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 |
| 1 | Set Broken Arm | 6 year old son was given Versed to "quiet him down" - he was already calm! He became agitated and hostile with everyone. He seemed to not recognize anyone and we could not talk rationally with him. This was also totally out of character for him. He was OK until the Versed! | Versed made a brave six year old boy completely out of control. I will make sure everyone I know avoids this drug. I will list it in his file as an allergy and mine as well. | M | 6 | 1 times | 5/28/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Grogginess, sleepiness, loss of memory (short term). | I read about Versed literally for years before I had a colonoscopy, and many of the comments people made scared me to the point that I postponed a colonoscopy for years. PLEASE take my word for it - it's not bad at all. I would absolutely take it again. One thing I was worried about was making a fool of myself or becoming violent (some others have reported this). Instead I informed the doctor that I was planning on sleeping through the procedure, and that's exactly what I did. You won't do or say anything you'd regret after taking it (but you might ask the same question 4 times). I started with 2mg IM versed with 75mg IM demerol, and I believe they added another 1-2mg versed via IV while I was in the endoscopy room. I didn't go crazy, I didn't have any panic or fear - even though my heart rate was 110 before the procedure. The last thing I remember was being asked to roll over on my side before waking up in the recovery room. If you're reading these boards and the fear of Versed is keeping you from going through with a scope, please take my word for it... just close your eyes and go to sleep. It's easier than getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist. | M | 25 | 1 days | 6/1/2009 | 1 | splinter removal | more anxiety than I ever felt before, mad as hell, fighting, swearing, telling all my secrets. My girlfriend says they wouldn't let her in, but she could hear me fighting and yelling and things crashing all the way down the hall. They never told me this would happen or said anything about amneisa or truth serum. I am a man who doesn't need some drug like this. It was only going to relax my muscles. This is a serious freakout drug. | I had a splinter fly up from my chainsaw. They told me this drug would relax my muscles so they could dig out the 4 inch long splinter from my arm thats all. For a couple of seconds the room spun and the next thing I remember was yelling and fighting them. The room spun and they were laughing at me and calling me a big baby and saying crude things about me and my body and I was strapped down. The room spun again and they were putting the bandage on my arm. The nurse was asking me personal questions about my love life and I was blabbing about my new girlfriend and our sex life. I couldn't stop talking. I was humiliated and mad as hell. I practically ran out of the hospital. Later on when my head cleared I found bruises all over my body like I had been in a bar room brawl. My girlfriend came on here and found out what the drug really is. This drug should be illegal and I am looking for a lawyer. | M | 35 | 1 times | 6/3/2009 | 1 | Dental Work | I posted a couple years ago after a bad reaction at the dentist's office. I won't have Versed again. I'm back here to comment on my recent colonoscopy. | I just had an unsedated colonoscopy and everything went fine! | M | 56 | 1 days | 6/3/2009 | 2 | colonoscopy | After my colonoscopy I was in recovery . A nurse came in to help me get dressed. After removing my gown (nothing on underneath) she was called away. I was groggy, and apparently left the curtained area, and was found walking around near a crowded waiting area. I was told this later by my husband. | He said I was walking around trying to find the nurse. I gladly have no memory of that. But to be that out of it...its scary | F | 36 | 1 times | 6/4/2009 | 2 | colonoscopy | Amnesia effect faded and I became alert during the great traverse of the transverse colon | I initially remember discussing what the doc pointed out was a diverticulum (which would likely be in the descending colon) If he was doing the close inspection during the removal phase which is normal, this would be near the "end" :-) This drug messes with the order of any memories you might have as well as the fact that you might have any. The bad part is that I "woke up" right in the beginning of the endoscope moving across the middle and then making the turn into the ascending colon on my right side. It was great and vivid discomfort, but not a describable pain. The real bad thing is that if I were awake from the jump I could have managed better, but I remember making animal noises and clenching the covering on the gurney with both hands. They must have hit me with more and I faded completely until the recovery room. I wish I had either NO memory or did the whole thing "commando." I also notice that in