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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 26/04/2021 19:14:24

Title: Why is Dilaudid (hydromorphone) THE hardest drug to get off of?
Post by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 26/04/2021 19:14:24

Doctors rarely prescribe it to patients for pain (in the US), instead opting for hydrocodone or oxycodone, medical marijuana, etc,.

Title: Re: Why is Dilaudid (hydromorphone) THE hardest drug to get off of?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/04/2021 19:52:26

Opiate withdrawal is nasty.
Barbiturate withdrawal can kill you.
You need to start with this.

Why is Dilaudid (hydromorphone) THE hardest drug to get off of?

Title: Re: Why is Dilaudid (hydromorphone) THE hardest drug to get off of?
Post by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 27/04/2021 16:02:22

Quote from: Bored chemist on 26/04/2021 19:52:26

Why is Dilaudid (hydromorphone) THE hardest drug to get off of?

That's a deep comment B. Chemist... There's something really deep about you.

Title: Re: Why is Dilaudid (hydromorphone) THE hardest drug to get off of?
Post by: CliffordK on 27/04/2021 17:43:04

I'm not sure I understand all of the draw of the opiates.  But, one thing that occurs is rebound pain. 

So you take them to get rid of pain, and when you stop taking them, you get rebound pain.  Making a person think they have chronic pain, and still need the opiates. 

But, it may be that the pain has long before been resolved, or it should have been resolved.