If you are suffering from serious pain and do not get relief with particular medications. Other options are also available. For instance, Morphine and Dilaudid are two drugs that are prescribed for treating pain in an individual after trying other medications that have not worked before. Today we will discuss a comparison of morphine vs Dilaudid drug to know them briefly.
Brand-name of the drug is Dilaudid and hydromorphone is the generic variant of the drug. Morphine is a generic drug itself. Both medicines work in similar ways, but they also possess a few differences.
So, let’s see all of them one by one!
What is Morphine?
Morphine is a drug that is used to treat moderate to severe pain belongs to the drug class of opioid analgesics and is sold under the brand names Kadian and MS Contin.
The medicine is responsible for binding the pain that is received as a message for pain through the central nervous system.
What is Dilaudid?
Dilaudid is an opioid-based pain medication that is considered narcotic. The drug is helpful in managing moderate to severe pain in individuals. Hydromorphone is the generic name and is sold under several brand names Dilaudid, Exalgo and Hydrostat IR
Comparison: Morphine vs Dilaudid
Uses of Morphine Drug:
- It helps to manage moderate to severe pain in an individual whether the pain is post-operative, cancer pain or Traumatic injuries.
- For problems such as myocardial infarction or pulmonary edema, morphine can reduce the level of pain during such problems.
- Morphine is also used to get relieve from shortness of breath (dyspnea) in individuals with bad respiratory conditions, such as end-level chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or congestive heart failure.
Uses of Dilaudid Drug:
- Dilaudid is most probably prescribed to get relief from chronic pain it might be due to post-operative pain, severe injury pain, or pain associated with cancer. It is also used for chronic pain management situations when other drugs are found ineffective.
- Dilaudid can be used as part of surgeries, due to the protocols of anesthesia. It is used to maintain analgesia and sedation during the operations.
- Dilaudid is found useful in managing labor pain, eventually when other techniques do not work.
- It might be used to alleviate anxiety and severe pain that is linked to acute heart attack or other cardiac criticial situations.
Drug interactions:
The interactions of drugs change the working of your medicine and increase the side effects risks. As this blog does not contain all the drug interactions, you get an idea of it. So, without any doctor’s recommendation don’t start to change or stop to take any medicines.
Certain pain medications can interact with Dilaudid and Morphine drugs such as butorphanol, and nalbuphine.
If an individual takes these drug with another drug that causes side effects like breathing problems, drowsiness, etc, then it increases the risk of serious side effects. If you are taking various Opioid pain relief medicines or cough relievers ( such as codeine, hydrocodone), alcohol, Sleeping pills, or any anxiety medicines such as alprazolam, lorazepam, zolpidem, etc, then tell the doctor everything before starting Dilaudid treatment.
Also, various muscle relaxers such as carisoprodol can interact with this drug.
Dosage and Strength: Morphine vs Dilaudid
Morphine Drug-
The drug can be consumed in various forms along with different strengths, which are as follows:
Extended-release Oral tablet
- 10 mg
- 20 mg
- 30 mg
- 30 mg
- 45 mg
- 50 mg
- 60 mg
- 80 mg
- 90 mg
- 100 mg
- 120 mg
Oral concentrate
- 20 mg/mL
Oral solution
- 10 mg/0.5 mL
- 10 mg/5 mL
- 20 mg/5 mL
Dilaudid Drug:
The immediate-release oral solutions are available in different dosage strength that are as follows :
Oral tablets
The extended-release oral tablets are as follows:
- Dilaudid 8 mg
- Dilaudid 12 mg
- Dilaudid 16 mg
- Dilaudid 32 mg
Side Effects of Both Drugs: Morphine vs Dilaudid
Common side effects of Morphine include:
- Drowsiness
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Constipation
- Dizziness
- Dry Mouth
- Itching
- Sweating
- Confusion
Severe side effects of Morphine include:
- Respiratory depression
- Hypotension
- Cardiac arrest
- Multiple episodes of seizures
- Allergic reactions
- Coma
- Hormonal effects
- Gastrointestinal effects
- Dependence
- Addiction
- Central nervous system effects
Side Effects Dilaudid:
You might face some allergic reactions if you are allergic to the drug or used some kind of medicine that might react with Dilaudid and can have adverse effects on an individual.
Some allergic reactions to the drug are as follows:
- noise while
- breathing
- sighing
- shallow breathing
- if there is difficulty in breathing while sleeping:
- confusion
- feelings extremely happy or sad
- severe weakness or
- drowsiness
- a light-headed feeling
- like you might pass out
- infertility
- missed periods
- impotence
- sexual problems
- loss of interest in sex
Conclusion:
Summing up the blog, the Doctor prescribes Morphine and Dilaudid medicine to manage moderate to severe pain in people. Both has advantages and disadvantages. To avoid the risk of serious side effects you should consult a professional healthcare medical practitioner before consuming these drugs. Also a patient has to follow the safety measures during these medication treatments.