typing this (1 day after the procedure) I made many more than normal typos for me....hmmm | M | 62 | 1 days | 6/6/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Short term memory loss both during and for a short time after the procedure. | I have had numerous colonoscopies due to Crohn's disease and my doctor has been administering a combination of Versed and Demerol to get me through the procedure for years. I have had no negative side effects, and from my point of view, the prep is far worse than the test. What I have learned is to always have the person with me pay attention to what the doctor says after the procedure because I only remember things in bits and pieces. Usually I go out to lunch after the procedure, then go home and sleep for a few hours and feel perfectly fine. Having gone down the road of having the test without medication, I'll take my Versed "cocktail" any day of the week. I would much rather not remember the discomfort that I know goes along with the procedure. | F | 59 | 15 times | 6/10/2009 | 1 | Cataract Surgery | I woke up slowly and had a strong hangover. In the following days, I had periods of amnesia, walking into a room and forgetting why I was there. Several times I went blank during conversations. | They did not explain the effects of Versed they only told me what they were about to give me. I was calm before, but the Versed actually made me feel tense and nervous. It did not worked for me as it was supposed to. I recall brief periods where I was aware of discomfort in my eye but I could not talk or respond in any way. | F | 70 | 1 days | 6/11/2009 | 5 | Wisdom Teeth Extraction | None | Not trying to diminish the negative experiences some people have had, but for the vast majority, this is a wonderful medicine that has been used for years. I had it this morning for removal of 4 wisdom teeth and it felt like the procedure was over in 2 seconds. I had no memory of the procedure. I was completely alert immediately after waking up and could have even functioned at work if I was motivated to do so. I had it with fentanyl; they also included an anti-nausea agent in the IV and I had no side effects whatsoever. It is imperative to have a competent physician to ensure a good experience. | F | 34 | 1 days | 6/12/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | To the 34-year-old female below who posted a comment on 6/12/2009 about her wisdom tooth extraction: Exactly how do you figure that "for the vast majority, [Versed] is a wonderful medicine that has been used for years"? Have you, for example, been appointed spokesperson for the "vast majority"? Or is it that you're just somehow innately familiar with the individual experiences of hundreds of thousands of people? Also, if midazolam (brand name: Versed) is so "wonderful," then why, as of 6/15/2009 and 552 Askapatient.com ratings, does the drug have an average rating of only 2.8? Going by the ratings key at the top of this page, such a rating would indicate that over 500 people were NOT especially satisfied with midazolam (brand name: Versed). | As further regards your suggestion that midazolam (brand name: Versed) is, "for the vast majority, [...] a wonderful medicine that has been used for years" -- well, here's a link to a New York Times article which reports that over forty people have DIED as the direct result of having received this horrible drug: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0DB113DF937A35754C0A967958260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all Anyway, even though I do not purport to be clairvoyant, I somehow doubt that those forty folks would view the drug as all that "wonderful." (Then again, they're deceased, so they cannot post ratings here.) Finally, as regards your statement that you're "[n]ot trying to diminish the negative experiences some people have had," I gotta disagree -- it sure sounds like you are. Your posting resembles a drug commercial and seems bogus. The pharmaceutical company sales reps who post these bogus ratings are being unethical in the extreme, I think. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves! | M | 43 | 1 times | 6/15/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | *Unwanted amnesia*, anxiety, depression, anger, sleeplessness, fear | To the 34-year old " Wisdom Teeth Extraction" woman: I actually cry when I read posts like yours. Why was my experience so different from yours ? I do not think it was because I didn't have a "competent physician," I KNOW it was the drug itself. How dare you try to discredit my experience ! And I was definitely not "completely alert immediately after waking up." I "woke up" 2 hours after my 12-minute procedure, in MID-SENTENCE, having an argument with a nurse. My Versed experience was the most phychologically disturbing experience of my life. A year later, I am still not over it...Are you for real ?? | F | 60 | 1 days | 6/16/2009 | 1 | eye surgury | 14 year old - trouble breathing and started shaking,could not wake her up, gave her something