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 | Colonoscopy | Very slight nausea as it wore off. No other negative effects. | I was apprehensive about Versed since I did some homework prior to having the colonoscopy and read horror stories about it. However, when it was administered I was relaxed within minutes. I was not completely unconscious, it was more of a half sleep and I recall seeing the monitor during the procedure. I asked the nurse at one point if they removed any polyps and I can recall her answer. The clinic I went to is top rated in my area for patient satisfaction. The doctors and nurses were very caring and treated patients respectfully. The nurse informed the friend that drove me home about proper aftercare. I came home and slept for a few hours. When I woke up, I felt very slightly nauseous but that was short lived. I'd allow this drug to be administered again. | M | 58 | 1 days Uncertain 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 1 | chest tube insertion | extreme anxiety, agitation, aggressive and violent thoughts, crying for no reason. | I will NEVER take this again. I seriously might be risking my life if I do. Towards the end of my procedure, when my eyes were closed, I saw stark white and then all yellow and my mind was racing like it was doing continuous somersaults. I was in so much terror that I would have wanted to kill myself if it lasted any longer - it was THAT BAD. I asked the doctors what they gave me. They said it was Verced and I pleaded with them while yelling and crying to give me something to counteract it. They told me to relax, that I was having a panic attack. I asked if this happened to some people and they said "yes". I was thinking why in the world do you give this to people then? I felt like getting up and knocking over all of the medical equipment and I'm not a violent person at all. It took all had had to control myself. I was soon whisked up to my hospital room crying for no reason the whole time. For the next few hours, I was so afraid I was going to say or do something bad. I felt like I didn't have control of my thoughts or actions which was so scary. I was convinced I had some brain damage. At some point, I did say I was going to break my 3rd floor hospital room window and jump out. Because of that statement, I had to have a hospital 'sitter' by my side for 24 hours. The nurses were all so shocked because I was such a calm laid-back person before the procedure. All of these side effects wore off within a few hours but it was the most terrifying experience of my life | F | 49 | 1 days not sure 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 2 | Dental surgery | Woke up during procedure. Afterwards very agitated, confused, depressed, crying, bewildered, anxious, dizzy. | Thought Versed would be the answer to my dental phobia but now scared to ever try it again. I was relatively calm before I went in and was looking forward to feeling sleepy and relaxed as promised but I woke up during the procedure. The rest is hazy but when I came round I was very agitated and upset and told them I had remembered parts of the procedure. They said I hadn't. I continued to be very distressed in the recovery room, asking the nurse why it hadn't worked but she said I maybe had been extra anxious before(which I wasn't). I cried uncontrollably for the rest of the day, and was just so traumatised by the whole experience. I thought I was going out of my mind, I kept replaying the fragments of my memories over and over. As the day wore on, the amnesia kicked in and I could remember less and less, but this made me more and more anxious as I tried to make sense of everything. The following day I was still in a state of trauma, over anxious and unable to move on and also had severe dizziness. Thinking back, the waking up part doesn't bother me as much as I had several numbing injections so didn't feel real pain, but the effects on my brain and personality have been truly scary. | F | 41 | 1 days 5mg 1X day | 5/2/2013 | 1 | colonoscopy | Severe panic attack the following day. Happened while driving. Stopped twice in severe distress not wanting to have an accident. Heart racing, shaking, light headed, sounds seemed muffled and strange. Very scary. Had never experienced this before | When I called the office where the colonoscopy was performed, I was told these symptoms were not related to the drug. On further research on the internet I find that is NOT true. | F | 63 | 1.5 mg 1X O | 5/1/2013 | 1 | colonoscopy | I'm a physician and I have recommended "sedation" for colonoscopies and was not apprehensive when I was coerced *in a nice way by my nurses) to get one myself. The "sedation" was what most patients receive..Versed 4mg plus some fentanyl...this was a total nightmare! I was not