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 | none | I was given Versed and Fentanyl for a colonoscopy. Having never been put under before and having read some of the horror stories posted here, I was quite anxious about being given these drugs. I don't doubt that some people have had terrible reactions, but for me, the experience couldn't have been better. I remember the nurse telling me that she was putting the meds into my IV, but I couldn't feel them going in and have no recollection of going under. The next thing I remember was waking up and asking if they'd started the procedure! I had no pain, and no loss of memory other than that of the colonoscopy, which was what I wanted. My husband drove me home and I slept for a few hours, after which I felt completely normal and alert. Versed and Fentanyl made my colonoscopy a completely tolerable experience. The doctor found and removed polyps, so I most likely will have another colonoscopy within the next few years, and I won't hesitate to take Versed again. | F | 50 | 1X day | 7/28/2011 | 1 | tubal ligation | totally zoned out I just remembered waking up in a" lounge chair" with the nurse yelling at me to wake up and to walk around. The anesthesiologist gave me to much . My husband had to about carry me out to the car and I don't remember going home and sleeping 6 more hours. | Never Again.I'm putting off a colonoscopy because I know I'll just get what they want to stick in my arm. Even if I get a promise, I won't believe them or trust them. I was treated like a 2 year old the last time.I've only seen a nurse at the gastroenterologist office for prep info.She would only tell me that the hospital would take care of the drugs and she couldn't say what they would use. I guess the only time I see the Dr. will be when he gives me a final report. I don't even think I'll be able to talk to the anesthesiologist, if I'll even get one. A cheap Dr. can do the versed and fentanyl by himself.I'm going back to my pcp and see if he can find me another Dr. | F | 55 | 1X day | 7/29/2011 | 5 | Surgeries and colonoscopies | Other than my wife wondering why I keep asking the same questions every one to two hours that she had already answered I was fine. | I am very familiar with drugs (medications) of various kinds. I’ve had multiple surgeries since I was 10 years old (now 70) and have had and am taking a wide spectrum of medications. Just had major surgery in Nov. '10 and requested versed. No problem. Surely people, doctors and nurses do, know that every humane being has a wide variance of toleration and response to drugs of all kinds, even alcohol. So why would versed be any different? In the early surgeries of my life it was sodium pentothal and now it's versed. I would never want to experience another exploratory procedure, like a colonoscopy, or surgery with versed as a part of the surgical pain management regiment. I just hope that an hour from now I can remember that I was on the site leaving these comments :-) | M | 70 | 4 times No idea 1X AN | 8/3/2011 | 1 | Unknown! | Given to me prior to a minor surgery, my memory of the events is intermittent. What I recall is barely being able to move or speak, and not being happy about it. | Fuzzy memory, slow thinking, mood swings, not at all my normal self for almost 3 weeks afterward. I learned of the Versed after questioning my dr. and getting a hard copy of my record. | M | 45 | 1 times 2 1X AN | 8/5/2011 | 1 | upper scope and colonoscopy | woke agitated and angry on first use, major memory issues for days versed not strong enough to counter the pain of the colonoscopy, sever trauma | This drug and the doctors that use it are evil. It was given without my consent and during colonoscopy I came out of the fog to the worse pain I have ever felt. I was calling out and crying. Doctor ignored me and kept on ramming. I suspect I was calling out the entire time and he was not aware I awake. When told I had sever pain the next day he said he didn't understand because i was fine in recovery. I yell at him that I was full of this drug and don't even remember it. I doubt I will ever get over this event. | F | 56 | 8mg 1X day | 8/5/2011 | 1 | C-Section / Stillborn | hallucinations, groggy, amnesia, nightmares | i had just found out that my baby that i had carried for 26 weeks was dead and i was going to have to have a c-section to get him out. during surgery i was having major hallucinations. i've never used "street" drugs before but i have to think it was what would be called a "bad trip". my hallucinations were so real to me that i fought to keep my eyes open and couldn't. i was not advised by the anesthegeologist that i would have amnesia, hallucinations or nightmares as potential side effects. i remember bits & pieces of