kneck(no help)he has givin me a few different pain meds(percocet,darvacet and dilaudid) the cets did nothing for the pain.All they did was knock me out,make me itch and scratch to death.He finally put me on the dilaudid 2mg and I can function like if I were taking a tylenol and it takes my pain away.So the pain meds just depend on where ur pain is and what ur tolerance is... Everybody is different...
crazybout...25 Nov 2011
I recently went to the ER for severe shoulder pain which was diagnosed as Tendonitis/Bursitis. I was given an injection of Dilaudid (mg unknown), this worked almost immediately, however, on the way home I began itching terribly. At the pharmacy while filling my Rx for Percocet (which I've taken in the past and feel that it's definitely the weaker of the two) the pharmacist informed me that indeed I had an allergic reaction to the Dilaudid. Nothing I treated this condition at home with helped, from Aleve to ice to BioFreeze. Needless to say, I took an antihistamine for the itching, and the Dilaudid kept me pain free for hours, however, I can't take it anymore due to the reaction it caused. If you can tolerate Dilaudid, go for it! I wish you all pain free days! Debbie in NJ
lorihumberger
18 Apr 2012
Instead of biofreeze, I strongly recommend a product called Ramedica, it is all natural oils and works much better than biofreeze. I am a massage therapist and I use it on all my clients. It doesn't contain chemicals which we are trying to avoid adding any more as we get plenty from meds, polutiants and additives in foods.
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all prescription pain killers can be compared in effectiveness. because all drugs have slightly different affinity for the site at which they work in the body, they can be dosed at different milligrams. it is common for pain management doctors to switch between drugs and an equivalent amount of analgesia can be predicted. for instance 2mg of hydromorphone (dilaudid) is about equivalent to 10mg of oxycodone (percocet). pain management is a delicate process that is tailored to each patient by their physician.
Don't make me laugh you are way off dude. 4 mg of Hydromorphone dilaudid is equivelent to about 10 mg percocet 10-11 give or take also depends on the persons tolerance and metabolism. Differant drugs work on differant people differantly too for example I can take 2 10 mg oxycodone and feel absolutly NO relief I can take 1 10 mg Hydrocodone and feel atleast some relief 2 and I feel alot of relief. So in answer to your question Hydromorphone to Oxycodone is probably a little more than 2:1 mg for mg I could be wrong tho it has happened once before.
k spaz looked at the question wrong thought we were lookin at .4 thus the throw off also to the comment about intravenus bein stronger well no kidden straight into the blood stream instaed of ingestead were more ends up in the body fat explains that but in my case dilaudid dosnt do much for me compared to oxycodone or oxycotin as was said different people have different reactions hell i go crazy on ativan wich in most cases is used for the exact opposite reason but give me a cpl mg of that and im outta my mind halucinaton and thinkin im the hulk course i also drop in body temp wen im sick rather than run a fever so im a extreme case
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