I was just perscribed dilaudid and was a little worried about how it would make me feel seeing as if it is synthetic heroin. Can u let me know ur experience?
2007-04-30 11:06:40 · 4 answers · asked by I love my baby boy!! 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
It is NOT synthetic heroin. It is a derivative of an alkaloid found in the papver sominiferum or opium poppy. Your doctor prescribed this to you because the benefits outweigh the risks of you taking it. Dilaudid doesn't work for me in pill form, but it does when I get it in an IV or shot. Opiates are the safest form of pain relieveers if you take them as prescribed. BUT dilaudid, or any other painkiller, is not "synthetic heroin".
2007-04-30 16:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by Mandy VZ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It made me feel 'high', similar to heroin or oxycontin. BUT, I was known to abuse drugs like that so if you are taking only what is prescribed, you may not feel much of anything. Instead of taking the 1 Oxycontin pill for pain, I took 4 and found myself nodding out with my head in my lap. I kept 'forgetting' to breathe and I was drooling a bit. That only happened because I took more than I was supposed to. Dilaudid had the same effect on me, but only when 'abused'.
I take prescribed Klonopin and I don't 'feel' it at all. Everyone else says they 'love' the feeling they get from taking it but I just feel 'normal'. Stick with the exact amount prescribed and you should feel fine. It may make you a little sick at first but that only happens to some people. My mom can't take Vicodin because it makes her throw up and feel dizzy. I could take handfulls and feel fine.
2007-04-30 11:11:51 · answer #2 · answered by Pico 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like Percocet, Vicodin, etc. Just stronger. Which means there is a MUCH higher chance of becoming addicted. Be very careful, do not take more than prescribed and do NOT stay on it longer than 2 weeks without re-consulting with your doctor. More than 2 weeks and you WILL be physically addicted....even if you aren't trying to get high. I was on it after surgery years ago. When I stopped taking it (after about 17 days) I went through withdrawal. It was horrible. Just be careful and have your doctor take you off slowly.
2007-04-30 11:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
got it in an iv felt like a truck ran over me excruiting nausea i think it could kill a person
2015-10-22 17:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by Brenda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