I went to the ER yesterday and they gave me two vicodin and a syringe of Delotid. Not sure on the spelling. My boyfriend says it is a derivative of opium and I'd like to check on this fact. Please help.
2007-05-29 02:54:25 · 3 answers · asked by goiliegurl 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
It's spelled Dilaudid. It and fentanyl are the strongest narcotic analgesics available other than Heroin (which you can get with a prescription in the UK). If by "a derivative of opium" you mean is it a narcotic, the answer is yes. Try the Wikipedia on Dilaudid for more information on it.
2007-05-29 10:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by Mandy VZ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who gets free heroin?
To qualify for the trial, participants must have been using heroin regularly for one year and show at least five years of documented prescription drug addiction
Half of the participants enrolled in the trial will receive daily shots of heroin, and the other half will be given the heroin substitute methadone. The results of the two treatments will be compared at the end of the study.
A drug named delotid will be randomly administered to participants during the trial. When individuals have been given delotid, a urine test will reveal whether they've been "chipping," or using street heroin on top of their clinical heroin or methadone.
Many heroin addicts who are taking methadone could be using street heroin as well because methadone does not deliver the same rush.
"Methadone is problematic because it is more addictive than heroin, and this is why it is so important to research clinical heroin injections as an alternate therapy,"
Vicodin (Hydrocodone or dihydrocodeinone, not to be confused with dihydrocodeine) is a selective pain killer commonly seen as a white tablet with the name "Vicodin", "Vicodin ES", or "Vicodin HP" imprinted on one side. It shares its characteristics with many other drugs in chemistry and form; such drugs are also pain killers and may be marketed as Anexsia, Anolor DH5, Bancap HC, Dolacet, Lorcet, Lortab, Vadunk, Norco, T-Gesic, Vicodin, or Zydone.
2007-05-29 03:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by minty359 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Delotid, a narcotic analgesic, is prescribed for the relief of moderate to severe pain such as that due to:
Biliary colic (pain caused by an obstruction in the gallbladder or bile duct)
Burns
Cancer
Heart attack
Injury (soft tissue and bone)
Renal colic (sharp lower back and groin pain usually caused by the passage of a stone through the ureter)
Surgery
2007-05-29 03:06:23 · answer #3 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