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3 | colonoscopy | None | Since ask-a-patient was a great source of information for me before my colonoscopy, I want to post about my experience. Based on what I read about potential side effects of Versed, I decided to try the colonoscopy without medication. The procedure went just fine and, for me, it was mildly uncomfortable, but not anything I would even call painful. The Doctor was great and talked to me, before the procedure, about the meds and what meds they would use if I decided I needed them in the middle of it. We agreed that it was most important to finish the procedure and not have to go through all the prep again. After discussing it, I left it up to the doctor to choose what meds to administer, if I decided I needed them, in order to minimize side effects. The Doc explained that there might be a higher risk of side effects (such as nausea) in using Fentanyl alone, rather than paired up with Versed, because it might require a higher dose of the narcotic. I think it was great that the Doctor spent the time to talk with me to understand my concerns about the meds beforehand and to come to an agreement that completing the procedure was the most important thing. | M | 49 | 1 days 1X AN | 7/24/2013 | 2 | Endoscopy and Colonoscopy | Apparently I screamed for 20 minutes during my endoscopy after receiving Versed for twilight sleep sedation. | I agreed to twilight sedation and Versed was given for my endoscopy/colonoscopy 2 days ago. I do not remember any of the procedure which is a blessing. However when mentioning my excruciating sore throat today to my son, who was with me, he said I screamed for 20 mins during the endoscopy - everyone in the surg center including people in the waiting room could hear me. The GI doc said I had a "rare reaction" to the med. I am sure I must have been in pain and very aware, i.e., fighting the scope which probably made this sore neck/throat issue worse. I did not remember any of this being discussed with me post-procedure but will be addressing this issue at my follow up appointment. My GI doc knew I had to receive extra meds during my procedures several years ago but this was a different doc. He told my son I must have future colonoscopies/endoscopies done at the hospital where more meds are available when problems arise. He called it a paradoxical reaction to the Versed. I will make sure I am never given Versed again. | F | 49 | 1 days unknown 1X O | 7/31/2013 | 4 | neurological | My mother is having seizures they can't control with meds, so they only can control them with versed. We dont know the side effects yet but praying and praying her seziures stop. She is still sedated and on a breathing machine . | F | 57 | 10 days 2-10mg | 8/22/2013 | 1 | pre-op only | I didn't consent to it. I mostly notice I forget what day of the week it is and have to think for quite a while or count the number of bananas I have left on my desk. | M | 43 | 1 days 100 | 8/31/2013 | 1 | Weeks of emotional distress, memory loss and anger issues. Fear of any future exposure to Versed. | Refused Versed prior to recent outpatient surgery and had no problems at all. The anesthesiologist acted like a little child deprived of his favorite toy. | M | 68 | 1 times 7 MG + 1X day | 9/1/2013 | 1 | Eyelid surgery | Surgeon, Nurse RNCA, and I agreed to no anesthesia during pre-OP. The surgery I had was no more painful than getting a tooth filled. Conscious sedation and lidocane was enough pain control, Once they strap you down and sedate you - they give you the anesthesia they promised not to, but only after half the surgery is over. That's right, I was conscious , like I wanted thru half the surgery! Two months later experienced severe headaches, loss of concentration, inability to focus, Impulsive rage, depression , suicidal thoughts and a loss of self-control. This lasted about 3 weeks as the drug absorbed in to the tissues during the surgery got released. I think the hot summer weather triggered this. I hope it does not come back and that all of this bad drug has left my body. This is a real scam because I got an anesthesia I did not want, did not need, and there were no complications requiring it. The only motivation for slipping it into my IV line was to be able to charge a | This drug should be banned because of it's long term effects. | M | 59 | 1 days 2 mg 1X O | 9/5/2013 | 1 | knee scope | Anxiety suicide afterward | M | 44 | 1 days 200 | 9/19/2013 | 1 | Given pre-surgery | I never made it to surgery. Immediately began dry heaving violently. Felt like something exploded in my head. I could not go into surgery, because the dry-heaving continued for hours. I did however receive bills from the hospital, the doctor, and the anesthesiologist. I had told all of them and the nurse that I react violently to the amnesia drugs. They did not tell me what they were going to give me. I got the usual "something to relax you". NOT! Not only did have the opposite of relaxation, but I was unable to go to sleep until after 4am the next morning, and then I woke up after about 2 hours from a nightmare. I was never prone to nightmares. The disrupted sleep continued for weeks gradually letting me sleep a bit longer each night, but having multiple nightmares every night. It has been more than a year now, and I am still having nightmares more frequently than ever before. In addition, I have developed what feels like mild altzheimers. I have difficulty focusing | They told me the