"a couple of summers ago, i got a spider bite that unfortunately developed into a full blown mrsa outbreak, which spread to multiple parts of my body! i ended up being hospitalized for 3 weeks while trying to clear up the horribly painful infection, where they gave me extreme doses of antibiotics &amp; dilaudid (4mg) iv every 2 hours. within moments of each dose, all the pain would fade away &amp; i&#039;d get incomparable relief!!! however on the opposite extreme, the tablet form of this medicine (hydromorphone) that the doctor sent me home on, didn&#039;t even compare. i couldn&#039;t even tell after taking it, i would rate the pill form a 1!"