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 | Severe Insomnia | Giddiness, feeling light-headed, dizziness, elated, mood (not euphoria, though), sedation, decreased anxiety. Retrograde amnesia is common with this drug, so take with caution if you get an actual prescription for it. They're rare. I got lucky. | I took tablet forms in 7.5mg dose form. I used them sublingually due to their poor bioavailability (amount of the drug the body can absorb and process before excretion), which is 30% orally. Sublingually, bioavailability is up to 74%(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1873675/). I could still feel oral doses, but they didn't make me tired enough to fall asleep, which was why I was taking it. I liked Versed a lot, but over time I got a tolerance, and refused to keep upping the dosage, and just tapered off. Again, be careful taking this drug - NEVER drive or operate heavy machinery, or do dangerous things like climbing ladders on this medication. And please DO NOT "stay up through the 'high'" because you'll just end up taking more, and more, then before you realize it, you've taken 75mg through the course of a night (speaking of recreational benzo users, not myself) . NOT worth it. Also, dependence/tolerance/addiction are a HUGE concern for this particular benzo. Traditional benzos are better for anxiety/panic attacks anyway. | F | 28 | 6 months 15mg 1X day | 11/15/2011 | 1 | Wisdom Teeth | Freaked out my normally stable daughter. Severe panic and agitation. Which of course scared my wife and I. | Never again for our family! | F | 17 | 1 times 1X day | 11/19/2011 | 1 | Cataract Surgery | Troubling memories, anxiety | Was given IV Versed prior to cataract surgery. I never experienced any relaxation and did not obtain any benefit from the Versed other than some sporadic paralysis which did not prevent me from grabbing something sharp (I couldn't see anything) having to be restrained and experiencing horrific pain, abandonment and fear as I did not know always know what was going on. I finally "fell asleep" briefly while the doc was placing the lens and when I woke up, the surgical team had me all dressed and cozy in a warm blanket and were beaming at me as though we had all just had a wonderful time. I think they knew I was in pain and uncomfortable but continued without waiting for pain control, thinking I would forget. I was shocked at their disrespectful and uncaring comments and attitudes about patient comfort and dignity. | M | 53 | 1 days 2 mg 1X day | 11/20/2011 | 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 | colonoscopy | Drowsiness, spinning sensation in my head, slurred speech. First colonoscopy was done at a hospital and for whatever reason I was completely alert during the procedure, on 6 mg of versed and 50mcg of fentanyl. Extremely painful. Second procedure was done a year later at an endoscopy clinic, monitored by two nurses, a tech and done by two doctors who both actually teach at the medical school. Went in with a migraine on procedure day so docs gave me 2x the dose of fentanyl and 7mg of versed and thankfully I remember nothing AND had no "migraine hangover" when I woke up like I normally do. I am having some diziness a few days later but could be getting an ear infection so not sure if it's the versed. Honestly anyone who has any procedure done needs to ask a million questions and not have the procedure until the doctor answers every one. You can't blame the doctor for every lack in information if you didn't bother to let them know you had questions and concerns. Obvious exception for those who were given the drug without consent and those who had legitimate allergic reactions or rare side effects. I don't know if I'd use it again, since it seems to be a 50/50 chance that it will work properly but we'll see. | F | 29 | 1 days 7mg | 11/24/2011 | 1 | Endoscopy sedation | Induced anxiety and panic | I admit I was a little nervous about my endoscopy, but who isn't? It was my first time...I wasn't told what they were giving me, they just injected me. The only memory I have is of the room being dark and seeing al these people standing around me, then a light (from the endoscope) coming towards me. I freaked out, pulled the scope from my throat and they could not finish the procedure. For some reason I feel like the drug had induced the panic within me, I was fairly calm before they gave me the injection. Horrible experience and I haven't forgotten | F | 23 | 1X day | 11/26/2011 | 5 | Bilateral Hernia Repair | No side effects. This worked great. | I was almost too afraid to go in for surgery after hearing about all these horror stories on the internet about versed. I asked about everybody I knew (including several nurses). All had said that it was great drug and they had never seen an adverse reaction. | M | 45 | 1 days 5 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 5 | colonoscopy | No side affects, I was terried from all the stories I read, almost to the point of asking not to be sedated during my colonoscopy. I did allow them to use this in combination with Dermerol and the only thing I remember was the feeling of something in my rectum. No pain whatsoever. I was tired the rest of the day but did wake easily and was able to remember my conversation with the Dr. | F | 50 | 1X day | 12/6/2011 | 1 | cataract surgery | Got Versed+morphine IV for cataract surgery. I was totally aware of the cataract surgery and absolutely terrified (though the surgery itself was not bad) -- awful experience. I was slowed down and near immobilized but coming-unglued anxious and doing all I could to not come totally unglued and cooperate with surgery. Sheer terror. | what made me the angriest is when I got the second cataract surgery and an anesthesiologist tried to bully me into taking it again, saying I hadn't gotten enough. I absolutely refused and the second surgery was fine. Worst drug I ever took. | F | 61 | don't know 1X O | 12/18/2011 | 4 | Cervical steroid injection(to relax | I have degenerative disc disease in my neck(pinched nerves cause pain in neck,back & arm along with muscle weakness in arm. . Got steroid injection in my cervical spine & versed was given thru an IV to relax me. It did its job, and the only side effect was drowsiness for about 24 hours- I had more side effect from the steroid (kenalog) - lots mpre pain & tenderness in my neck & throbbing headache for a few days! They told me if it works, It could take a few days to 2 weeks to know!! | F | 55 | 1 days ? | 12/28/2011 | 1 | i took it for lower back injury. | I take it for my epidural injections. I have an excellent back Dr. But.... This drug was on backorder in IV form. So they gave it to me orally. 