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Reviewer: itzimal789, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Suffering from severe kidney/ureter blockage pain. Admitted into hospital after 16 consecutive hours of extreme/severe pain. Administered Dilaudid (hydromorphone IV) intravenously by nurse in hospital room. I was in complete relief of pain and sleeping within 60 seconds. It saved my life. I received this medication every three hours for a total of 12 hours until corrective surgery became avai
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female (Patient)
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Is a big relief and has helped with the pain. mine is iv form that I take with me, since I had cancer and stayed 6 weeks or more in the hosptial! I have been on it since Oct.2012.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female (Patient)
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Was given this in the ER for severe abdomin & chest pain. worked great but had a headache for 2 days afterwards
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I had a severe migraine lasting 2 days and nothing would break it. Went to ER and got this drug in my IV. It took care of my headached quickly, but it did make me dizzy and I could feel it surging through my body.
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Reviewer: wikkedsikk, 35-44 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Had a severe case of diverticulitis and was initially given IV morphine. To my dismay after the 1st dose the morphine stopped working and they gave me Dilaudid instead. Thank God for this stuff! I had never been in so much pain before in my life. With Dilaudid I was able to rest and allow my body to heal, thankfully avoiding surgery. I was very nervous to come off of it because it was so effe
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