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 | relative taking for dental sedative | teen age child had been autistic and regressed into autism again after being mostly recovered from a regression into autism at 18 months age after vaccinations with mercury containing vaccines. | M | 65 | 1 days | 8/10/2008 | 5 | Wisdom Teeth Extraction | NO SIDE EFFECTS! Versed is a wonderful drug for sedation prior to minor surgeries. | Within a minute of the drug being injected, I began to feel really good, and loose. I would describe it as being drunk but in a good way. I'm sure I didn't fall asleep as this drug does not make you fall asleep, but once I started to feel the effects of the drug, the next thing I knew, my wisdom teeth were out, and I had gauze in my mouth. The surgeon told me it took about 30 minutes, but it felt like it only took 5. I had no side effects from Versed, and I got up and walked out on my own with no assistance. | M | 24 | 1 times | 8/7/2008 | 5 | prostate biopsy | A couple of hours of drowsiness after the procedure | The Versed was administered by IV just before the procedure. The next thing I remember was being assisted as I walked out to go home. I felt no pain and didn't remember any of the fifteen minute procedure. I was drowsy, so I slept a couple of hours at home until the effects wore off. It worked great for me! | M | 58 | | 8/6/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy and hernia repair | No side effects from the colonoscopy when I was 55. Some memory lapses after the hernia repair, could have been due to the demerol or just a senior moment at 58 | I have no memory of colonoscopy. I remember the 4th time I woke up and talked with wife in the recovery room. During the hernia repair done with a local, I woke up and asked when the surgery would start and they told me it was done. Next memory is the first time I woke up in the recovery room. | M | 58 | 1 days | 7/29/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy | none | I had versed along with demerol.Before my procedure I told the doctor I was very nervous and I heard him tell the nurses my heart rate was up. I saw the doctor injecting meds into my IV and feeling surprised that I was not feeling dizzy or sleepy yet. I do not remember anything until I woke up in the recovery room. I am very happy with the way versed worked on me. I was just a little tired for a few hours after I got home. I will use versed again if needed . Meds work differently on everyone, so you just have to know what you are sensitive to and not take it again. I feel badly for anyone who has had a bad experience, however I am glad I do not remember any of my colonoscopy. I am glad I did not read any of the comments prior to my test, I would have been much more anxious than I already was. I think it worked perfectly for me. | F | 51 | | 7/29/2008 | 1 | cataract surgery | I was out for a couple of minutes after the injection, then woke up crying. That stopped and I became extremely angry and anxious and experienced limb trembling. I paced my house like a caged animal when I came home that day. | The worst drug ever for me. I will never allow anyone else to use it again. | F | 53 | 1 days | 7/29/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy biopsy | Didn't work, lied to about the smnesia, screamed my head off. what a wondeful drug. wait until mu "follow-up' visit with the idiot wo gave me this poison.... | should be off the markt | M | 54 | 1 days | 7/25/2008 | 2 | Angioplasty & insertion of stent | Severe paradoxical effect to fentanyl-versed combination. Initial dose not effective, awoke during procedure, additional anaesthetic given. Intense agitation, thrashing, diarrhea, vomiting, memory loss (for about 18 hours). Internal bleeding because of the thrashing | M | 56 | 1 times | 7/24/2008 | 5 | ansethesia for same day surgery | WONDERFUL DRUG !! NO MEMORY @ ALL OF THE PROCEDURE AND "NO" SIDE EFFECTS @ ALL !! | I've had this 3 times in the last 15 years for colonoscopy [along with fentanyl for pain relief] and I highly recommend it !! | F | 55 | | 7/21/2008 | 1 | Stent Placement | I was shaking and so out of control that they had to cancel. We will try again later with a different set of medications. | My memory was not completely wiped, I have flashes of the experience. It was not horrible, but definitely not something I want to repeat. | F | 62 | 1 times | 7/21/2008 | 2 | Surgical prcedure and epidural | During the first and second procedures I woke up during surgery; however, after the epidural I experienced side effects post-op. I experienced what I would call extreme vertigo and became diapharetic. I experienced loss of motor control. I was given a separate injection to relieve the vertigo and sweats, and then an antogonist for the Versed (Anexate) to reduce the effects of the drug. | During the first surgery I woke up as the surgeon was making the incision and during the time he was removing tissue. I could feel the cutting and the tugging of skin, and I could hear conversations but could not respond or move. During the second procedure, I could feel the needles penetrating my back and the conversations were muffled but I only experienced that for a very short time. I was extremely ill post-op after the second procedure and I would have to say that I was treated quickly and monitored by 2 nurses that took the situation seriously. After being driven home when it was felt I could be released, I slept another 8 hours and felt wiped out afterwards. It's now been 14 hours since the procedure and I am still unsteady and nauseated. | M | 52 | 2 times | 7/17/2008 | 1 | 1 | Was given Versed during a colonoscopy. I was trying very hard to remember what happened to me during the procedure. I remember yelling and maybe even screaming during the exam but nothing else. I was angry and couldn't get my thoughts together to discuss why it was that I was so angry. I hated this drug. | F | 37 | | 7/17/2008 | 5 | 2nd Degree Burn 40% | I was administered Versed with morphine 48 times over a period of 2 weeks. My experience is both terrifying but at the same time comforting. I have the utmost respect for the doctors and nurses that cared for me those horrible weeks. I experienced complete amnesia about 95% of the time. I do have spotty memory during wound therapy sessions. This procedure was done 3 times a day