amnesia drugs help me to not remember the surgical procedure so I don't get traumatized. I have had about 19 surgical procedures no counting colonoscopies dating back into the 50s. I have never been afraid of surgery or needles, and have elected to have local anesthesia whenever possible, so I don't traumatize that easily. However, I still need the surgery I never got, but I am terrified to have it, because the medical professionals do not take you seriously, even when they interview you 4-6 times before the surgery and you tell them every time that YES you have had problems previously, and please don't give me the new amnesia drugs. I did not know what they were giving me until a nurse sneaked into my room after, while I continued to dry-heave and wrote it on a business card. The doctor and anesthesiologist never came in to check on me. I was discharged and billed. And I am still suffering from the after effects. | F | 62 | 1X day | 10/3/2013 | 1 | pre surgery | I had what I presume to be a paradoxical reaction. I do not relax but get very anxious and cannot control my body movements which after surgery is a very painful situation. | I have been given Versed twice pre surgery. The first time no one had any idea I would have this terrible reaction but the second time I met with my anesthesiologist and told him specifically not to give me Versed and I explained why. He gave it to me anyway and when I filed a complaint with the state medical board it took them a year to determine the doctor had done nothing wrong. I have suffered ever since with concentration and memory issues. My husband has noticed a marked difference in my ability to find words during the course of normal conversation. I wish the legal community would put together a class action law suit because I know I have been permanently damaged from this drug. | 63 | 1X day | 10/15/2013 | 5 | Sedation for lumbar epidural | None | I was very nervous about receiving Versed after reading about people's experiences here and other places online. However, I had a perfect experience with it. I received the dose after lying on the table. I remember the anesthesiologist talking to me about my name, heard my doctor ask for lidocaine (I think!) and the next thing I knew I was dressed and back in recovery where I was monitored for a bit. After someone drove me home I slept for maybe an hour and that was it! No ill side effects whatsoever!! I can understand why folks who are prone to anxiety might be nervous about "losing" 15 or so minutes (at least that's how long my procedure was) but for me, it was no big deal. I only regret that I didn't ask if I talked through the procedure! | F | 39 | 1 days 1X day | 10/24/2013 | 2 | For a Colonoscopy | I had had Versed many times before for endoscopies and pre-surgical sedation. My own father, an anesthesiologist, even gave it to me once before surgery while his partner was readying the OR. I never had a problem with it, and found it to work well as light sedation. I could speak if necessary during a colonoscopy, but was really mostly out of it. | THEN, about 15 years ago, during a routine endoscopy, the anesthesiologist began slowly administering the drug, while I remained conscious, and very calm...the drug was working. Unfortunately, my O2 sats began to drop like crazy. The GI Doc and the Anesthesiologist went berserk and started screaming at each other. LOL The nurse found the syringe of Flumazenil, the antagonist to Versed, and injected it into my IV before I passed out from hypoxia. Now I have LOTS of Ativan and Dilaudid and Phenergan for light sedation, (which actually turns out to be much heavier sedation), and Ativan for pre-op sedation. I will only use ONE particular anesthesiologist...they LOVE being requested by the way...and he knows all about my drug allergies, etc. I had a VERY atypical reaction to this drug. It has been used very safely for years. If you have any kind of bad reaction when receiving Versed, just tell the hospital you are allergic to it and broke out in hives at your IV site the last time you had Versed. They will NEVER give it to you again as they would be liable for a lawsuit. Just make sure you write Versed as a drug allergy whenever you go to ANY physician, and list hives as the reaction. | F | 1X day | 11/12/2013 | 5 | Cataract surgery | Was given injection into IV during cataract surgery. Had no memory loss. In fact didn't think it did anything. Was alert and conscious during procedure and in recovery. Dr said it works differently on each system. Had no problems at all. | F | 66 | 1 days injection | 12/3/2013 | 1 | sedation for dental treatment | agitation, aggression(hitting, kicking, biting), attempt to leave treatment area, unable to talk, crying, screaming, thrashing about, vomiting, headache | My 5yo son was given Versed in combination with Demerol as a sedative in order to have some cavities treated at the dentist's office. Approx. 