6 days later I'm still having a severe allergic reaction. Yes, the steroid can take up to 10 days to take effect and mine is way worse for those days but then I'm out of pain (mostly) for 6 weeks. I don't know, my guts telling me there has to be a better way. Steroids don't heal anything, and I can get really weird. Pain killers just mask the issue and coming off those is enough to make you want To be dead. Maybe modern medicine is not as modern as we want it to be. Yet the pain is life altering. Stacy | F | 36 | 4 times 40 | 12/30/2011 | 5 | Was having a closed MRI | I had to have an MRI of the brain, ears, and cervical spine so I was given Versed due to the length of time I would be in the closed MRI. Was given 1 mg at a time and received a total dose of only 4 mg which totally relaxed me. I went in for MRI at 915 and came out at 1130, having had the final dose at 1030 am. At 1130 am my vitals were good and I was home by 1230 pm. I feel good, not loopy or forgetful or weird. This medicine helped me to relax in a very confined space. | I would say whenever you are going to be given Versed you should do your research and read up on it and ask questions about any medicine you are going to receive before the day of the procedure and use as little as you need. It takes a few minutes after you get Versed in an IV so its best not to assume you need more until you give it a few minutes to take effect and see how it works before asking for more. A little dab goes a long way. | F | 52 | 1 days 4 mg 1X day | 1/9/2012 | 5 | Cataract surgery | F | 68 | 1X day | 1/12/2012 Patient History | 5 | Lung Lobectomy (Lung Cancer) | Did what it was supposed to do.....relax me prior to surgery & didn't remember a thing!! Have had this drug 3 different times & have never had any problems or adverse side effects. | M | 65 | 5mg 1X day | 1/15/2012 | 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 | 1 | heart cath | it made me mad as hell and did not stop the pain this drug is knowd on the st. as the date rape drug GHB | this is given to people so thay can,t know when the dr. messup,and it has no pain med,s in it but lawyers love it | M | 56 | 2 times don,t know 1X AN | 1/19/2012 | 1 | Arthroscopic Knee Surgery | Did not work as it should, had opposite effect | First let me say I am a Registered Nurse, and I have seen Versed work as it should, but for me it was a nightmeare. After giving me "the usual dose" I had absolutely no effect at all, they might as well have given me sterile water. When they realized it wasn't working, they gave me three more doses, I remember intense fear, panic and I am told that I "turned the air blue with my swearing" which is not good as all since the proceedure was done at the hospital where I worked. To make matters worse I ended up staying two days in the hospital for what should have been an outpatient proceedure because I was so disoriented and quite frankly I think that they thought I was mentally Ill. To make things worse the so called Amnesia effect that is the reason the drug is used, never worked, I remember acting like a hell cat, and I have to face these people every time I go to work. The real kicker is that I reciently hand the other knee operated on at another hospital, I listed Versed as an allergy, the Anesthesiologist questioned me and said that is not an allergy, a lot of patients react that way, and yes you guessed it even though I said don't give it to me, they did, same reaction as last, I have confirmed this by getting a copy of my chart. | F | 46 | 1X day | 1/20/2012 | 1 | prep for anesthesia supposedly | terrible fear, blackout lasting several hours after procedure, shaking, speech and coordination problems. months later: nightmares and still fearful, as in :PANIC and rapid heart rate at the memory of this experience. | It has been over six months since this awful experience. I blame the surgery nurse and the anesthesiologist who told me the IV shot would relax me. Said it was like valium, and it sure wasn't! They have changed my attitude forever about "health care" workers. They weren't honest, and this drug has made me miserable every time I think about those horrible people and what they did to me. I am sure this drug is okay for some folks, and maybe some anesthesiologists are honest. That is not my experience. It was really bad for me and I was lied to and ambushed. Will avoid IV's for the rest of my life. I am not sure I believe the doses they told me are correct. I had other surgeries without versed but the after effects were never like this. | F | 58 | 4 mgs 2X day | 1/31/2012 | 1 | Dental work - Wisdom teeth | Three wisdom teeth, the bottom two impacted, were extracted. I recall pieces of the procedure, and looking into my own mouth at the operation taking place - this was actually the reflection from the dentists' head-gear. I was in a great deal of pain and confusion but could not resist. Fragments of memories trouble me - these involved having my jaw drilled deeply in various places accompanied by horrendous pain. | They recommended playing a CD during the procedure. I don't remember hearing it at the time, but now it gives a nasty feeling to even hear the name of the band - it used to be a favourite. Yesterday I had a very ordinary filling in a back molar, next to the one impacted wisdom tooth I fleetingly recall being extracted. I've never been afraid of the dentist before, but was pretty much terrified as he came with the drill. It was like I've heard PTSD described. I suspect that the original wisdom tooth extraction was a terrible experience, but I simply do not recall very much of it - but some impressions remain. This seems like abuse of the patient - do whatever you like, make them suffer all you want, the patient will not recall the event. | M | 30 | 1 days unknown 1X day | 2/1/2012 | 4 | endoscopy | Slight tingling and warmth at injection site. Eyes went unfocused and felt like they were jumping around like googly eyes. | Was aware of surroundings about 30 minutes after when nurse game me a pepsi. Wife said I seemed completely normal after I was brought back into recovery room. Carried on a normal conversation with doctor about Virtual Colonscopies (I work in radiology), but was not aware of it. Wife was not aware I was still out of it until she mentioned about me talking with doctor, and I told her I was not aware of that. | M | 50 | 1 days ? 1X day | 2/8/2012 |