for a week and I remember 1 session vividly as I refused the versed as I believed it was causing dementia from the holes in my memory. The doctor suspended the versed treatment and they performed a wound treatment that still comes to me in nightmares to this day. Basically the nurses cut off dead exposed skin then scrub open wounds clean and re-bandage. You must be awake for this as you need to move around and respond to the nurses. Without versed I basically remember fighting with nurses screaming in pain and they had to restrain me as i screamed in agony for 1 hour during the procedure. I was promptly admini | The feelings I felt right after being administered the drug was an intense sense of euphoria. A sense of being disconnected from my body. Intense and vivid hallucinations. After about 2-3 minutes of this feeling no recollection for 4-8 hours. I was administered Versed via a Nasal aerosol. I think that this drug is an amazing drug. Trust me their are times when in a hospital that you don't want to remember. I also see a great potential for abuse of this drug as when under its influence you will basically do anything you are asked and feel no pain and have no memory. This drug must be tightly controlled and can never make it to the streets. | M | 28 | 2 weeks | 7/16/2008 | 5 | Colonoscopy | None | After receiving the injection, one moment I was positioning myself at the nurse's request to begin the procedure then the next thing I know I'm waking up in the recovery area. During the 'prep' work, when I inquired about the drug to be used, I was told the Versed would cause amnesia and they were 100% correct. | M | 51 | 1 times | 7/16/2008 | 4 | epidural injection | I'm not sure, but I think I may have developed some unreasonable fears, even to myself, after the injection. Fearful of different things. I was unable to sleep that night but I had slept that day so I don't know if that is the reason. | My fears were that I had said something I shouldn't have said. I know the physician so that could cause issues. I wasn't told Versed was an amnesia drug. I found that out reading information from this site. It was my understanding I would be awake and able to communicate and cooperate. I don't know if either of those things occurred. I remember the nurse injecting the drug. I didn't feel any stinging, that I recall. I remember saying I felt lightheaded and the next thing I recall was the doctor saying it was finished. I felt awake from that point for a few hours, even going to breakfast with my husband. Once I got home I was awake for a short while but then took a nap and slept most of the day. I couldn't sleep that night, I was fearful someone was going to break into the house. I thought it was a good experience because I don't handle pain well. But, the thought of amnesia scares me beyond the pain I may have had to endure. Although I had a good experience I won't use it | F | 55 | 1 times | 7/16/2008 | 1 | SIP port placement for chemotherapy | It did not work the way it should have. I remember the entire experience and was able to correctly answer questions about what happened. | The amnesic effect of the drug failed to work on me. The doctor was very rough and ignored my cries of pain because he figured I would not remember, although the anesthesiologist did end up giving me more versed and fentanyl when I continued to scream and my heart rate went through the roof. Versed is purely a drug of convenience for the surgeons and staff. It is dangerous physically and mentally. When the drug does work like it should, the mind struggles to replace lost memories which can lead to tremendous stress, nightmares, and even permanent memory loss. It also opens the doors for abuse of the patient because they will not remember anything that happened. I recommend never allowing yourself to be given this dangerous medication, something which the doctors are not going to appreciate. At another procedure I had to tell 4 different doctors not to give it to me and they continued to try to trick me into it, using it's trade name Midazolam and simply walking over and sticking a conc | F | 21 | 1 times | 7/15/2008 | 5 | cataract surgery | No side effects other than being drowsy for the rest of the day. | I was given Versed for my second surgery as I was for the first, and the effects were a little different. I was more aware the second time, but it was actually a pleasant experience, not frightening at all. I can't help but wonder if a patient's reaction to this and similar drugs reflects his/her feeling about anesthesia in general--i.e., if you are afraid of being put to sleep and fight the effects of the anesthesia, your experience may be bad; if you aren't afraid (as I am not) and want to be asleep, you just relax and let the drug do its job. Has there been any study done about this, how the mind influences the results of anesthesia? If you know of one (or more), let me know via email. | F | 68 | 1 days | 7/13/2008 | 1 | surgery | I've had Versed several times. Sometimes it's worked perfectly and other times has been like a dream where I'm watching myself move, talk, etc. I don't remember pain with it, although there was violent shaking in post-op after one C-section. My son had it at 4 yrs age for surgical anxiety (ear tubes). Absolutely violent reaction. | He kept trying to pull out his IV's and screaming "I need to WALK" Incoherent for the better part of an hour. There was no way to calm him down or reason with him. He remembers nothing about it but it was terrifying for us as parents. I have it listed as ALLERGY for my son on every medical record. I prefer to not have it, either. | F | 40 | 1 days | 7/12/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy | none | It may be a dirty trick, but I'm just as glad not to remember any of the procedure. | F | 57 | 1 days | 7/11/2008 | 1 | Heart Catheterization | Amnesia of the procedure, panic attack immediately after the procedure, anxiety and depression. | I had previously been given versed before and had anxiety afterwards. I asked to not be given versed for this procedure, and expected to be awake, aware and remember what happened. I have only the memory of being given versed, and trying to stop the nurse. Since the procedure 3 months ago, I have developed anxiety, depression and constant thoughts of suicide. | F | 41 | 2 times | 7/11/2008 |