VERSED Reviews (MIDAZOLAM HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.7 (1094 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VERSED with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VERSED | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Bronchoscopy | none | I had a bronchoscopy with versed for sedation. Half an hour after the procedure I was awake and just a bit groggy. If I had to go through another procedure that requires sedation I would have no problems using it again. | 47 | 1 days 1X day | 11/24/2011 | 4 | Umbilicle Hernia | None | I was placed under light sedation with Versed. It came on slowly, unlike some other drugs I have had for procedures. It was quite comfortable and I came out of it quickly without any issues. | 60 | 1 days unk 1X day | 1/15/2012 | 3 | Back procedures | I am very resistant. My new doc knows and gives me a cocktail. I no longer remember the procedures. However, it’s either from remembering the times I didn’t have enough or actual pain during, I now get terrible panic attacks before. | The panic attacks are starting earlier and earlier. This time it’s been two days and I go in in an hour. :( | 52 | 1 days | 10/24/2018 | 1 | Hip replacement surgery | Short-term memory loss lasting 10 days post op. PTSD and severe depression for over a year. Wanted to die. Took psychotherapy and anti-depressants to finally recover. Never again! | It's part of all doctor records and the hospital that I am allergic to versed. I clearly write on all consent forms "No versed" even if they agree not to use it and I wear a medical alert bracelet indicating no versed. | 63 | 1X day | 4/27/2018 | 1 | pre surgery | I had what I presume to be a paradoxical reaction. I do not relax but get very anxious and cannot control my body movements which after surgery is a very painful situation. | I have been given Versed twice pre surgery. The first time no one had any idea I would have this terrible reaction but the second time I met with my anesthesiologist and told him specifically not to give me Versed and I explained why. He gave it to me anyway and when I filed a complaint with the state medical board it took them a year to determine the doctor had done nothing wrong. I have suffered ever since with concentration and memory issues. My husband has noticed a marked difference in my ability to find words during the course of normal conversation. I wish the legal community would put together a class action law suit because I know I have been permanently damaged from this drug. | 63 | 1X day | 10/15/2013 | 1 | Endoscopy | Amnesia. This drug is an AMNESTIC. Not a pain killer, and not as similar to Valium or Ativan as they'd have you believe. | Versed is given to patients so that they become compliant and later forget the procedure. It is often used so that doctors can cut corners on pain meds, because patients will not remember the pain they were in. It is given sneakily, with manipulation, against patient orders and with UNINFORMED "consent". For anxiety, they could give Valium, and for the pain, they could give adequate amounts of Fentanyl. It's horrific, if you read up on it. Wiping the memories of patients after you've put them in pain is immoral and deplorable. | 1X day | 11/10/2015 | 1 | had colonosopy | Very bad. First of all I told doctor I could not take they gave to me anyway saying it was a mild sedative. I vomited for 3 days I go tremors I couldn't see straight because I was light headed and dizzy that lasted longer than 3 days. I was put in the E R . HOW COULD a 45 min procedure turn in to dDas in the EMERGENCY ROOM? Doc need to listen to patients | Filing complaint. | 65 | 1 days unk | 2/28/2016 | 1 | To the 79 y.o. female who posted 2/17/09: You stated you found information in books you read "...side effects including paralyzing of the throat, tongue, mouth and more." Would you please let us know what book/s you found this information. | | 2/19/2009 | 1 | endoscopy | panic attacks, agitation, severe anxiety, nightmares, insomnia, inability to focus | I will never allow anyone to give me this drug again. Horrible experience. I have had several experiences with anesthesia and sedation with no problems, but this drug at this dose was extremely traumatic. | 53 | 1 days 12 mg 1X day | 3/25/2011 | 1 | D & C | I have no memory of the event now; so I had no working memory during the surgery either. Therefore I had no reasoning skills; therefore I had no self control. They tell me I tried to get off the table. Well, with the executive functioning skills of the three-year-old, a person will try to get off at table during surgery. Then they had to give stronger medication---All this considering I had Dr. orders and promise that this drug would not be given to me. All this considering I had success in the same surgery in the past on a local. | Don't trust your doctor's promise. Bring a legal contract. | 2 times | 9/17/2006 | 1 | preop | If you had a bad experience with this drug as I did, please go to www.fda.gov/medwatch/ and report these side effects. It is the only way we will be able to prevent this from happening to others or ourselves. | | 7/17/2006 | 5 | ercp and egd | i have woken up from it on 3 occasions. | i have been put under at least 30 times using this method with versed and benadryl. i never remember a thing and wake up in the recovery room very drowsy and sleep all night and half the next day. | F | 47 | 1 days | 7/5/2007 | 5 | colonoscopy | I don't know if it's a "side effect." When I awoke in recovery, I had a sense that I had yelled "You're really hurting me" during the