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 | ACL Reconstruction | None at all | This is a miracle drug. I have had 3 knee surgeries and I dont know how I would have gotten through them without versed. I does cause amnesia, which was great for me. I was worried about the procedure, but once I was given the drug, I relaxed, felt a bit, spacy and didnt care what was going on around me as they fixed me to the table for the procedure. All I remember each time was the doctor telling me that he was going to give me something to relax (at my request). I dont remember anything after that. If you want to remember everything, dont take this drug, but if you were nervous or apprehensive, this drug works miracles. | M | 34 | 3 times | 3/2/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy | I got 50mg of Demerol & 4mg of Versed. I was awake the entire time (i think I was, anyway) watching the monitor, but never knew i was watching myself. I never even knew the doctor went inside me with camera gear. I remember the doctor telling me that this may be a polyp or an inflamation. I remember thinking "ummm.ok.whatever". It was a perfect, relaxing procedure performed at San Fernando Valley Surgery Center in Mission Hills, CA. | I'm 227 lbs & 41 years old. The combined doses mentioned above worked like a charm for me. Never any pain, anger or discomfort - just a little tired when i got home. | M | 41 | 1 times | 2/28/2009 | 5 | dental procedure | I read a bunch of horror stories on here the night before I had my dental work and they got me quite worked up. But my dental procedure could not have gone better. In fact, this drug enables me to actually GET dental work done because I am so darn scared of the dentist that by having this to enable me NOT to know what is going on is the only way I can actually get something done. | Seamless, sedation. Never knew I was going out of it and once I woke up,it seemed like zero time had passed by. | F | 40 | 1 days | 2/28/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy | Was given Versed along with Demerol for a colonoscopy. They predicted I would probably 'feel great' afterwards and they were right. I remember them saying it was time to start the IV drip, rolling over on my side ... then then thing I know it's about an hour after the procedure and I'm being asked to move off the gurney to a chair, then to put my clothes back on. Side effects: Had the procedure at 10am. Still had cobwebs through the afternoon. Took a big nap mid-afternoon. Also impacts short-term memory. As I was being brought home, my spouse asked what they had given me. I said I didn't know. Then later in the day I was looking up Versed and told her what I had taken. She told me about the conversation in the car - which I totally don't remember! No wonder one of the instructions upon leaving was "Do NOT make any important decisions today." | Seems like a great alternative to full anesthesia, which requires breathing assistance, etc. | M | 50 | 1 times | 2/27/2009 | 1 | endoscopic procedure (ERCP) | I woke up during the procedure, and was gagging. This was not pleasant at all. For a couple of days afterwards, I had odd memory gaps (asking people questions that they had just answered a moment before) -- amnesia, I guess you'd call it. | I would never choose to use this medication again. | M | 54 | 1 days | 2/27/2009 | 1 | dental work | 6 yr old daughter complained immedietly that her tongue burned and hurt and during the procedure she became very violent- hitting and kicking the dental assistents- on the way home she had halluccenations. very bad drug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 34 | 1 days | 2/26/2009 | 2 | colonoscopy | drastic drop of blood pressure to 86/48 completely aware of procedure,at times very painful | would be afraid of being given this drug again did not find it helped first time given it received it by I/V | F | 77 | | 2/23/2009 | 5 | Endoscopy | I just returned home after the procedure. I love versed and would most definitely use it again. A little shaky afterward, but otherwise, feel great. | F | 50 | 5 years | 2/20/2009 | 1 | To the 79 y.o. female who posted 2/17/09: You stated you found information in books you read "...side effects including paralyzing of the throat, tongue, mouth and more." Would you please let us know what book/s you found this information. | | 2/19/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | Several years ago I was given Versed for a colonoscopy with terrible effects. I couldn't talk or scream but felt every centimeter of the probing. My doctor said that next time he would give me more. Obviously there was something wrong with this. I went to Barnes and Noble and took out four drug books, and found in one there were four pages of side effects including paralyzing of the throat, tongue, mouth and more. My doctor had never "heard" of this. I make sure in any surgery that I do not have Versed. | F | 79 | 1 days | 2/17/2009 | 5 | hemorrhoidectomy | Had a long talk with the anesthesiologist prior to administrating the drug; I had the choice of "being put under" but that would require a breathing tube down my throat, so I declined that option. They were doing a spinal for the procedure and I joked with them about my surgeon's saying I'd be given something to put me on Jupiter. The last thing I remembered was someone saying "push the Versed" and them feeling my lower spine for a site to inject the spinal. I have NO recollection of them inserting the spinal needle and recall nothing about the procedure; my memory starts with my being rolled onto a gurney (FYI this was am ambulatory procedure) to go to recovery. I was sleepy during recovery and dozed off a few times. | I had really wanted to be "under" for the procedure (anal surgery) and essentially was "under!" No side effects, but I DID get the "to relax you" line... I'm kind of a type A and want to know the gory