what happened before & during surgery. i have nightmares that i've lost my baby and i can't find him and have to talk myself down when i wake up for about 5 or 10 minutes to remind myself that it's a nightmare and that my baby is with Jesus. there are times when i'm walking through a store and have the urge to buy baby clothes and litterally have to remind myself that i don't have a baby to buy them for. i can do small things like sit in a hot tub and all of a sudden start crying because my mind is telling myself i'm not supposed to be in there because pregnant women aren't supposed to get in the hot tub. even tough i'm not in denial and know that we lost our baby these things still go through my head and honestly believe it's a result of versed. i've been advised by my general practioner that i need to attend counseling sessions because i may have PTSD. i believe i would have been better off without the versed. | F | 38 | ? 1X day | 8/8/2011 | 2 | Colonoscopy | I was completely out during the procedure and in the recovery room, although my husband said i was asking the same questions over and over. Do not remember leaving the facility, riding home or much of the rest of that day. Slept a lot. But what particularly bothers me is that a week later I am still very tired, foggy and have a heavy head. Still feel drugged. | I will never have any procedures done again without drilling the medical staff. Dealing with the medical community gives one a false sense of security. Security comes from our own knowledge and decisions. The 'one size fits all" attitude of the medical world is unexceptable. I believe the dosages of Versed 7mg and Fetanyl 150 micrograms were too much. I have sleep apena and my sleep problems and tiredness have been compromised by this drug. | F | 67 | 1 days 7 MG 1X day | 8/16/2011 | 1 | Angioplasty | Felt weak, uncontrollable shaking for 2.5 hours | My reaction to this anasthesia was unwelcomed. I felt very weak for 4 days after I was released from the hospital. I lost my strength to move around in the hospital bed and was groggy for the same amount of time. I made it very clear to my vascular surgeon I will not use this drug again. | M | 61 | 1 days 1,2,1,1 1X H | 8/21/2011 | 1 | Cortisone injection in back | Was given this so I could get a cortisone shot in my back. Woke up screeming and they gave me meds to knock me back out. I woke up next morning, unable to move my legs, arms, or face. My speech was slurred. My husband called an ambulance. They thought I was having a stroke. A week later, my speech is getting better, but I'm still throwing up and am very fuzzy in the head. Never again will I let someone give me this crap! | F | 32 | 1 days 6mg 1X day | 8/22/2011 | 4 | colonoscopy | Only had a headache for a few hours. | Had the much dreaded colonoscopy and now it is OVER. I do not remember any of the procedure and that is exactly how I wanted it. Walked out of hospital, went home and slept the afternoon away. Woke up had a light supper and went back to sleep. Next day felt fine, taught my ESOL class and did fine. | F | 68 | 1X day | 9/9/2011 | 1 | colonoscopy | It stoped my breathing.The used another drug to counteract the effects and when i woke i had lots of pain while the procedure continued.I was told to never take it again.A month later i am not feeling well. | I have to be sure that i never have that drug again. | M | 72 | 1 days 1X day | 9/18/2011 | 4 | Colonoscopy and EGD | Was initially given 5mg with 50 mg Demerol. Dose bumped to 13mg Versed and 130 mg Demerol due to pain. Was told I was "chatty" through the entire proceedure, but I do not remember a thing. A little foggy the next day but no residual effects. | Had an acceptable experience but due to the high dose needed to support sedation, may request Propofol next time I have a procedure in the endoscopy lab. No issues afterwards. | F | 44 | 1 days 13 1X day | 9/19/2011 | 5 | Heart cath with biopsy. | None | I am a heart transplant patient and have been given this med many times during biopsy procedure. it works very well for me and I have never had any ill effects. | M | 55 | 1X day | 9/20/2011 | 3 | Cortisone Injections in Lower Back | No obvious side effects at this time. | I almost refused this treatment after being told VERSED would be used to "make me sleepy". My previous bout with VERSED (see 6/19/08 for my "Twilight Zone" experience during colonoscopy) made me vow to never take it again. I related that experience to the Doc who convinced me there would be no problem as this procedure would take a very short time. I remember lying on the table and speaking with the nurse and that is pretty much all. A vague memory of needle pricks persist but all in all THIS time I had no problem with VERSED. | M | 57 | 1X day | 