Dilaudid vs Morphine

bellaboo over a year ago

I was given diludid when I came into the ER and they thought they were going to have to perform an appendectomy on me. I went with a pain rating of 10 on a scale of 1-10. I've broken a lot of bones and been in a lot of car accidents and even a few horse back riding accidents. I've been given a lot of different pain killers but none of them made me as loopy and relaxed and as sick as this stuff did. It started working within seconds. I didn't feel anything after they started giving me the shots through my IV. I was told that it's a derivative of morphine. It's stronger than morphine but it's cheaper to make. Lots of hospitals are starting to use it.

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JOHNNY BLANCO over a year ago

Dilaudid 8mg = Oxy 48 mg = Morphine 64mg = 2 bags of Heroin. Believe it, this is correct. $7 a month for 120 Dilaudid 8mg, wow, $7 for 240 bags of uncut pure heroin and it is all legal. Go buy your 10 bags of cut heroin for $60, ha ha.

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in pain over a year ago

Are you kidding me..... I am a 48 year old female and have been on high dose steroids for years to stay alive. Unfortunately they can cause severe bone loss, which is what Im
dealing with . Hips and knees that all need replaced. I canNOT have them replaced because my lungs would not maintain through surgery. My bone pain is excruciating. I take pain meds daily or I would not get out of bed or have anY quality of life. I have the bones of a 90 year old woman. I disagree with your perspective on pain medication . Hlowever, until you GO through it, true debilitating pain, you will never know what it is like to walk in the shoes of those in pain I am in the hospital more than 14 weeks a year sharing rooms with many other patients who also chronic pain and one thing that also stands out is the toll it takes on your will to have some quality of life. I HAVE USED HERBAL REMEDIES, TENS UNITS, HEAT, ICE, PAIN PATCHES..........MANY OTHER OPTIONS. yOU TRY SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS BEFORE STARTING ON NARCOTICS BUT AS SOME POINT YOU CANNOT MANAGE AS YOUR ARE. AND YOU START AT THE MOST MINIMAL DOSE . i HAVE CHILDREN THAT NEED THEIR MOTHER ..AND A HUSBAND THAT DESERVES TO HAVE A WIFE OUT OF BED. i HOPE THIS HELPS YOU TOUNDERSTAND THE LIFE OF CHO RONIC PAIN PATIENTS. i HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT ADDICTS BUT PATIENTS WITH ILLNESSES AND CONDITIONS THAT UNFORTUNATELY CAUSES US TO TAKE MEDICATIONS TO KEEP US FUNCTIONING,NOT TO GET US HIGH. iF i GET A MEAL MADE, OUR BED MADE, SOME CHORES AROUND THE HOUSE DONE............THAT'S A REALLY GOOD DAY;

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bewareofshy over a year ago

It's been 8 yrs on pain meds because I had surgery and the Doctor messed up.. I have severe nerve on muscle damage on my right side.. As u I have been given every possible pain meds out there.. Nothing took the pain away.. I ended up becoming allergic to morphine, patches , oxys, and lyrica and was hospitalized each time for swelling of the tongue and throat.. I was put on supeduol but was up to 240 pills a month ..I was finally told I would have to live with the pain.. I cried and said there has to be a solution..I can't live like this because u don't live u only exsist and that is no way to live..I finally met a family doctor who look at my charts and said there is 1 thing that might help..I ofcourse said I would try anything..So I started on cymbalta 60mg with hydromorphone 4mg 4 times a day..within a 2 weeks I woke up 1 day and realized wow no pain!!!! Than I was so scared it would not last..Well from than till now still NO PAIN!!! So my doc figured it was time to slowly come of the hydro by 1 pill less.. So for the last two months I have run out 5 to 9 days early..Which everyone knows with that withdrawls are bad..So I started asking family to help with different meds to cover me till my next prescription..Well it worked for awile but than started to realize I have a much bigger problem.. I'm an addicted now because I can't go without..I'm so afraid my pain is going to come back when there is no more hydro and my body goes and mind believes I'm in pain..The restless legs are the worse!!!!! During the day and night!! Once I'm back on my regular routine I'm ok again..So how do I get off the narcotic because I think with the cymbalta and the hydro it works but without it won't..I just don't want toi feel pain againbecause it wrecked my life for so many years and now I can do activities and I lost a lot of weight and feel good when I wake..

To finally feel no pain is a godsent to live the other way is like living in solitaire with nothing to hold on to and u loose hope..

There is hope for PAIN just don't give up!! Find a Doctor that is will to help!!!

