Hydromorphone overdose

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This is poisoning from taking an excessive amount of hydromorphone, a prescription medicine used to relieve severe pain.

Dilaudid overdose; Palladone overdose

Hydromorphone, a type of morphine. Hydromorphone is an opioid narcotic, which means it is an extremely powerful drug that can cause very deep sleep.

Patients who are prescribed hydromorphone for pain should not drink alcohol. Alcohol increases dangerous side effects, and can lead to overdose symptoms.

• Dilaudid
• Hydrostat
• Palladone (The FDA ordered this drug removed from the U.S. market in July 2005.)

NOTE: This list may not be all inclusive.

Review Date: 03/19/2006
Reviewed By: Janeen R. Azare, PhD, MSPH, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.