Strongest painkiller one could find in a French hospital
Vampire is at an 11 on her pain scale but needs excessive pain meds to get any relief. I currently have her on morphine (and lots of it), but she's going to need something stronger soon. They're currently hiding in a closed off section of a hospital. The setting is France, 2000 or 2001.
What sort of pain killers could her partner easily steal for her? Getting into safes or past people is not an issue. He's just going to disappear and return with the meds and he has super powers even for a vampire. However, I know hydrocodone isn't available in Europe. The drug can be legal or not, but it needs to actually be "widely" available in France around the turn of the (recent) century. Something like Dilaudid would be ideal, but I can't tell if it's available in France!
I searched Google, Wikipedia, and various med sites (epocrates, etc.) for terms such as "strongest [prescription] painkiller France/Europe" and various different drugs + France. I mostly found articles about codeine OTC or buying drugs "online without a prescription!"-- not what I'm looking for.
Thank so much. :)
ETA: Solved, thanks so much! A huge thank you to everyone, especially Snakeling! Turns out they do have hydromorphone (Dilaudid) in France and have since 1998. Phew.
What sort of pain killers could her partner easily steal for her? Getting into safes or past people is not an issue. He's just going to disappear and return with the meds and he has super powers even for a vampire. However, I know hydrocodone isn't available in Europe. The drug can be legal or not, but it needs to actually be "widely" available in France around the turn of the (recent) century. Something like Dilaudid would be ideal, but I can't tell if it's available in France!
I searched Google, Wikipedia, and various med sites (epocrates, etc.) for terms such as "strongest [prescription] painkiller France/Europe" and various different drugs + France. I mostly found articles about codeine OTC or buying drugs "online without a prescription!"-- not what I'm looking for.
Thank so much. :)
ETA: Solved, thanks so much! A huge thank you to everyone, especially Snakeling! Turns out they do have hydromorphone (Dilaudid) in France and have since 1998. Phew.