Dilaudid for Pain User Reviews (Page 3)

• Anonymous
• September 4, 2009

"Dilaudid is the only pain medication that offers me any type of relief. I herniated 3 discs in my lower back, and I was on an IV of 2 mg every 4 hours. Only con was it made my face very itchy. The second time I had an IV of Dilaudid was post-spinal tap. I was given a 1 mg injection every 2 hours (lower dosage, more frequently made pain more manageable). I now have a prescription for 4 mg every 3-4 hours for chronic back pain. I believe it has dramatically improved my quality of life."

• Kai...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 1, 2016

"I was shot in my chest in April 2016 and was in the hospital for a month. Dilaudid was the pain reliever they chose for me, and it worked GREAT. For the first two weeks, the pain was unbearable, but I had the IV drip of Dilaudid every 10 minutes, which worked great. I was not aware of how powerful it is for pain, but it only lasts so long. I guess my pain was so bad that for the longest time I had it every 10 minutes. Anyway, it did great and I don't think I could have handled the pain without it."

• chi...
• July 16, 2015

"I went into the ER in EXTREME pain. I mean, I was in labor for 30 hours with no help from an epidural, and this pain I was having took the cake! Turns out I had pyelonephritis (kidney infection, caused by a UTI). I was in pure agony for hours... and finally, once they got me back into a real room and got the doctor in to see me, they got my IV hooked up and gave me nausea meds, 1 mg of Dilaudid, antibiotics, and Toradol. It worked almost instantly! I was so relieved!! All I wanted to do was close my eyes and sleep, and I got a couple of hours in before I was okay to leave the hospital. If you have ever had Stadol, the relief and feeling were VERY similar with Dilaudid, which was fine with me. Both have been the best pain relievers I've ever had."

• V55...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 22, 2017

"Had my gallbladder removed, and they gave me morphine, which didn't really help much. But then I ended up with a bile leak due to complications, and they put me on Dilaudid, and every ounce of pain vanished seconds after it was put into my IV. It made me really sleepy but not nauseous at all. Very addictive, but works amazingly to relieve extreme pain."

• Anonymous
• September 13, 2009

"I was in the ER the other day for a slipped disc and pinched sciatic nerve. I was given 1 mg of this through an IV. I have never taken a pain medicine so effective! But I was in so much pain that I needed 1 mg every hour for 3 hours. But the only side effect was that my face and body were itchy after the third mg."

• Dia...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 16, 2012

"I was given Dilaudid while being treated in the hospital for gastritis/esophageal pain. The pain was very severe and my blood pressure rose to over 200/100. Within 30 seconds of the Dilaudid being inserted into my I.V., the pain in my sternum was gone, and I was relaxed and sleepy. (After the first 'Whoooosh' head rush.) Although I could have it every 2 hours, after the first 2 doses, the pain relief lasted 4-6 hours. Most effective, and I reacted to it better than I had done in previous hospitalizations when receiving morphine."

• Anonymous
• June 20, 2009

"My first kidney stone. Very painful. Went to the ER since I didn't know what was happening. Cat scan = kidney stone ~2mm. I wasn't going to die, and it would pass. They first gave me IV morphine. That took the pain down about 20% to a manageable but still very painful level for about 10 minutes, then it jumped back up as if I'd had nothing. They then gave me Dilaudid, saying it worked on different receptors. In 2 minutes, the pain dropped about 75% and stayed down for about 4 hours until it wore off. Dilaudid seems to work differently than morphine. A great and powerful medication."

• Anonymous
• August 20, 2009

"I have had 12 hospital stays in the last 2.5 years, each for at least 1 week due to pancreatitis. During this time, I have had 4 surgeries (gallbladder, 30% of pancreas, spleen, gastric obstruction) on top of these 'visits.' This is the only drug that actually works on the pain for me. It doesn't give you a light show like Demerol, it just kills the pain, period. The only con I see is that tolerance builds quickly. I usually need 2 mg every 3 hours to stay up on the pain, but I have been up as high as 4 mg over 3 hours for a few days."

• Tob...
• December 17, 2008

"While I was in the Emergency Room, the doctor's diagnosis was that I had a blood clot in the right lung. I was given morphine, which didn't work, they then gave me Dilaudid, and it was a wonderful pain reliever. Thank you for the pharmaceutical advances that have been made to help me in my hours of pain."