details. I researched after getting it and am happy to have nowhere near the experience some seem to have gone through. AND this was the first actual surgery in my life. | M | 60 | 1 times | 2/15/2009 | 4 | Cancer-related surgery | None. | On numerous occasions, I was given Versed when I would go in for lumbar punctures or other cancer-related surgeries. At the time, I didn't know Versed wasn't a normal "put you to sleep" drug, but simply made you forget what happened at all. But to me, that made no difference. I suffered no side effects, I came out of the operations normal and somewhat groggy, not recalling what happened after I went under, but that was just fine. I'd rather not remember a long needle being stuck into my spine, and such. This drug did its job fine for me. | F | 23 | | 2/15/2009 | 5 | versed | Relaxed, incoherent, loopy, floating, pain free, groggy afterward | I was calm and joking around with my oncologist as he burrowed a large needle into my bone for a bone marrow biopsy. I don't know how I would've gotten through it if it wasn't for the versed. I liked it- I kept asking for more! | F | 1 days | 2/13/2009 | 1 | w/o consent for fracture | I was given this drug without my consent or knowledge.I stopped breathing. I have PTSD and ongoing memory problems. When the effects of the drug wore off two days later I had a huge headache. | After reading other peoples comments I now know I am not alone. This drug should be taken off the market. | F | 50 | 1 days | 2/12/2009 | 1 | w/o consent for fracture | I was lied to. I was told I was getting morphine. I was overdosed and stopped breathing, according to my record because I wasn't told that either. It is only by reading my record that I found out what caused my problems. Side effects are complete memory loss of treatment. I have PTSD. I am afraid of medical procedures and environments. I awoke scared of everything. I had a huge headache. I now have dreams and nightmares. I continue to have memory problems. I often lack the ability to have ordered thinking and often feel confused.Even though it has been two years. I almost lost my job and I had to repeat a year of graduate school.I get no sympathy from the doctors who treated me at university hospital in Syracuse N.Y. In fact they refuse to speak to me.I have tried lawyers to no avail.My life is now a living nightmare. I am a nurse who can no longer practice because the PTSD is so severe. I can be reached at [email protected] I would like this and other drugs off the market. Let's f | F | 50 | 11 days | 2/11/2009 | 5 | MRI due to severe claustrophobia | A bit of a headache (could have been not having any caffeine prior to being given the medication), light-headedness, a bit of sleepiness. | This drug worked for me quite well. I had no amnesia nor any other unexpected side effects. | F | 43 | 1 days | 2/10/2009 | 1 | Endoscopic Procedure | I remember being wheeled to the little room and the nurses asking me to switch to the table. I was a little nervous but nothing out of the ordinary. They gave me a Versed - Demerol cocktail and I remember getting sleepy and the next thing I remember was waking up in the middle of the procedure. I was choking and trying to get the endoscope out of my throat and the nurse was pushing me back down on the table. I was angry and in pain, but the nurse and doctor just kept yelling at me to lay down. Which means they probably shot me up with more Versed. Anyway when I woke up I was confused and scared, I couldn't be alone because I thought something was going to happen to me. I was like that for two or three days along with in and out bouts of amnesia. It took about a month for me to feel completely normal. I don't know if this is a side effect of the drug but now I can't go in a hospital because I get really bad panic attacks. | This drug made me into a nervous wreck and as far as I am concerned it should be outlawed. I put that I am allergic to it on everything now, even my medical ID bracelet. | M | 33 | | 2/10/2009 | 4 | Angiogram | I did not know very much about this drug prior to my procedure. I was a nervous patient but they needed me awake to complete the investigation. I only have snap shots of what happened during the process. I have had no side effects from either the Versed or the angiogram. I have read the comments and I do not discount others who have had a negative experience but mine was okay. | M | 57 | 1 days | 2/9/2009 | 4 | Wisdom Teeth Extraction | Side effects include complete memory block of my procedure and feeling relaxed and groggy for several hours after. | I was told Versed would "help me relax". I was not told that I would experience a complete memory block. I did not research this drug prior to my procedure, so I take some responsibility for not knowing. I am grateful that I didn't have any negative side effects and am sorry for those who have. I am also grateful that I have no recollection of my procedure as I am very fearful of dentists and put this procedure off for over a year because of it. Honestly, I think I will continue to be more afraid of the procedure requiring Versed, than the Versed itself. | F | 50 | 1 days | 2/6/2009 | 5 | SLAP repair (shoulder) | The only side effect (if you can call it that) was that I have no cognitive memory from the moment it was administered into my IV until I awoke in the recovery room. It was given to "relax" me prior to having the nerve block (optional procedure designed to make the pain a bit more bearable following the surgery - I forget the name of the procedure, but it did have one). | In reading these comments, I had no idea that Versed had this effect on some. I only stumbled onto this after doing some reading up on what Versed actually was, as I'd never heard of it before. Based on my experience, if the opportunity presented itself again to require this medication, I would do so without hesitation. | M | 36 | 1 times | 2/3/2009 |