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bluenoser613 t1_iytyx7v wrote

I had a lot of Demerol back in the day. It sure worked the best for me than anything else for pancreatitis.

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Shinroukuro t1_iyu9ffr wrote

I had a horrific compound fracture. One dose of demerol and I cheerfully got over the worst of the pain. Good stuff.

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MarkHirsbrunner t1_iyuddu5 wrote

I was given demerol in 2005 when they were cleaning dead flesh from an MRSA infected spider bite. It was the weirdest sensation, I could feel the pain but it had none of.the emotional component to it, I don't care or want it to stop.

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DauOfFlyingTiger t1_iyuigpr wrote

It was the only drug that got my kid out of pain for a period of time. It was so lovely to see her sleep and get 24 hours of pain relief after an ER visit.

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chriswaco t1_iyukvan wrote

When I had my first kidney stone they gave me Demerol. I went from wanting to die from pain to flirting with the nurse in about three minutes. Wonderful stuff. The second time they gave me morphine, which was also good but constipating, and then Dilaudid, which almost stopped my breathing by the time it became effective.

In all cases they tried Toradol first, which was worthless.

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NocturnoOcculto t1_iyupcjk wrote

My stepdad was addicted to Demerol which led him down a long path of being addicted to opioids which eventually ended his life with a morphine overdose.

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Tiggerhoods t1_iyv53qe wrote

Anybody ever had an opana? Things fucked me up w the best high I’ve ever had I’ve ever had including fent..

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bufordt t1_iyv5dsq wrote

It's just about the only opioid that doesn't make my wife puke at therapeutic doses.

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CapnCrackerz t1_iyv7we4 wrote

I still can’t believe I was given an absurdly large (for the procedure) bottle of Demerol when had my wisdom teeth pulled at 19. Took one and fell asleep for about 16 hours took another and had the same reaction. At that point I had about a day left to finish packing for college so I threw them away and just smoked a bunch of weed. Probably one of the smartest choices I ever made.

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StampedingTurtles24 t1_iyv8xoc wrote

Replying to chriswaco (#856,461)

Toradol is an NSAID, it's works mostly for pain due inflammation, hints it's class. I use it for specific patients such when they have a lung resection and have a chest tube or two on that same side. 9 out of 10 times they go anywhere from 7-10/10 pain to the more tolerable 3ish area. Had a 22yo kid before and no narcotic would touch him, any movement would give him excruciating pain. After a dose of toradol he finally felt like he could function.

All situational really

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RussianCat26 t1_iyvh1i0 wrote

Demerol is one of the only opiates I'm not allergic to. I throw up/ get hives from everything else. It is also the only med that even touches my tooth pain. Never had a problem with it so hopefully it will be around when I need to get my tooth implant.

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Mootingly t1_iyvobbp wrote

Replying to Tiggerhoods (#857,071)

Are we going to pretend DEMEROL doesn’t get you high? I mean seriously ? That’s some hardcore denial and something only a user in denial would think. (Nationwide opiate epidemic going on in the USA)

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liberal_meateater t1_iyvpyso wrote

Demerol is the most euphoria producing narcotic on the planet. But, it causes more nausea than even alfentanyl.

It’s only real use is for renal stones and post op shivering.

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Puzzleheaded_Air5814 t1_iyw7tf9 wrote

During a severe kidney stone issue, they gave me an injection of Demerol and Phenergan (years ago). It stopped the pain like a champ.

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MarkHirsbrunner t1_iywdhih wrote

Replying to JackPoe (#856,522)

This is why I like intensely spicy foods. I use hot sauces with 6 digit scoville ratings. My entire mouth feels like it's burning but it doesn't bother me at all because I know it's just a trick played on my heat receptors, and the high I get from the endorphins my brain releases feels good.

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1957horses t1_iywvyw8 wrote

Im 65 now and my L4-L5 fussed together because of rheumatoid and osteoarthritis 1999. I've had 2 back surgery 2 nerve burning 20 epieurals some were 1 every other week 4 times. No help. I have been on percocet 10 4 x a day. And I thank God it still works for me. I had foot surgery cause my toes were sticking up and over laping. Now I've gone to 3 different specialist and they all said my spine is to curved for them to do surgery. Now I can only stand/walk 3-4 minutes at a time. I sit a minute then another 3-4 ect. I use electric carts at grocery store and these stores never have enough to when I sit on the bench till someone going out the store, and there could be at Walmart 3 people waiting on a cart. I used to gallop Thoroughbred racehorses in my 20's

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DryEyes4096 t1_iyyj696 wrote

Replying to chriswaco (#856,461)

For the kidney stone I had, I had morphine and it made me go from a 10 on the pain scale to a 0 and I felt rather euphoric. I had a surgery on the ball of my left femeur to remove a benign osteoid osteoma tumor and they gave me Demerol...it worked fine, no pain, but it felt dirty and disoriented me in a way that morphine didn't.

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