pain
"First experienced the benefits of this drug after my 10th spinal surgery. Relieved pain pretty quickly, but short lasting. It was given as break through in the hospital, via IV at first. Then the doctor scripted it to me as break through along with Percocet when I went home. I eventually had too many side effects from the Percocet. I just stuck with the Dilaudid taking it about every 5-6 hours. 
Now I'm dealing with being "itchy" and think it may the Dilaudid. I had bad side effects from Vicodin after one of last year's surgeries. Now it seems I'm starting to have side effects from things I never used to be bothered by before."