• GAT...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 10, 2016

"I had an open hemicolectomy a few months back, and they had me on this stuff for a week. I am resistant to a lot of pain meds, and pain was so bad when it ran out. I really appreciated it despite the disorientation and floaty feeling it gave me, I was sleeping as much as possible anyway. They gave me Tramadol when I got out of the hospital, and it was nowhere near as effective, even in a double dose."

• vui...
• May 12, 2008

"I had a severe migraine. The worst I have had. I have been suffering from them for about 4 years now. It was given Dilaudid intramuscularly, and within about 20 minutes, the pain let up, so I could finally relax and get some sleep."

• Dil...
• November 29, 2016

"I had a splenectomy and was given Dilaudid in my IV afterwards for pain. It made me feel nauseous and felt like I was gonna pass out. I told my nurse, and she told me it was normal. Well, I stopped breathing, thankfully, I was revived. When I woke up, my room was full of people and even a chaplain. Scariest day of my life. After that, I managed my pain with only Tylenol."

• Ok ...
• April 11, 2016

"I was placed under general anesthesia for surgery. In recovery, the tube placed in my throat for inhalation had not been removed before I woke up. I was in a panic. I was screaming in my head that I was suffocating, and yet in reality, no one could hear me. I had been given Dilaudid along with a few other medications. Later in my hospital room, I was again given Dilaudid. I was not able to get anyone's attention but felt that if I fell asleep, I would never wake up. Either the experience or the medication caused me to have to concentrate on just breathing. For pain, it was great, but for breathing, it seemed like a nightmare."

• Bra...
• July 26, 2009

"I developed horrendous headaches after a traumatic brain injury a year ago. After trying far too many non-narcotic alternatives and Percocets, interspersed with several trips a month to the ER for a shot of morphine, my doctors and I have come up with Dilaudid to deal with the bad headaches. I take a single 11 mg dose of Dilaudid with two Dramamine and an Ativan, followed by a second Ativan 2 hours later. I go from agony to 'let's go to Ikea' in about an hour. I do take a daily neurostimulant (300 mg modafinil) for chronic fatigue that may offset the drowsiness you might expect from that combo, but it has been a huge gain for my quality of life. The trick seems to be to get enough Dilaudid at once to stop the pain."

• Nev...
• November 20, 2015

"I had abdominal surgery, and after post-op, I was back in my room on a Dilaudid IV pump. The pain management was great but had a bad side effect. It caused me to have hallucinations. I don't know if it was too high of a dose or not, but I was seeing weird people in my room. Under my bed, I saw monsters, snakes, and they all were trying to get me. I was screaming and asking for help. I had to have my wife stay with me because I could not close my eyes to sleep. I literally felt like I was in a Freddy Krueger movie. I now list this as a drug allergy when asked if I'm allergic to any medications. I never want to experience that again."

• Mel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 9, 2015

"I was administered Dilaudid in the ER after having suffered a copperhead bite to the ankle. They administered the antivenin and morphine with Phenergan (sp?) and returned after about 10 minutes to check my pain level-- no effect. The Dilaudid didn't completely stop the pain, but it definitely took the edge off. This was my first experience taking any narcotic-- so both the morphine and Dilaudid caused the 'whoooosh' sensation, stomach dropped, body felt very heavy... But that sensation was much greater with Dilaudid. Shortly after getting the Dilaudid, I started vomiting pretty heavily-- but no way to know if that was the venom, antivenom, morphine, or Dilaudid. Lesson learned, don't step on a snake!"

• Wen...
• March 30, 2015

"After years of having brain tumors, I must take pain medication daily, but for when I can't control the pain with Tylenol #3s and my other meds. I've found a medication that works for me, Dilaudid. We have found it to be a very good and tolerable medication. I don't like going in for the medication, but the relief I get from it helps me sleep and gets me back to maintaining my constant headaches (with the brain tumors, I'm in constant pain, but I can manage it most of the time). It's a wonderful medication for those of us who need it on occasion and much less foggy than Demerol to recover from! The amount varies with me because of my chronic condition, but I never need more than two injections, but it's a medication not to be played with, however!"

