Hydromorph Contin User Reviews & Ratings

• Tig...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 3, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I have real pain but have been treated as a drug addict. My addiction is being pain-free so I can work and socialize with my friends and family. I had a back operation in 2000, and not long afterward, the leg (sciatica) pain came back. I was prescribed quick-release pain medication: Oxy. My new doctor weaned me off the Oxy and put me on slow-release Hydromorph Contin, and now I can function. The doctor explained that on quick-release tablets, my pain is spiking up and down all day long, you have pain and then you take a pill. Time-released capsules slowly administer pain relief throughout the day, and it works well for me. This medication has saved my life. Thank you, Dr. for first saving my life and now giving me a life."

• JT ...
• December 11, 2018

For Chronic Pain "As of December 2018, Hydromorph Contin now comes in name brand and generic. My rating of 10/10 is for the original name brand, it has been the only medication that has helped me with my pain besides fentanyl. I've tried everything, and nothing else works. As for the generics (2/10) made by Apotex, they are not good for pain relief, and they end up giving me a migraine and making me extremely tired. I do not know what the chemical differences are between the name brand and the generics, but there is something that is drastically reducing the effectiveness of the Hydromorph. Unfortunately, the generics are the only option to be covered by any government insurance. I will be paying the difference to get the name brand from this point on. I suggest that if you're prescribed Hydromorph Contin, to try both the name brand and the generics, as I have found that there is a huge difference between the two and one might work better for you."

• Ros...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 29, 2023

For Chronic Pain "I was prescribed Hydromorph Contin for extreme pain. I fractured L3 & L4 due to osteoporosis. I also suffer from severe scoliosis. I don't like the tiredness, nausea, and nervousness that I get when I take it. 3 mg every 12 hours and it does nothing for the pain. I have been suffering excruciating pain for 3 years now, and my doctor has tried Codeine Contin, then the Hydromorph Contin. So far, neither of them has taken away the pain. It's becoming insufferable to deal with the pain every day. I pray that the pain clinic I have been attending can help me soon. This amount of pain is a never-ending nightmare."

• Bel...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 4, 2021

For Chronic Pain "I was on 6 Percocet a day for chronic pain, and the doctor at the chronic pain clinic said I would do better on something that provides longer-term pain relief. He started me out on two 4.5 mg Hydromorph Contin a day with 4 Percocet for breakthrough pain, but the Hydromorph Contin wasn't giving me near enough relief, so the doctor raised it to 3 Hydromorph Contin a day and cut back the Percocet to 2 a day. I’m in more pain than ever. I don’t think the Hydromorph Contin is helping me at all."

• old...
• December 27, 2015

For Pain "It doesn't work for sudden acute pain at all... too slow."