Demerol User Reviews & Ratings (Page 2)

• Res...
• September 9, 2016

For Pain "I had a tubal pregnancy in 1984. Never even had stitches in my life before that. There was a lot of pain. I was so thankful for Demerol, believe me! The nurse gave an injection around the hip, butt area, and it made me so relaxed and out of pain that I could sleep. Thankful for that drug."

• Maz...
• June 11, 2022

For Pain "I am allergic to most pain meds. I’ve been on methadone for so long it no longer works. Demerol worked great after surgery in the past. I have EDS, so I have pain in most joints and have had over 35 surgeries and need more. Methadone now makes me sick, yet pain management claims they no longer make Demerol. Why is it everything that pain management (PM) patients need they keep taking away! So now I’m left in pain without a medication. These morons who make all these decisions are never the ones who are PM patients! Leave it up to the doctors to treat patients, not some board of people who have no clue what it’s like to live 24/7 in pain 365!"

• Joh...
• July 30, 2016

For Pain "My lifelong doctor retired a year ago, he prescribed me Meperidine 100 mg tabs QID and MS Contin 60 mg TID. Best relief and combo for pain EVER! No side effects, NO pain! He also gave me IM shots of Meperidine 100 ng-150 mg, mixed with Valium 10 mg in the office, as needed for breakthrough Crohn's symptoms. My new doctor kept me on the MS Contin but refuses to provide Meperidine. He switched me to Oxymorphone IR 10 mg, 1-2 tabs QID as needed. It doesn't come close to providing the pain relief the Meperidine did for my back, shoulder, and Crohn's related pain! I don't know what the big deal is with the Opana, it sure doesn't help me at all! Show me all the charts you want to, Opana does not work as good as Demerol, nor anything else I've been put on!"

• Anonymous
• May 24, 2009

For Pain "I was given Demerol for pain after my c-section. Awesome. Instant relief, and it made me super sleepy, so I was able to get some good sleep while in the hospital. I normally can't sleep in the hospital. Great medicine."

• Ero...
• January 13, 2013

For Light Sedation "I got my tonsils removed, and so I have to take it. It makes my body feel tingly and dizzy, but that's also because I take it on an empty stomach since I cannot eat much. It also helps to put you to sleep and sleep through the pain."

• KCM...
• September 15, 2009

For Pain "I was given Demerol for pain in the ER about (3) days ago for terrible menstrual cramps, and I can say it is definitely a 10 for pain, but the side effects are not the best. I have been drowsy, thirsty, and still a little dizzy, but I guess it depends on the individual."

• Anonymous
• August 17, 2009

For Pain "I was recently in a bad car accident, and while I wasn't severely injured, I was left with terrible pain in my back and shoulders. Demerol has been the main thing that's helped me cope with my injuries and allow me to sleep at night. I am so grateful that my doctor suggested I take it."

• MzT...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 12, 2014

For Light Sedation "My pain doctor gives me this now along with Phenergan in I.M. injection, prior to my epidural treatments, for my lower back (twisted tailbone), bulging discs, neck epidurals, and Botox for my migraines. This combination works very well for me in sedation and pain relief, so I can tolerate the epidurals. My system can't tolerate any other medicines very well, so I am thankful for Demerol, as it does not make me sick or have any hangover feeling."

• Anonymous
• November 25, 2010

For Light Sedation "I was given this medicine during my colonoscopy. I'm an individual who is very sensitive to medications, and I have an autoimmune disease. I don't like feeling drugged, and this medicine gave me no side effects, such as nausea or feelings as though I am dying, as I had from morphine. I have had anesthesia too...unsure what was in that...but it also made me very nauseous. So this is a medicine I highly recommend if you need to have a medical procedure done but don't want to be completely sedated."

• Bar...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 13, 2017

For Pain "Fractured my 61-year-old hip in January 2017. I have been using fentanyl patches for 2 years, 100 mcg, and Percocet for breakthrough. These are meds for some painful back, neck, and nerve conditions. Also get acupuncture treatments. I knew about Demerol after breaking multiple bones in a car accident in 1982. In the hospital, the nurse came regularly with an injection. Upon release, I received long and short-acting meds, one being Demerol. Since that time, I've required pain medication, the most recent the fractured hip, which required surgery. The hospital gave me a Demerol injection only one time, after surgery, to get me to my room. It's the only 40 minutes I wasn't in strong pain. It's beyond my understanding why Demerol is withheld."

• Anonymous
• April 18, 2010

For Pain "I had a ruptured cyst on my ovaries and had just come out of surgery, the pain was so intense I had Demerol and Gravol in an injection. It was very good but extremely strong. The only side effect I found was a dry mouth, but it helped me. Best medicine I have had in a long time."

• Jim...
• September 17, 2009

For Pain "I was having nerve pain after having dental work done. The nerve was compressed and it felt like I was getting shocked every couple of seconds. Demerol is, first off, 50% less effective as a per oral medication (tablet) than it is when it's given IM or IV. So I would have to take 100 mg 4x/day. It did mute the pain, but it never went away and it wasn't a medication I was able to continue really functioning on because of the sedation."

