SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT FINALLY THERE MAY BE A NEW TIME RELEASE MED! I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT HYDROMOPHONE IS. I WILL DO SOME RESEARH TO FIND OUT! THANKS AGAIN TO KAREN!
joanna, thank you for you reply! from what i have read thus far it is dillalid(i know the spelling is so wrong, hope you know what i mean) maybe someone can help with which one works best and side effects. i have never been able to take oxcycotin.i am on the highest dose of hydrcodone now, take the edge off that is all. thanks for the reply hope you are having a good day! best wishes.
You're right. Exalgo is the same thing as Dilaudid. Several years ago the company that made Dilaudid started working on an extended-release version that was to be called Dilaudid CR (for continuous release). Over the years, the company changed hands several times and each time the extended-release hydromorphone product they were trying to get approved was renamed. Now the company is owned by Covidien and they have named the medication Exalgo – and it was finally approved.
This is the best news I've heard in a long time! I had been taking Dilaudid for about 7 years. Having malabsorbtion from gastric bypass surgery in addition to a high tolerance level from taking it for so long, I was taking two 8mg tablets 4 times/day. While that was an extremely high dosage, it worked well for me... I was able to continue working an extra year... and I didn't experience any side effects at all. Then suddenly the generic form was back ordered and/or out of stock everywhere I went and it seemed to be unavailable. I have not been able to find a replacement that works as well or without bad side effects. I can't wait to talk to my pain management specialist about this development! How soon will it be available? Thank you so much for sharing this information! :-)
I use to be on 60mg oxycotin 3 times day with 8mg hydromorphone 5 times a day for pain from injuries I got from serving in the navy and also from a car wreak. I have a plate and bone fusion in my neck. Also injuries to lower back and legs, which has devolped arthris. I am trying now the steriods shot again but in lower back only. They don't work that well. I have try everything to rid myself from pain, but found only the stong pain meds work. This a problem in its self, having to take so much medicine all the time. But this new med may work better longer, which in my book is good news.
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Awesome news! And I really hope that the FDA is listening to us (finally!), let's hope that this is the beginning of a positive REMS turn around.