April 20, 2007 - 7:52am
..I've learned alot about narcotics through the years but never prescribed Dilaudid to take home till now. I only had in in hospitals.
It seems there are some very educated posters on here so I will ask. Is there a mg limit on dilauded? I can't find one. I am not taking more than prescribed, actually less most the time. I just like to learn all I can about things I get put on.
I am opiate tollerant so I have been everything from hydro 500 and up. This is my 5th injury. I see their are a few things stronger like fentynol and thought morphine was the strongest. Guess I was wrong. What can they give me after my fusion if I am allready on 32mg a day of dilaudid and by then might be more? What can they do for my pain from surgery when I wake up when this much dilaudid is working fine for now, sometimes up to a 3-4 on the pain scale, but I can live with that. But I am afraid of waking up after surgery in pain because the pain after 1 surgery I had was traumatic and the morphine they gave worked then..but to go home with?
April 20, 2007 - 10:10am
#2
lol...funny......
lol...funny......
April 20, 2007 - 10:32am
#3
i am fairly confident that
i am fairly confident that they are referring to the "ceiling" or max amount that they can safely take.
hydromorphone is just about the strongest pain medicine (mg for mg) out there. since it is a synthetic form of morphine, i seriously doubt you will find any credible data that refers to the ceiling since there probably isnt one.
the reason why i did not initially respond to your question is b/c this is a question that is best answered by ones health care professional and not by us ameaturs on a pill i.d. site.
regardless if you are opioid tolerant or not, i would be very careful since it is such a potent drug. cross tolerance does play a factor, but it does however vary from person to person.
additionally, while i do understand that it isn't always easy to get a doctor on the phone, i am confident that he/she has a nurse who can best answer your question.
all thoughts and opinions expressed are those of my own and should not be mistaken for medical advice. i am not a doctor nor a pharmacist. all medical questions should be answered by a licensed pharmacist, doctor, or primary care manager.
April 20, 2007 - 12:04pm
#4
thanx phisher..that was what
thanx phisher..that was what I was asking because I can't find it anywhere. It is a question that I didn't think about asking while at the docs, and I am taking them as prescribed anyway. Just was looking into possibilities of the future if I ended up tollerent of these also, or what they might use when I have my fusion. thanks again, thats what these forums are for...support and us with curious minds.....
April 20, 2007 - 12:20pm
#5
My pain management doctor
My pain management doctor prescribed dilaudid suppositories for when I have a migraine and throw up my oral pain meds. He told me that tolerance to dilaudid builds up pretty fast, more so than some of the other pain meds. He described its 'most appropriate' use as hospital use, for short term very nasty pain. A few a month for my migraines is ok, but I find that spending a day on dilaudid, then going back to oxycontin, the oxycontin doesn't seem as strong.
I am NOT a doctor or a nurse, and may have misunderstood exactly what my doc was trying to tell me, so Phisher's advice to talk to your doc/nurse is excellent.
April 20, 2007 - 12:30pm
#6
glad i could help (even if
glad i could help (even if it is just a little).
the thing is, is it will be really difficult to get a accurate quote on the limit. theoretically, there is nothing in hydromorphone that would stop you from continuing to escalate the dose. i guess i just worried b/c it is such a strong medicine and i would hate to say "X - amount every 4-6-8-24 hours".
best bet is to stay with the Dr's reccomendations (which i am confident that you will). additionally, i know that whenever i have taken new medicines in the past that it made me feel better to have someone around that could periodically check on me.
all thoughts and opinions expressed are those of my own and should not be mistaken for medical advice. i am not a doctor nor a pharmacist. all medical questions should be answered by a licensed pharmacist, doctor, or primary care manager.
April 23, 2007 - 4:46am
#7
My personal experience with
My personal experience with Dilaudid is that it works great for my pain when I'm in the hospital (i.e. IV form), but orally I don't get hardly any pain relief from it.
Be very very careful though as others have said, it is a highly addictive painkiller.
Limit set by who? the company that produces? the amount a MD can give? The amount you can take? Be more specific.
Doc