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 | Excision of mucocele on lower lip | Pre-op med made me slightly drowzy, memory loss after OP for an hour or two and a huge sleep that afternoon. Otherwise fine. (It's now the day after my op). | Was given pre-op tablet (7.5MG) 45 mins prior to surgery. Not really any major effect except feeling relaxed. I was given a local also, as part of the op (as lips/gum felt numb when I woke up), but basically, as soon as the IV started with Versed when I was on the op table, I was knocked out totally. Next thing I knew my girlfriend was waking me up in recovery. Memory loss and drowziness afterwards was loads of fun! Best minor operation I've ever had, great experience. | M | 32 | 1 days | 3/12/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy | sleepiness and loss of memory for two days afterwards. I felt like one of the seven dwarfs...either Sleepy or Dopey. | F | 50 | 1 days | 3/12/2009 | 5 | Extraction of 4 wisdom teeth. | Just a little woozy for the rest of the day. You definitely need a caretaker and don't try to drive for 24 hours. Some short term memory loss; but that's getting better as the day passes. | I loved it! My procedure was this morning. I was conscious the whole time - but had no awareness of having my teeth extracted. Instead, I saw flashes of people around me and heard things they were saying. I did have a hallucination - but nothing scary. In fact, Versed made the procedure almost pleasant. As soon as the Dr. removed the IV, the drug began to wear off. With a mouth full of gauze I said: "Is that it??" and "That was fast." Just be aware that Versed is NOT used to control pain. It is just for anxiety. Be sure to clarify that your doctor is going to use something else for pain management. | F | 39 | 1 days | 3/13/2009 | 4 | Upper Endoscopy | Clouded for about 3 hours after procedure.... spotty memory during those 3 hours, for instance, I remember getting food at a burger joint but don't remember where, had to work hard to remember which one. Have no recollection of the procedure.... they told me to lay on my side and they put something in my mouth to keep it open, next thing I remember I am laying on the gurney in recovery and they tell me my wife is going to be there in 5 minutes. | I am torn, because the drug worked seamlessly for me as it was supposed to. It zapped the memory of the procedure, as if it never happened. I never "woke up" during the procedure and am somewhat grateful for that. I have no lasting effects from the drug since those first 3 hours. I must admit I don't like the thought of not remembering if something was wrong, or weird during the procedure. It feels a violating, but when I think of the alternative which would be knowing what happened, I am not sure I would want that. In a way it is very nice that it feels like it never happened, but I also have the unjust "rip" your memories from you feeling. If I was to do it again with the same result I am 90% sure I would do it again. | M | 32 | 1 times | 3/13/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | There were signs that I had struggled against the anesthesia. Huge hematoma in the antecubital space, back discomfort, and an odd cough. Trouble driving the next day. This left me feeling quite distressed. | You can't tell me that gastroenterologists and anesthesiologists don't have the imagination to find better sedation that lets a patient participate in their medical care. It is my contention that they like having the patient out in la la land, as they don't want to take the time to ensure comfort. Versed is an anesthesia that facilitates doing as many procedures as possible in a day$$$. | F | 62 | | 3/13/2009 | 5 | colonscopy | Little foggy after procedure, don't remember most of what doctor said. | Worked great for me. I was very concerned about discomfort. I received demorol first in the iv and was told I would feel the versed pretty quick. After about 5 seconds it hit and I was in a bit of a daze. I think they injected some more in a bit later and that was mostly it for me. I remember some painless sensation around my bottom once and vaguely remember looking up at the monitor but not really being able to focus on it or caring. It's odd. I remember passing gas after the procedure which I was asked to do. I remember the nurse asking me if I had and telling her I had done so. I remember them asking if I want something to drink and getting cranberry juice. I don't remember dressing at all. I remember the doctor saying my colon was fine but don't remember him expressing a concern about my blood pressure which was high before and during the procedure. Overall it was pretty much like being put out. Felt great the rest of the day. | M | 50 | 1 days | 3/14/2009 | 1 | endoscopy | This poison left me with severe depression and anxiety | F | 33 | 1 days | 3/15/2009 | 1 | outpatient surgery | To disable a person's ability to encode new memory -- for ANY reason, and for any length of time -- is to render that person less human. Yet that is precisely what midazolam (Versed) does, and is specifically intended by medical practitioners to do. The same practitioners say that the drug's memory-disabling effects are "temporary" and that the drug is "ultra-short-acting." Hundreds of people on this site and elsewhere, however, beg to differ. Sadly, they know all too well the profound, long-term cognitive impairment this drug can cause. For doctors to point to midazolam's "ultra-short" duration of action as somehow being an indicator of its safety, is laughable. By the same logic, if someone were to plunge a six-inch knife deep into my chest for one second and then remove it, I guess it could likewise be argued that the knife's duration of action was "ultra-short," too. But as this example demonstrates, duration of action is completely unrelated | If you want to roll the dice with your most precious organ (i.e., your mind), then ignore the hundreds of negative ratings here and instead believe the clearly bogus positive ones, with their various preposterous and inappropriately gleeful proclamations -- for example, that midazolam-induced memory loss is "loads of fun" (actual quote, see top comment from 3/12), or the author who cheers, "I loved it!" (again, actual quote -- see top comment from 3/13) to describe her midazolam experience. The marketing staff who post this crap should be ashamed of themselves. Likewise, Hoffman-La Roche, the drug company that first synthesized midazolam, along with the companies that continue to manufacture it -- APP Pharmaceuticals, Baxter Healthcare, Bedford