Dilaudid..?

Question:

I just got all 4 of my wisdom teeth taken out. my doctor prescribed dilaudid for me and i have started to use it. after taking it, within 15 minutes i started to feel really weird. the closest thing i can describe it as was like having an out of body experience. i felt like a was floating and at one point i actually stopped breathing! i had to force myself to breathe and at first it was pretty hard. i immediately stopped taking it after that experience. its been 6 hours since ive taken it and i still feel really weird. i can barely concentrate, let alone type this question, and im starting to feel very warm. what should i do? should i go to the hospital or just wait it out?

Answers:
Dilaudid is a very strong opiate and the wierd feeling is a common side-effect. Call your dentist and tell him the medication is too strong for you and ask for something else, or else just take a half a pill next time. Don't take it if you aren't having pain. I've never heard of dentists giving Dilaudid for wisdom teeth removal... I got Mepergan, which is strong but much more reasonable for the type of pain you're going to experience.

Call ur dentist and let hime know whats up. Take half the dosage next time or don't take any at all and use extra strenghth tylenol or something like that

Dilaudid is a very potent narcotic and really to potent to be given for extraction pain. Vicodin is the most common medication given for wisdom tooth removal. If your not opiod tolerant dilaudid is probably to strong and I would ask the dentist for something like vicodin. The vicodin would be better suited for the type of pain you are going to experience.

Dilaudid..?

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