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Reviewer: 19-24 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was recently admitted to the ER for kidney stones. All of the medication I received that day was administered IV. When morphine didn't entirely resolve my pain, I was given dilaudid. The relief was practically immediate and the feeling was intense. I can now see why people can become so easily addicted to this, so it should only be used in cases of SEVERE pain.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Received 1 mg IV Dilaudid for severe pain. Relief was almost instant but lasted only 10 minutes. Had to wait an hour before given a second dose. On the pain scale of 1-10 it brought me down to about a 6 and again in about 15 minutes I was back up to a 10 and laying in the ER sobbing on the gurney. I was dizzy and felt like vomiting so they gave me IV injection just for that. Took the IV out
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Reviewer: 25-34 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I had a severe back injury in the military. They always gave me pain pills to try to relieve my pain. When I got out of the military the VA did the same thing. One day my pain was so severe that it went on for three days and I only slept maybe 8 hours during those three days. Went to the emergency room and after three different meds and no relief. They gave me 2 small doses of this med and the pai
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have severe Crohns disease and a list of other things that would make your head spin. Many of them cause me pain every minute of every day. I get this drug when I'm in the hospital for my pain, at home I take hydrocodone and I've been on narcotic pain killers for over 15 years. This is a miracle drug! It takes about 80-90% of the pain away for anywhere between 1 to 3 hours *depending on
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Reviewer: fergy, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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was in the ER with severe pain and they gave me a im injection of morphein and it didnt help so they gave me dilaudid in the hip and i wasnt in pain anymore it works
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