What is Dilaudid and how is it used?

Dilaudid is an analgesic narcotic with an addiction liability similar to that of morphine. It is apparent within 15 minutes and remains in effect for more than 5 hours. Dilaudid is approximately 8 times more potent on a milligram basis than morphine. Often called "drug store heroin" on the streets.

Dilaudid is an opiate in the same class of narcotics as heroin, methadone, propoxyphene, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, Demerol, opium, thebaine, and papaverine, and other opioids with morphine-like effects.

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What the Effects of Dilaudid's Abuse?

Yellowish eyes and, or, blueish skin
Clammy, cold skin
Irregular breathing
Extreme fatigue
Heart attack
Lower blood pressure
Muscular weakness
Nausea - stomoch ache
Slow heartbeat
Excessive sweating
Physical discomfort
Vomiting
Stupor - inability to focus attention
Coma

According to SAMHSA's Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), opiate-related drug abuse deaths in 2003 ranged from 7.2 per 100,000 population in New Hampshire to 11.6 per 100,000 population in New Mexico. In each of these 6 States, most opiate-related drug misuse deaths involved multiple drugs.

Opiate pain medications were involved in 40% or more of the opiate abuse deaths in these States. The involvement of oxycodone ranged from 13% in New Mexico to 30% in Vermont; hydrocodone ranged from 3% in Maryland to 17% in Utah; and methadone ranged from 17% in New Mexico to 46% in Maine.

Addiction is a major personal and public health risk and a Dilaudid overdose can be fatal. When someone increases their dose of Dilaudid, they can feel restless and nauseous at first, then progress to abnormal breathing and unconsciousness. Withdrawal symptoms often last for months.

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