Morphine vs Demerol

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to pur in my two cents worth on this. I used Demerol for

most of the fifteen years worth of hospitalizations with little

trouble other than a few nasty headaches. But about two years ago I

had to have higher doses of the Demerol to control my pain, and after

a couple of days I began to have muscle twithces, an early sign of

toxicity. Luckily I have never had a seizure. But I now ask for

morphine instead. As a nurse I saw a couple of seizures caused by

Demerol, scary. If any of you begin to notice twitches or little

ticks while on Demerol, report it to your nurse or doctor immediately.

Remember I am not a doctor, this is only my opinion

Hugs, Keri

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

My personal history shows that for me morphine was a bad choice

while I had a pancreas because I had SOD and it seemed to aggravate

that. Demerol was initially a better alternative but after 7 of my

15 acute attacks requiring hospitalization I began to have bad side

effects like intense vomiting and rashes at the IV site, suggesting

I was developing an allergy to demerol. Fentanyl worked well except

it is very short-lived and required too much attention from the

nursing staff to keep me out of pain. Dilaudid worked very well with

a PCA pump. Stadol was not effective. Torridol helped to extend the

life of the pain meds but by itself was not effective.

Now that I live without a pancreas morphine may be useful, but I

kind of doubt it. I can take a 10 mg shot of demerol and behave as

sober as I was before the shot, and it didn't seem to really cut the

pain down.

everyone is different...

Bert