Chronic Pain
"I&#039;ve been diagnosed with rhabdomiolitis. The pain it brought was excruciating - 15 on a scale of 1 to 10.

The rheumatologist ordered an initial dose of 4 mg by IV (this is an unusually high dose, the pharmacy double checked with the doctor before releasing the medicine). Subsequent doses were only 2 mg.

Dilaudid took away ALL of my pain within 60 seconds. The relief lasted through the night, allowing me a full night of sleep. Hydromorphone, the tablet form, is far less effective than I.V. In fact, I was down right disappointed with the tablets. They seemed to do nothing at all for the pain. It&#039;s hard to believe that hydromorphone tablets and Dilaudid I.V. are the same medicine.

I will request for my doctor to prescribe the Dilaudid injections."