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JOHNNY BLANCO over a year ago

So, get back to taking four Dilaudid 4mg daily. Won't your doctor return to prescribing your old quantity? Actually, you should ask for four Dilaudid 8mg daily like I take. You will never have any pain. I found this medication 5 years ago and plan to take it the rest of my life. It is a great med, correct?

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Shianne214465 over a year ago

Yes however the cymbalta is suppose to work on its own for pain...My intention was to get off the narotic and stay with cymbalta.. but with both it works very well ..Never tried it without the narcotic and I feel now that I'm on both why change it if it works...I just don't like the terrible withdrawls I get when I have no narcotic with the cymbalta..
What bothers me is I tend to use more hydro when I don't need it and I feel bad I can't stop..

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tammijo765 over a year ago

wow to the guest that replied about addicts. That was a bit harsh dont ya think. I think you are speaking of yourself instead of others. I am a parapelegic and have been on pain pills for 10 years, i take 4 hydromorphones daily and I do not consider myself an addict. I take What works for me. I just thought you were a bit harsh with your comment

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HOTWHEELZ765215125 over a year ago

I used to take hydrocodones but i have heart problems and it was like i was taking speed. Im 36 and then my dr prescribed me percocet, i couldnt take those because it made me sick as soon as it went down. So he suggested hydromorphone (dilaudid) 4mg. I have been on these for about a year and I must say I prefer the hydromorphone than anything else. I have many many medical issues I was hit by a drunk drive when I was 21 and am now a papelegic. My whole spinal cord is a metal rod, i have a dis located disc i have arthritis and carpal tunnel etc. But my point is that whne I go to er i know prefer dilaudid than morphine. It just takes all of my pain away. All morphine does to me is itch and i have like i have feathers all over me including my brain. lol.........I take 4 mg 4 times a day. I was told that 4mg in dilaudid was actually 40mg....Is that true????o.O

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Shianne214465 over a year ago

If u take a total of 16 mgs of dilaudid in a 24 hr period than u would need 80 mg of slow release morphine... On the internet u can find a conversion to pain medication for other types if u need to change.. Doctor's need to use it when they change your meds to another pain med and I know many don't..

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Shianne214465 over a year ago

I don't have any pain with what I'm on now but just would really like to try to get off the naroctic and stay on the Cymbalta but when I try to use less hydro I get really bad withdrawls so It looks I might have to stay on both..

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HOTWHEELZ765215125 over a year ago

Ok so shianne if iI have morphine pills that are 15 mg now my question is once i run out of the hydromorphone is it ok to take the morphine pills till i go see my dr???? I dont why I am scared to take them but everyone tells me if i can handle diladid, then then the morphine pill will be fine. I am almost out of my hydromorphone. I get it refilled on the 24 dr gave these to me a long time ago but I just have never taken them. My question is what does the morphine pill do. Im in school and dont want to be all high in class. This may be a stupid question but im not found of the high feeling.Any info would be great!

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HOTWHEELZ765215125 over a year ago

Shianne I have never tried cymbalta, does it work along with these silly narcotics I am taking. And if so what mg are you taking. I will ask my dr about cymbalta....

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HOTWHEELZ765215125 over a year ago

Hey johnny what is the problem. Why do you speak those words. I mean if we wanted to shoot up heroin I think each person would choose to do so. Some people may abuse all pain pills but I have to tell you alot do not. Are you speaking for yourself? Is that what you do? Just curious why you are so angry about people taking pain pills. I speak these words kindly, just curious as to why you are so negative about this topic.

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HOTWHEELZ765215125 over a year ago

Yes i think he must kidding. You do not have to explain the seriousness of why you are taking pain pills to prove to people that you are not an addict.There is a huge difference between an abuser, chemical dependacy and someone who truly needs them. :)

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jbdblanco96843 over a year ago

I was first prescribed narcotic painkillers while in college in 1983. I was in the Navy 1985 until 1989 and then in the Army from 1989 until 2005 and both prescribed some type of narcotic. In 2003 they did not want to give me any more narcotics so for 8 months I used Heroin through the nose until they did. I have not used it since August 2003 and am proud of that. During all those years, I was prescribed probably every opioid in existence except for Dilaudid. Five years ago, a private doctor started me on Dilaudid from 2 mg to 4 to 8. I do not abuse them. I take four 8mg daily along with four Tylenol #4. I only want to say that Dilaudid is the best medicine and I wish that I had found it a long time ago and I am just comparing it some other meds and H. As stated, one pill equals 2 bags of H, 64 mg of Morphine, or 48 mg of Oxy. Even with these strong meds, I am still in pain sometimes. I am not an abuser as I truly need them. I would not wish my pain on any enemy. Cymbalta is a psychiatric med. Doctors are so afraid of the DEA that they prescribe that instead of a painkiller.

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