to reverse medicine and still could not wake her up and then she went to extreme agitation, uncontrollable, screaming and crying like she was being hurt, after 2 to 3 hours of this behavior non-stop, they gave her another sedative and she slept for hours but you could tell she was resting and not like she was pained how she was acting. She woke up and she was herself again - thank goodness. | will not use again | F | 14 | 1 days | 6/16/2009 | 2 | colonoscopy | it did not seem to do anything at the time,later at home drowsy, hungover | it certainly did not help the pain, buthad none of the strange effects listed here either. felt normal | F | 1 days | 6/18/2009 | 2 | D&C/MRI | Woke up in middle of D&C, in great pain, and "paralyzed." Tried to move or speak, doc looked over the screen, said something, and I was out again. It was, in a word, terrifying. In a separate incident, was supposed to be "paralyzed" for the MRI procedure due to neuro problems (tremor, twitching) which would affect test results. Woke up several times (moving) and had memorable conversations with a male voice outside the MRI machine. | I consider the MRI results unreliable because the Versed did not do the job. | F | 45 | 2 days | 6/22/2009 | 5 | Dislocated shoulder | Temporary memory loss - similar effects as a truth serum. | It was like a conscious sedation. The doctor gave me double the dose of morphine that they would normally use to subside the pain, but it wasn't working at all. After the versed was injected into me, a few short moments afterward my body (shoulder included) began relaxing and I drifted off into a seemingly sleep (but was still awake to the world). I didn't remember anything after wards until I awoke back up. I was told that I seemed to be awake and carried on a conversation and spoke very truthfully about anything asked (I was a little worried!) Bottom line was my conscious pain went away and they were able to set my shoulder = me happy :) | M | 18 | 1 times | 6/24/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy | I was given versed and fentanol.It took me longer than most to wake fully after the procedure. I just wanted to sleep even though I realized where I was. I heard the nurse tell my husband that I was awake at times during the procedure. I do remember seeing the screen at the beginning and I think I said,"My colon isn't as pretty as Katie Couric's"! I have a vague memory of turning toward the doctor to say something like, "Hey, what's going on?" or "I feel something," and then he instructed the nurse to give more meds.I experienced no other problems and don't recall any discomfort. | My experience was certainly acceptable, but I would have like to have received a better explanation of how the drug actually works. The doc did ask just before he started if I had any questions, but since it was my first c-scope, I didn't know to ask about the details of versed.I will next time.Procedure is important. My husband didn't get one until he saw blood. A large irritated polyp was discovered and removed.Then I scheduled mine. Just talk things over with doc carefully before. | F | 55 | | 6/26/2009 | 1 | Endoscopy and colonoscpy | Feelings not all is well. Unexplained bruises. Insomnia and an what can best be termed a scary partial recall of a less than smooth procedure. | I just had the procedure yesterday so I do not know how long the Insomnia will last but I'm terrified of sleeping. Just as I drift off I begin seeing and feeling events during the procedure. The memories seem to primarily concern the endoscopy. I am very upset this possibility was not discussed with me. | M | 49 | 1 days | 6/27/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy and oral surgery | Had 5 colonoscopies, no side effects from Versed except once I woke up too soon, while they were still probing. No problems during or after oral surgery. | Groggy for a few hours after the procedures, but no loss of memory, nausea, chills, etc. I felt fine about 12 to 24 hours after the procedures. | F | 64 | 6 times | 7/1/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy & once for hand surgery | none | I had no adverse reactions whatsoever, Versed worked very well for me. That is not to say it will work for everyone or that it will work well. We are all different. It is not fair to criticize the drug or say it is terrible when it is not that way for all. I had good effects but some may not. | F | 62 | 1 days | 7/3/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy | Loss of memory | This was awesome although I was sad that the "cocktail" of Demerol and Versed did not allow me to view the procedure (nearly 6 years ago when I was 40 and experienced diverticulitis). My doctor advised me in advance that I may not remember conversations I had during and for hours after the procedure - he was correct. Luckily my wife reminded me of conversations I held immediately after the procedure and recovery. I know it sure helped me forget any pain I may have experienced. | M | 46 | 1 times | 7/3/2009 |