"after a radical hysterectomy associated with ovarian cancer, i was in severe pain and no other pain med was helping, so i ended up with hydromorphone.

as a pain med it works very well, but there are very many severe side effects.

the worst one is that it is very addictive and there is no real help . my journey became serious in that i tried to go cold turkey when my doze was down to 16 mg a day, and i became so ill i could barely walk. the doctor ordered me to take a doze, and it took another 2 months to ween off it for a total of 4 moths.

now i have been off it for 3 weeks and i still have sweat attacks 4 to 6 times in 24 hours. my mind is slowly starting to feel more normal and my body is a little less painful and &quot;heavy&quot;."