• Effects of the drug
An Overview of Hydromorphone Abuse
• Effects of the drug
• Hydromorphone is several times stronger than morphine. When used, it causes drowsiness and euphoria, and, depending on the dose it can also cause respiratory depression because it has a direct effect on the respiratory center in the central nervous system. In some cases, this drug causes itching and it can cause severe nausea, up to vomiting. Hydromorphone slows the motility of the gastrointestinal tract, which is associated with an increase in the tone of smooth muscles, and as a result, constipation may occur.
• If you take a high dose of the drug, a cardiac attack might occur and a severe respiratory depression begins which can lead to suffocation. Without medical assistance, cardiac arrest can also cause death.
• Dependence and consequences
• Dependence on hydromorphone, as well as on other opioid preparations, develops quite quickly and is very difficult to quit. The most terrible variant of the development of addiction is the use of a drug by insertion into a vein. This method of taking the drug threatens very terrible health problems.
• Repeated use of syringes by several people significantly increases the risk of contracting serious infectious diseases, as well as the spread of AIDS.