9/21/2011 | 4 | Upper endoscopy | None | This was the second procedure I've had with versed. Both times the drug worked as expected. I only had vague memories of bits and pieces of the procedure after administration of the medication, and said some silly things in the recovery room. I have a vague memory either of them pulling the scope out or putting it in but nothing unpleasant or upsetting. I was given some other stuff too and I think I slept through most of it. To those who had a bad experience with the medication during the colonoscopies, I've had a colonoscopy without any sedation at all and they do hurt...alot. This is primarily because the scope and the air they pump in to you causes the colon to cramp and spasm. Doctors will frequently continue the procedure with the patient screaming because it's generally a short procedure and it's easier to get it done with than to pull the scope out and try again with some other drug combination some other time, when the patient might not actually remember the pain when the procedure is over. | F | 31 | 1 days 6mg 1X O | 9/28/2011 | 1 | screening colonoscopy | Feelings of vertigo & nausea, also was frightenedly disoriented & anxious, and then had amnesia that lasted 10 times longer than the procedure did | Wish I could rate it a -5. Horrible experience that I didn't expect. Never felt calm, woke up in severe pain during the procedure, but then remember nothing for 2 hours afterwards.(Like most others, I was never informed of the amnesia !) I feel tricked (since I was led to believe the procedure would be a "breeze") and am horrified to learn that many doctors ignore a patient's screams because they are relying on the amnesia & want to finish the procedure so they get paid. Is this what health care has come to ? | F | 60 | 1 days 5mg 1X day | 9/29/2011 | 5 | colonoscopy | Only given during surgery | The best medication I have ever had before a surgery. The first time when I woke up I asked my mother were they ever going to get started. It relaxes you, you do not remember what happened, it their was pain or not. It is a wonderful medication. | F | 49 | 4X O | 10/2/2011 | 1 | Hip replacement | Ever increassing memory loss (BOTH short-term and long-term); unpredictable/uncontrollable rages; ever increasing loss of verbal, reading and writing skills; Hip surgery was in Nov 2010. | PLEASE call and add your name and complaint about this drug! Here is the contact information: Headquarters for: Member Services, Health Research Group, Litigation Group and Communications Office 1600 20th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 588-1000 E-mail for the Ligation Department is [email protected] | F | 59 | 1 days 3mg 1X day | 10/12/2011 | 1 | surgery prep | anxiety and hostility. memory impairment very unpleasant (no warning, caused extreme fear for days). unable to trust any more medical care workers | Was told I would be drowsy and would be wheeled into surgical room. Had a blackout instead, lasted about six hours after surgery too. Trouble breathing (O2 sat below 90 for several days). I'll never believe anything people working in hospitals or with IV's say to me again. Recommend people get a LIST of medications and side effects before you let any one near you, I wish I had known to do that. But they lied to me, so maybe it wouldn't matter anyway. | F | 58 | 1 days 1X day | 10/28/2011 | 1 | Wisdom teeth removal | Permanent short term memory loss | I was in my early 30's and had Versed when I had my wisdom teeth removed by an Oral Surgeon. I was completely asleep. When I awoke, I started asking the same questions over and over which was to be expected with this type of drug before it was out of your system. The problem was, once it was out of my system, my memory was never the same again. I have told doctors I will never allow it to be used on me again, You'd think by now they would have come up with something better but even new dentists with extensive training in anesthesiology still do not use newer protocols - most continue to use Versed, Brevital and Valium - all old drugs! I love Propofol but know it is normally only used on intubated patients inside a hospital setting. Propofol is best because it is short acting, and it has no memory side effects that I have ever experienced. It's just like having a really good deep sleep and when you wake up you feel great. Some dentists do use it, but I am not sure of the rest of the protocols they use with it. Anyway, don't believe anyone that says Versed doesn't cause permanent memory loss (problems with short term memory) because it DOES. I cannot look at a phonebook or piece of paper with a 10 digit phone number on it and remember it long enough to dial the phone (one example) | F | 51 | 1 days 1X day | 11/13/2011 |