relaxed or sedated at all..it was a drug combo that rendered me unable to communicate and tell the doc that the pain was intolerable...I was thrashing around so badly that the colonoscopy could not be done..........they told me thta: "you did great"........what a joke, I was soaked with sweat and experienced the worst pain of my life...the Versed made it hard for me to communicate......I will NEVER recommend that ANY patient underdo colonoscopy or any other procedure with "conscious sedation"..Versed is a terrible drug and it appears that many docs exploit it's "amnesia" properties to treat patients in a rough and abusive manner...they hope that the "patient | refuse this drug | F | 44 | 1 days 4 1X day | 4/27/2013 | 5 | Dialysis catheter exchange | I always use this with the 50Fentanly n I enjoy the way I feel I smk soo much weed so I'm always loosing my memory n I take NORCO so this is not enough I always ask for more shit y not? | F | 24 | 1 days 3 | 4/22/2013 | 1 | colonoscopy | Not a sedation drug at all; it forces you to lie awake, in pain, an unable to communicate | I'm high-risk for colon cancer and require frequent colonoscopies..but after the way tha I was abused (yes, abused, the endo staff laughed as I writhed in pain begging for tem to stop the procedure..but the Versed/midazolam prevented me from resisting)..this is a nightmare drug..and it's commonly used..I'll NEVER get another colonoscopy or any procedure that required sedation of ANY kind due to my horrible Versed experience. Wake up: this site has hundreds of horrific Versed experiences.... | F | 33 | 1 days 5 1X day | 4/15/2013 | 5 | Pre-op for multiple ortho surgeries | Short-term memory loss for a few weeks. Slight tremor in my right hand long-term. | I would recommend this to anyone - it sure helped me relax pre-op, and I have absolutely no memory of the procedures. | M | 53 | 1 days 50 1X day | 4/13/2013 | 1 | Surgery | no memory. but that's what it's for. | I asked what they were putting in the I.V. Response was "Versed". I wasn't informed what it was or what it did. Not a good experience. I will never trust a doctor again, and I will refuse all "health care" in the future. | M | 53 | 1X day | 4/13/2013 | 5 | several medical procedures | i've had 6 sinus surgeries, 3 wrist surgeries, appendectomy, 2 EGDs, wisdom teeth, and a few other surgeries and versed has been used every time. no side effects! totally relaxed me and it calms me to where i get confused and slurred speech and i actually start talking a lot until general anesthesia licks in. great drug! | F | 21 | 1 days not sure | 4/9/2013 | 1 | Sedation for cardiac catheterizatio | Impaired memory since administration, now 2 years | Never again | M | 56 | 1 days 1mg 1X day | 4/7/2013 | 1 | Upper endoscopy and colonoscopy | Felt awful pain but could not move or see anything. Worst experience ever. | F | 37 | 1 days 1X O | 3/23/2013 | 5 | various medical procedeures | Over the years I have been given versed for 3 colonoscopys, 1 facial surgery, lung surgery and most recently a broncoscopy. Never had a bad experience. Always woke feeling very comfortable with no memory of procedure, except for the facial surgery. I became aware of what was happening during the surgery and had a conversation with doctor. When he finally realized that I was truly aware he inquired about the pain level, which was zero, and then increased the versed dosage. I will always be thankful for being given versed. | M | 65 | 1X day | 2/24/2013 | 1 | colonoscopy, endoscopy | woke up during procedure in extreme pain. Completely aware of entire endoscopy procedure but could not speak or motion for help. | I was told after the procedure that I was screaming and tried to grab the doctors arm to pull out the scope. I have memories of pain. I was awake and afraid during the endoscopy. I could feel every part of the procedure but could not express myself. I was told that I wouldn't remember any of it. Later I was shaky and had trouble with flash backs and insomnia for 2 weeks. I will be having a bone marrow biopsy soon and am very afraid of experiencing pain again without the benefit of letting the medical staff know that I am in pain. Not sure how to proceed as the medical community thinks comments like mine are ridiculous. | F | 48 | 1X day | 1/20/2013 | 1 | colonoscopy | I'm an advance-practice nurse who has always told patients that Versed is safe and effective. I no longer do so; in fact I would not recommend this drug at all. My first colonoscopy with 4mg Versed/100mcg fentanyl was a nightmare; the Versed caused extreme agitation, panic,shaking even before the colonoscopy was started. The test was not even started because I was so terrified. Read: TERRIFIED. I have seen every surgical procedure and had confidence in my endo team (I work with