procedure. But I didn't have a sense memory of the actual pain and wasn't sure it wasn't just a dream. I didn't feel at all upset by this (since I had no feeling/memory of pain). I was just puzzled. I later found out the doctor gave me additional pain meds during the procedure, so it probably happened. (I forgot to ask him afterwards and haven't talked to him since then.) | One minute I was awake in the surgery room feeling very anxious, and -- seemingly -- the next minute I was awake and feeling fine in recovery. I was only a little tired, and when I went home I slept for about 1 hour, ate, and had a low-key day. I'm very happy I didn't really have to experience and remember the colonoscopy. I feel my doctor dealt appropriately with the pain by giving me more pain meds when I apparently yelled that I was in pain. I would definitely use Versed again as long as I knew my doctor would be sensitive to my need for pain medication, too. | F | 56 | 1 times | 2/19/2006 | 5 | Oral Surgery | No adverse effects- just the expected amnesia. | The use of this drug for conscious sedation is appropriate, and usually works as expected. Patients need to be COMPLETLY forthcoming with the medical professionals regarding their use of alcohol and/or drugs (legal AND street drugs). The failure of the Versed/Fentanyl combination is usually due to a "tolerance" that the patient has due to use of other substances. Also- if a patient has chronic health problems that put them at a high-risk, then the sedation level will be less as a precaution. | F | 38 | 3 times | 4/24/2007 | 5 | Finger Surgery | This stuff was great. I'm 21F, 125 lbs, no health problems. Within a few minutes of administration I was completely relaxed without a care in the world, it was almost euphoric. No complaints, no side effects. | F | 21 | 1 times | 1/27/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | I vomited in the car on the way home and did not remember it. | I was told I might sleep and would forget what happened. I had a wonderful sleep and I could remember little about going home. I slept until 5pm that day and felt great. I'm glad I did not remember the procedure. | F | 40 | 1 days | 1/27/2006 | 5 | used for procedures | No side effects what-so-ever. | I have been administered versed for 10 procedures. Including a lumpectomy. Never had a problem. It has been administered along with other medications. Still, no problems. Last week I had an endoscopic upper GI and was administered Propofol. I had mood changes and was looking for a fight later that day. This is not my normal nature. So, yesterday, when having a colonoscopy, I insisted on versed. I was administerd Versed and Demerol. I drifted in and out during procedure. Had no pain. Minutes after procedure, I got myself up and dressed. Went home, ate a bite, took a nap. After nap, got up and was my usual nice self. Please note that many anesthesiologists will now try to insist on giving you propofol because nurses can now administer versed, so insurance companies will not pay for an anesthesiologist to administer it. If you ask for versed and they insist on propofol or other, it is about money. | F | 44 | 10 times | 9/29/2005 | 5 | endoscopy & esophagus biopsy | None | I was told I would be given a low dose. I was very nervous prior to the procedure but it turned out to be a breeze! I have some brief vague memory of the procedure, seeing the doctor looking at the screen and being aware that the scope was in me but it was not at all uncomfortable. Next thing I remember was asking the doctor "Really? That's it? I'm done?" Then I kind of remember being wheeled into recovery and just a few minutes later I was fully alert. I was not tired at all the rest of the day. I literally felt totally normal and felt like nothing had even happened to me. It could not have been better. | F | 37 | 1 days | 10/17/2008 | 5 | Had a LifeStyle Face Lift | Absolutely no side effects at all. Works within 2 minutes. | I was extremely nervous beforehand about having this face lift done under a local. I was given Versed to calm me down along with a tiny pill to counteract any nausea I might have felt. I remember the walk into the operating room and being placed in a tilting chair. I looked up and saw my doctor with a needle in his hand and THAT IS THE LAST THING I REMEMBER. I felt the doctor tapping my arm and calling my name. The 2 hour procedure was over and I was already totally bandaged. I was able to ride down in the elevator without any help where my husband waited for me. He told me I slept the entire trip home and pretty much slept thru that night. There was no hangover the next day. Versed is truly a miracle drug for those patients having surgical procedures under a local. | F | 64 | 1 times | 10/22/2008 | 5 | Oral surgery | I had Versed twice eight months apart for oral surgery. I had absolutely no problems with it. I came round quickly, and remember everything from coming round, paying my bill, going home. Once I got home, I slept for about three hours after each surgery, and the next day I was completely back to normal, apart from maybe feeling a little tired the first day. | I react very badly to general anesthesia and always take a long time to come round from it, and vomit afterwards (the last time I vomited so much that I ended up dehydrated). I also have a heart condition and asthma. I was very relieved to discover that IV sedation with Versed works so well for me - I am always nervous before GA but not before Versed, which I will be having again in about a month for my last round of oral surgery. | F | 48 | 2 times | 2/6/2007 |