15 mins after receiving meds he was laid back in chair and given nitrous, at which point he started to become agitated, and ripped off the mask and refused to keep it on. Hitting, kicking, screaming, tried to get up from chair several times (though unable to actually keep his balance or walk). Very aggressive. On the way home I had to stop the car several times to strap him back into this car seat, and if it weren't for the child proof locks he would have opened the door and exited the car while it was moving! I was not fully informed of these possible side effects, as well as others (such as long term memory loss), and if I had known I never would have subjected my son to this. | M | 5 | 1 days 13 mg 1X day | 12/9/2013 | 1 | colonoscopy/endoscopy | I was awake on and off for the "horror", agitated for hours afterward, and traumatized at waking up on the table in excruciating pain and unable to communicate with Dr. | I told the Dr. I didn't want versed, he sneaked it in anyway. I was awake on and off for excruciating pain that I can only compare to labor and unable to tell anyone. I was crying and moaning. I was furious when it was over and before I stormed out of recovery (before being cleared) I told the Dr. that I remember it, I am not sure what action I will take. Had another bad experience with versed in 2002 when I was having surgury for a torn cervix after childbirth. I woke up on the table hanging upside down naked, freezing cold and in so much pain. I said "I am awake, I don't want to be awake" and next thing I knew I was out again. When I told them I remembered being awake they wrote it off saying I was in and out and that was normal. Nothing normal about what I went though. Wondering if this drug is the cause of the severe anxiety disorder I have developed. Will never take it again! | F | 41 | 1 days 1X day | 12/14/2013 | 4 | Sedation for colonoscopy | Right after waking up- sleepy, unsteady, a bit nauseous | I was scared of all the negative things I've read online about Versed, so tried to do the colonoscopy with Fentanyl alone. It was painful to the point I was gasping and screaming (it didn't feel like the Fentanyl had any effect) and finally asked for the Versed. It felt like a miracle- the next thing I knew, I woke up with the procedure already over, in a calm state without pain. It was like the Versed-free beginning was a nightmare, and I finally awoke from it. The pain level can be different for different people- not everyone will need this drug, as I know people who got through the procedure with just mild discomfort. However, it's a good idea to have the Versed as an option just in case. The after effects included some nausea, feeling unsteady/dizzy, but having slept for a couple hours afterwards made these effects diminish quickly. | F | 23 | 1 days not sure 1X day | 1/8/2014 | 1 | I did not consent. | I'm considering suicide as I never consented to this and the hospital says its ethical to give it without consent. I'd rather be dead than be someone they can do whatever they want with me patient. | M | 44 | 1 days | 1/26/2014 | 5 | Pre-Surgical & for minor treatments | Just a state of grogginess & being tired, knocked me out quickly and have no memory of the procedures & surgeries which I don't want to know anyways. That is the whole reason the Dr gave it me was to calm me and make me forget. | I have to have major neck surgery again next month and the Dr will use Versed once again which I highly welcome and look forward to. | F | 49 | 7 times unknown 1X day | 1/27/2014 | 1 | forced to take it during minor surg | Very traumatic to me experiencing significant amnesia about the entire day, nightmares and panic attacks for many months following surgery | I really do not believe this drug is necessary for most patients. It does not stop or prevent pain, it only causes the patient to forget the pain experience. I truly believe it is only used to make the doctor and the medical staff have a more convenient experience, knowing they can do and say anything and the patient will not remember. | F | 54 | 1 days unknown 1X day | 2/9/2014 | 1 | back surgery x2, thyroid surgery | Given to me three times in about a 10 year period. My memory will never be the same. I lost the majority of my memory prior to 15 yo. and it got worse each time I was given it. | for me it was like a memory eraser and I still have a really horrible memory now. My memory was just fine prior. | F | 36 | 3 days unknown 3X O | 2/25/2014 | 1 | colonoscopy and endooscopy | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! IT MADE ME HAVE A FULL BLOWN PSYCHEDELIC TRIP! was completely calm because I have done 4 procedures years before this with general anesthesia and the doctor said ill just fall asleep so I thought it would be the same as before. I waited and then the drug kicked in a little I felt weird and dreamy. The doctor said stay relaxed, then suddenly I fell into limbo ( pure blackness) and was screaming because I was scared then I was thrown through a window into infinite whiteness. I could feel my body tensing up and was in terrible anxiety filled pain. I saw a huge reflection of my self , I looked absolutely terrified and confused. I was hearing chaotic noises and my yelling for help just echoing in my head . Suddenly both my parents the doctor, nurses and some random guys faces were floating intensely fast around me floating in the whiteness screaming and making demonic unreal faces. I then fell back into blackness and kept living and dying mentally. I was so scared I thought that I did indeed die from i don't know what because I was so confused and that I was stuck lost in a chaotic never ending loop of me living my whole life really fast then dying then it happening again and again. Once I woke up I was completely clueless what truely happened and if I was just going to die again. Ever since that day I've had anxiety and the days and month following I thought I had lost my mind and was just stuck in the loop of dying again. Every time I heard someone's voice | M | 18 | 1 times unkonwn | 3/3/2014 |