• Pur...
• February 13, 2020

For Pain "I also find Demerol to be the most effective pain medicine. I have only been given it in the hospital. When I had my surgery in 2009, I asked for Demerol, and the nurse was excited because there was one vial remaining after the phase-out. Why can’t doctors and the medical community understand that people are different? “They have found it is not as effective” well, it is for me! Also, if someone has used it for 10 years, as some have stated, they are not going to develop toxicity. Having said that, when I was reading about the dangers, I recalled visiting my dad in the hospital right after they had prepped him for surgery (with Demerol), and him being on all fours on his hospital bed, catheter, hospital gown, IVs and all, talking about the dogs in the trees and looking crazed! (But delighted) So he may have been in trouble with prolonged use. No matter, I am happy right now because it sounds like it might be back around! The only upside to any potential hospitalization..."

• Anonymous
• November 8, 2008

For Pain "I have had Demerol twice via injection during ER visits, and it worked very well. The first time, it took 2 x 100 mg shots to knock out the severe pain caused by the neurotoxin in an Atlantic box jellyfish sting - worst pain I've ever felt! The second time, it was a 75 mg shot that pretty much dulled a uterus spasm I was having - felt like someone was ripping my insides out. I was given a shot of Vistaril shortly after the Demerol, and it greatly enhanced the Demerol's effectiveness."

• kch...
• September 17, 2019

For Pain "Was given to control pain from a laparoscopy gallbladder surgery in the mid-90s. Let the pain stop and let me sleep 4 hours at a time, easy to step down off of to non-prescription pain meds and no addiction. Used for 2 weeks. Recently was hospitalized for cellulitis pain that had me unable to put foot to ground, and with a lot of drug allergies the hospitalist asked me what I could take, they weren't impressed and said 'I don't even think we have Advil here,' not that that was working for me anyways, and I said I'd once had Demerol and it seemed to work well. The hospitalist actually laughed and said 'that old school drug, where the heck do you think we'll find that nowadays?' They gave me morphine instead, which, while it did take away the pain, left me feeling really weird. I was given another dose 4 hours later, and while it did help with the pain, it wasn't as good at it as Demerol had been. It really worked well on abdominal pain from laparoscopy surgery, shame it's not used anymore."

• Jen...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 2, 2019

For Pain "I do not know why you hardly see this drug anymore. It has to be the standard for ERs, and now most places use morphine or hydromorphone. Actually, in this day and age, you are lucky to get an aspirin today in most ERs. They no longer treat flare-ups for chronic pain issues, instead, they tell you to call the doctor on the day your doctor's office is closed or on vacation."

• Anonymous
• June 26, 2009

For Pain "I remember being given this in the ER to abort a migraine I had going for 5 days straight. It made me loopy, and within no time at all, I fell asleep. I remember waking up groggy, still in some pain, but overall this is good."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 8, 2024

For Pain "Had VICIOUS kidney stone attacks, went into the ER and (after an abnormally-long wait) they hooked me up to a Dilaudid IV. Went from an '8' down to a '0' in 45 seconds flat (with a few oddball side effects thrown in). Got home two (2) hours later, and proceeded to throw up onto everything but the toilet (and that was WITH anti-nausea meds!). When I had the stones surgically removed, they used the same Dilaudid with the same results. Complications arose, and I had to go back under, this time, I insisted on something else. They used Demerol, and it was like night and day. NO side effects, and I almost skipped out of the hospital an hour after surgery. Very. Much. Recommended."

• Mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 14, 2020

For Pain "Since the forklift accident amputated my thumb back in 2003, I was with excruciating pain. I saw my own bone sticking up from my hand, and I don't want to remember that trauma. I was rushed to the ER, they gave me Demerol in the vein. The pain went away, and I felt like it was just a dream. Then I woke up in the hospital. It took me 6 months to regain my hand back with Demerol's help. Now I can use my hand again thanks to rehabilitation and the Demerol."

• lad...
• June 26, 2009

For Pain "I was given Demerol and Vistaril after a tubal ligation, my pain was under control while using these medicines. I was only given these medicines once, but as I remember, they did what I was told they would, which was grant me pain relief for the short term."

• Uta...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 5, 2021

For Pain "Wonder drug. Every once in a while, I have to go to the ER for a migraine. It works and breaks the pain cycle so I can sleep. But hospitals have stopped using it. It's cruel. They gave me Dilaudid, and it worked. Now too they have taken it away. Why?"

• SoF...
• January 21, 2009

For Pain "I was given this drug after my tubal ligation surgery. I had never taken it before or since then. It worked very well. I was able to function on it as well. It didn't knock me out or make me hazy like some pain medicines. Aside from some itching, I didn't have any side effects."

• Gid...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 26, 2021

For Pain "I have a handful of issues: migraines, pancreatic issues, broke my back and neck, and have a torn rotator cuff, etc. In the past, they used Demerol and it helped the pain immensely. Now they use Dilaudid in the hospital, which lasts maybe an hour. I'm allergic to morphine, and they give oxycodone for outpatient, but once again the pain relief doesn't last long. Demerol keeps pain away for much longer and offers more relief. Please bring it back."

• Soc...
• July 13, 2021

For Pain "Have had back pain since my early 20s. Chiari malformation, arthritis, scoliosis, 2 herniated discs, just to name a few issues, but could look after my kids, a house, and live with the help of two 50 mg Demerol every 4 hours. I have a special needs son that depends on me. Since Demerol has been removed, I have had no quality of life."

• J b...
• March 30, 2010

For Pain "I was prescribed Demerol by my dentist this morning. I have to have oral surgery tomorrow. I took a 50 mg tablet and waited for the pain to subside. It didn't, so I took another one. Still no luck. I called my dentist back, and she told me to take 2, which I did. Still not much relief."