them daily), but after receiving Versed and being told that: "you are doing fine..while I was terrified, shaking, my BP thru the roof etc", I do not trust and form of sedation withthis amnestic drug. And weeks later,I can't remember my kid's birthdays etc. | Want a terrible experience during a colonoscopy? Want to be terrified, unable to move or communicate (a chemical straightjacket?). Sign the routine sedation consent form and they will give you Versed and laugh at your distress. | F | 45 | 1 days 4mg 1X day | 1/10/2013 | 1 | coloniscopy anesthetic?if so this h | Seems that a mild trembleing has been happening upon awakening,and at times of stress,sleepiness. | M | 59 | 1 days 180#weight | 12/23/2012 | 1 | pre-op surgery | Severe shivering, disturbing memory fragments, fear, anxiety lasting weeks, brachycardia | I am ENRAGED at the common misuse of this drug! I asked the anesthesiologist to hold off on all drugs until they inserted a urinary catheter. She agreed to wait, as she was standing behind me by my IV line. She obvously administered this drug while lying to my face because I began to get sleepy immediately. My memory is fragmented up to the point where I turned my head to the side and gave up trying to protest the fact that I shouldn't have been sleepy yet. After I awoke in Recovery, I had severe trembling that quickly diminished but kept coming back periodically for 2 weeks. Crying (I believe as a side effect of Versed) in recovery because they could'nt "find" my husband in the waiting room even though he was there anxious to hear how the surgery had gone for the 7 hour duration. | F | 28 | 1 days ? 1X O | 12/6/2012 | 5 | Colonoscopy | No side effects. | I had a colonoscopy this morning and had absolutely no problem with Versed. It did exactly what it was meant to do, I'm sure I had some demerol with it. I slept through the procedure and I do not remember anything about it. I woke up in the recovery room 30 minutes later, got dressed and came home. Slept a couple of hours, ate lunch, and slept a couple more hours just because I wanted to. There are parts of the experience I don't really remember exactly, like getting dressed and getting in the car. I have had Versed for four colonoscopies and each experience has been the same. It gets my vote! I'm just pleased that it's all over now. I'll miss that brief little euphoric feeling! | F | 65 | 1 days unknown 1X day | 11/30/2012 | 1 | scope for stomach ulcers I did not | I was fine just before I was given the the drug through an IV, but when I woke up in my hospital bed I was shaking so bad that the bed was shaking too. I was unable to walk unassisted for months, I used walls to get from one room to another. I shook so bad that children would ask their parents "What was wrong with that lady?" I scared them. I was with my mother who was in her sixties and I was in my forties at a plant sale. I purchased several plants and was picking them up to put hem in the car when a bunch of older women came running to help me. No one assisted my sixty something mother, just me because of my whole body shaking. I couldn't even write because I did not have control of my hands. Even today the limbs on my right side have tremors that are very visible. I shake so much that it is very painful because it never stops and my muscles cannot relax. It is now more than fifteen years later and I'm still in pain. I am scared to death of taking any sort of medication. A | Never, ever tke this drug. | F | 45 | 1 times Never told 1X day | 11/13/2012 | 1 | Hysterectomy | In September 2007, I refused surgery and did not sign surgical consent due to the wrong surgery being listed on consent. I asked to speak with my doctor and my nurse said she would get him. As soon as she left my pod area, a CRNA came over to me and said he was going to give me something to relax me. I told him that I didn't want to be given any medication since I had not signed the surgical consent and since I was waiting to speak with my doctor. As I was protesting being given the medication (Versed), the CRNA injected my IV. That was my last waking memory. When I woke up two hours later, I was told by a nurse I didn't recognize that a total hysterectomy had been performed on me. All of my healthy sex organs were taken without my consent! I was 'castrated'. Versed was not a part of my pre-anesthesia plan. My doctor ordered Versed when he arrived at the hospital. (I can guess why...). He noted in my record that he ordered it for 'anxiety'. However, my nurse noted in my record that my mood was 'calm'. I believe it's crystal clear why I was given Versed. I am disabled now due to the many consequences of Versed and surgery I did not consent to. see my site at www.hysterectomyconsequences.com | F | 51 | IV 1X day | 11/1/2012 Patient History |