• Bli...
• February 21, 2012

"Following a knee replacement surgery, I had breakthrough pain (I had a nerve block in place) the first night that was about a 9 out of 10. I was not due for my oral meds at the time, but for some reason, I was eligible to receive an IV dose of Dilaudid. I would say within one minute, the pain was minimal, and I was able to get some sleep. It did make me drowsy. I've never had it before or since, but I absolutely credit it with some major pain relief the one time it was administered. It's a shame that we have to almost beg for pain meds and often are made to feel like drug seekers when we do. I'm still on the recovery path for the surgery and have been using an oral med. Next will be ibuprofen, then nothing, I hope."

• Ann...
• March 16, 2010

"I have had severe migraines and chronic pain daily ever since I was attacked and stabbed with a 9-inch butcher knife 8 and a half years ago. It resulted in a myriad of chronic issues and severe pain. I have been put on a variety of different pain medicines since I started seeing a pain specialist. OxyContin and Oxycocet (Percocet) did little to nothing to ease the pain. Demerol helped with the pain, but my tolerance grew too quickly. I've been prescribed 8 mg of Dilaudid to take as needed, and it's the first medicine to help me feel not completely useless because of my pain and to remain helpful. I'm also on other medicines for other issues, and it interacts fine and actually also helps when combined with my other medicines for those same issues, which other medicines had not helped with in the past."

• Pet...
• February 27, 2012

"This was my first experience with any pain medication beyond the over-the-counter variety. I had surgery for Crohn's disease: bowel resection. Due to the complex nature, this required fully opening up my abdomen. I was given Dilaudid through my IV every 4 hours. It totally relieved my pain. Everywhere that warm glow touched, the pain disappeared. After about 20 minutes, I would fall asleep and would wake up an hour later. The pain-free feeling would last for about 3 hours."

• Joh...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 30, 2016

"I'm on around-the-clock opiate therapy, so when I have something major come up, like a kidney stone, I have a hard time finding a medicine, then being able to take and mix it with my current medications. I had a kidney stone about 6 months ago, and the urologist gave me 60, 4mg hydromorphone tablets; they were useless. I took them back; he didn't want them, so I flushed them down the toilet. He prescribed Demerol 50mg, 1 or 2 tabs every 4 hours, and it worked like a charm. I will say, when I went to the ER for the kidney stone, the IV Dilaudid worked wonders, but taking it by mouth was absolutely a waste, not to mention the money I spent getting the prescription filled, to literally flush it down the toilet. No good orally for my pain."

• Rhi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 15, 2019

"I was administered Dilaudid following spiral fractures of my tibia and fibula. It literally took my breath away with how strong and sudden the effects were, and looking back I can see why this has the potential for abuse and why pain seekers go to the ER and try to score this. Additionally, I definitely recommend Zofran paired with it, because one of the times I was administered it, they left off the Zofran and I became extremely nauseous."

• djs...
• August 20, 2015

"I was diagnosed with urethral stricture a couple of years ago that was so bad I couldn't urinate hardly at all. I developed a bad infection that spread to my intestines and blood. I was in so much pain I was screaming. The doc at the hospital put me on 3 mg of Dilaudid every 4 hrs. The next day I told him that was not quite lasting 4 hrs. He put me on a pain control pump that gave 0.5 mg every 10 min. Plus, I was still getting the 3 mg every 4 hrs. This finally worked amazingly well, but in looking at the amount I was actually getting, it's no wonder. I didn't always hit the button every 10 min., but the nurse said I was still averaging 9-10 mg every 4 hrs."

• gle...
• March 31, 2012

"I have taken many different opiate pain medications over the past five years in the ER for chronic pancreatitis. Morphine has been completely useless, Demerol seemed pretty effective, but hospitals are getting away from it due to concern of potential seizures. 2 mg of Dilaudid IV push has always been completely effective in the relief of pain. However, I've been prescribed it in tablet form at 4 mg, and I found it not nearly as effective for pain relief. OxyContin tablets were much more effective at home."

• TyA...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 22, 2017

"I was at work one night and my gallbladder ruptured on me. That was the worst pain I have ever experienced! The pain was so bad that I was drifting in and out of consciousness. I was airlifted to a trauma center and had emergency surgery. They couldn't do it the laparoscopic way because they had to do the surgery in a rush to hurry and get it out. I was given Dilaudid through IV every 4 hours after surgery. It was very helpful! I didn't feel any pain at all because it pretty much knocked me out."