Laboratories, Hospira, Paddock Laboratories, Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Roxane Laboratories, and Wockhardt USA -- should be boycotted until this terrible drug is removed from the market. | M | 41 | 1 times | 3/16/2009 | 5 | Wisdom tooth extraction | Actually, I really did love it. And, I'm not trying to market the drug. It made a scary procedure bearable. | Don't listen to the paranoid person who thinks I'm trying to market this drug. It really helped during my procedure. Sheesh - do you think I should have simply had four teeth pulled with no sedation? If so, you're a better person than me I suppose. I, on the other hand, prefer no pain and am happy that I don't recall the procedure. Oh, and my short term and long term memory is fine now four days post procedure. | F | 39 | 1 days | 3/17/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy | I had no side effects. I remember nothing of the procedure after the nurse gave me oxygen and had me turn onto my side, adjusting my pillow. The next thing I knew, 45 minutes had passed; I was in the recovery room. 20 minutes later, I put on my clothes and went out to breakfast and then shopping with the friend who took me. I felt perfectly normal and had no memory loss. | I had a very good experience. When I have to do this again in five years, I will be much less anxious. | F | 54 | 1 days | 3/17/2009 | 1 | Hernia Fix | Too brutal - 2 mg knocked me on my rear end. I was told it was "something to take the edge off". I started to come to I guess about half-way through the operation. I could not move and I tried to speak but my body would not respond. Scary! | I am greatly annoyed and distressed that they did not consult with me before just pushing this drug on me. Additionally, I had to ask and dig before I was given the name of the drug. Finally my research got me to this site and others. I would have never consented to an amnesia drug - period. But having read of other people's bad reactions, some similar to my own just angers me more. Bad stuff!! | M | 36 | 1 days | 3/18/2009 | 5 | Upper Endoscopy | Absolutely none! | There are plenty of negative comments on Ask-a-Patient re: Versed. I almost canceled my appt. because I was so scared after reading all the negative comments. Typically, if there is a side effect, I will have it. I guess I am sensitive to medicine. Please use care when reading the side effects. If you are concerned, speak with your doctor; I did and he halved the dose and I still passed out and that was OK by me. | F | 44 | 1 days | 3/24/2009 | 1 | Hysterectomy | Severe anxiety, depression and restlesness. Depression lasted a good week and a half. | I'm sure it is fine for most people. Just be aware of what doesn't work for you and speak up. Don't let anyone tell you that it can't possibly cause these side effects. | F | 40 | 1 times | 3/24/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy and later gallbladder | With the colonoscopy, I was also given demerol. I remember coming to semi-conciousness and seeing the monitor and asking "what's that?" and then the Dr. told the nurse to give me more. Felt goofy afterwards, but no adverse effects. With gallbladder surgery, my surgery was delayed about 6 hours due to the surgeon having to take an emergency case. By this time (probably 8-10 years after the colonoscopy), I had developed an anxiety disorder, so since I had to wait the doctor ordered 2mg of versed, which I thought was odd because versed is what we used in the ER for conscious sedation. I wasn't as nervous, but it didn't make me sleepy or anything. I remember the whole wait. | F | 33 | 2 times | 3/25/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy | Versed knocked me OUT but I recovered quickly after my colonoscopy and felt fine thereafter. | Demerol lowered my blood pressure so much I refuse the use of Demerol and ask, instead, for VERSED which produced zero side effects. | M | 79 | 3 times | 3/26/2009 | 1 | breast reconstruction after cancer | total memory loss for hours, dizziness | Versed let me not remember the total sugery, in fact I can remember the injection in my room and getting as far as the door on the gurney. Past thst I have no memory until I was back in the room 3 hours later.I have had many surgeries and this is the first time Versed was used. I would have liked to know when I arrived in the OR so I could ask questions and meet the OR team. This always helps me feel comfort going into surgery. | F | 56 | 1 days | 3/26/2009 | 5 | Electrophysiology Study w/ Ablation | NIL | Was given 4 mg during the electrophysiology study in divided doses, which made me relaxed and sleepy. Before starting the catheter ablation, was then given a bolus of an additional 4 mg plus 50 mcg of fentanyl, which put me under within a minute or so. Next thing I knew, the procedure was over and I was being moved from the table back to the cart. No ill effects whatsoever. They told me I probably would not remember much from the entire day, but I do remember pretty much everything except when I was knocked out for an hour or so. | M | 46 | 1 days | 3/31/2009 | 5 | Torn Achilles Tendon Surgery | Zip - none - nada | They rolled me on the surgical table - chest down - and positioned my head and arms - out to each side like a crucifix. The last thing I remembered was "Are you comfortable, Mr XXX?" The world went very dark until I woke up in recovery on my back and my left foot propped up on a pillow. | M | 61 | | 3/31/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy | As far as I know, I slept through the procedure. Woke up, and my wife was there. No memory of the procedure, very sketchy memory the rest of the day. Should not have gone to work the next day, still suffered from some memory problems. Second day I was fine though, probably even the first evening. Clinic said 18 hours, should have said 24. | I have no issues using it again, and will be even less anxious for my next procedure. | M | 37 | 1 times | 4/1/2009 | 1 | Endoscopy | They could not complete the procedure because I began involuntarily shaking and it produced a "restless leg syndrome" where I could not keep my legs still. I was not completely paralyzed as some have stated but it was very difficult to voluntarily move - the drug basically tried to take over or shut down any voluntary movement. They were very nasty with me, which is a shock since past providers were very professional. | I think this is a very unreliable drug. Obviously they thought they could treat me like sh*t because they expected me to not remember. All around bad drug! | M | 52 | 1 times | 4/1/2009 |