"this is the best pain medicine!  while in severe pain during a gall-stone attack, they gave me morphine which didn&#039;t really work!  i kept looking at the doctors and pleading to give me something else.  they gave me dilaudid and the pain was gone within seconds! after having two very strong gall-attacks i am a firm believer in dilaudid. highly recommend this pain medication over anything!  i never suffered one set-back or side-effect from dilaudid either. a   !"