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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: sleepyeyes2k2 on February 09, 2013, 04:22 am
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I really wish a more senior member would publish this in the drug safety forum.
I have really terrible migraines about 17-20 times a week. I have prescriptions for Imitrex and Treximet, but I have many headaches that those meds don't even begin to relieve. Unfortunately, it's very hard to find a doctor willing to prescribe opiates, even just a handful each month, for migraines. That's how I got to SR. So, from time to time I've gone to the ER. I've had morphine drips, which have worked fantastically, and I've also had Dilaudid drips, which let me know I'm allergic. I break out into hives. Benadryl does little to help.
I had vicodin for a surgery once a long time ago, so I thought I'd be cool with that, and bought a few pills. But, when I took them, I broke out into itchy hives. I went digging around for information and found a couple of sites which said that the body metabolizes hydrocodone into hydromorphone. So, my vicodin became dilaudid.
Does anyone know if there's a similar connection between hydromorphone and oxycodone? I don't want to buy morphine pills because they're not nearly as strong, but the fact that I had no allergic reaction to morphine gives me hope that I'm not allergic to all opiates.