"i was shot in my chest in april 2016 and was in the hospital for a month. diluadid was the pain reliever they chose for me, and it worked great. for the first two weeks the pain was unbearable, but i had the iv drip of dilaudid every 10 minutes, which worked great. i was not aware of how powerful it is for pain, but it only lasts so long. i guess my pain was so bad that for the longest time i had it every 10 minutes. anyway, it did great and i don&#039;t think i could have handled the pain without it."