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 | Finger Surgery | This stuff was great. I'm 21F, 125 lbs, no health problems. Within a few minutes of administration I was completely relaxed without a care in the world, it was almost euphoric. No complaints, no side effects. | F | 21 | 1 times | 1/27/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | I vomited in the car on the way home and did not remember it. | I was told I might sleep and would forget what happened. I had a wonderful sleep and I could remember little about going home. I slept until 5pm that day and felt great. I'm glad I did not remember the procedure. | F | 40 | 1 days | 1/27/2006 | 1 | hand surgery | I was aware of my pain during surgery and couldn't stop them. I couldn't breath and it felt like they had a blow torch on my hand. I screamed I'm awake and your torturing me. I can't breath! and I fought them for my life. They fought me back until they could get me unconscious. I ended up with a wrenched back and the IV in my other hand ripped me up inside. Since this happened a week ago I have felt like ripping someones heart out and feeding it to them. A real rage. I'm looking for an attorney. The surgery turned out to be more traumatic than having my thumb and forefinger almost completely removed by a table saw. | This stuff should be avoided at all costs. | M | 48 | 1 times | 1/22/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | First i am bi polar and get panicky quite easily. My experience was great. I remember nothing about the procedure, nor the trip home. No side affets after getting home. And the sleep was great, i also have insomnia | M | 61 | | 1/17/2006 | 4 | upper endoscopy | Doctor and nurse both elaborated on potential drug side effects including amnesia, which did occur. I remember nothing after the Versed was administered intraveniously until I awoke in the recovery room. I felt no pain or post-examination discomfort. I was lucid minutes after leaving the OR. | The endoscopy was routine: no samples were taken. I was given a step by step detailing of what would take place and a timetable for recovery. Procedure was done in an operating room with full monitoring. It worked for me. | M | 66 | 1 days | 1/11/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | The doc said he had to give me 2 1/2 times the normal amount to get me down along with demerol for pain. The versed portion felt great I can remember pretty much everything including the wonderful dreams I was having. | It was great until the excrutiating pain kicked in from "going around a turn of my colon" I screamed a lot, Doc stopped for a minute they calmed me down, I went back to my great place in "Versed land" then there was more horendous pain my screaming stopped the procedure before it was done, he did not go around the last turn, unfortunetly. I have a fairly high tolerance to pain being a liver transplant patient, I've had many procedures. The versed portion is great if you dont have anxiety problems about not remebering things, because things get fairly fuzzy @ points, but it does not help with pain. | F | 23 | 2 times | 1/6/2006 | 1 | Colonoscopy 12-21-05 | I experienced vomiting for several hours after returning home following the procedure, which led to severe dehydration, fainting multiple times, and a ride back to the hospital in an ambulance. In the ER, I fainted again, and my heart stopped. Luckily, I have a strong, healthy heart, and it started beating again on its own, just as the ER crew was preparing the defib paddles to bring me back. Thanks to my husband for sensing the urgency of my condition and calling 911! I have not yet, but do intend to, find out exactly how much Versed & Demerol I was given. Shouldn't a person's weight determine the amount administered? I was told that there is "a standard adult dose." I weigh about 110, so I can't imagine that I should get the same amount as a 250-pound person. | F | 53 | | 12/29/2005 | 1 | Versed Discussion Page | If you have issues with Versed please visit versedbusters.blogspot.com/ and share your experience or add your comments. | Go to versedbusters.blogspot.com/ | M | 44 | 1 times | 12/19/2005 | 1 | endoscopic surgery for sinuses | Anesthesiologist said he was giving me a sedative - failed to mention that it would cause amnesia. Have no memory of going to OR, had a severe panic attack after recovery. Total loss of control - no idea who was in the surgery room w/ me. Not informed or would have declined it. | F | 40 | 1 days | 12/14/2005 | 1 | tear duct probe | confusion, not able to recognize me or anything that was going on around her. She appeared to be afraid and completely freaked out. | My daughter went in to have her tear duct probed. Simple procedure. They suggested Versed and said it would calm her down. It had the complete opposite effect. She was agitated, confused, scared, screaming, not able to focus. This was very scary, we were unable to calm her due to the Versed. | F | 1 | 1 days | 12/8/2005 | 2 | Gen'l. anesthesia - abdominal surg. | Info provided to me by nurse following my surgery: I awoke in Intensive care following abdominal surgery to repair an umbilical hernia. Apparently when the anesthesiologist attempted to reverse the versed induced sleep, my heart began an irregular function (heart attack on the table). I was told by the nurse and later by the doctor that this kind of thing was seen from time to time in patients where VERSED is used to induce sleep (General Anesthesia). | I was told that my being "hypothyroid" may also have been a contributing factor. Secondly however., I have heard from several people that have either had problems or know someone who has had problems during reversal attempts of VERSED induced general anesthesia. FYI: VERSED is widely used to induce general anesthesia in most surgical processes, including oral surgery. The reason it is so widely used is because (I am told) it is a shorter acting drug and easier to reverse than other drugs of its type. In addition, because of it's memory killing ability, it helps erase any memory of waking up during surgery or of severe pain during surgical procedures. Versed has been used on me for general anesthesia purposes eight times. Each use was roughly 2 hours in duration and only produced a heart problem once. But then again, humans only have one life to live and all I can say is "buyer beware". | M | 48 | 8 times | 11/21/2005 | 4 | pediatric dental fillings | She is 20 pounds, 20 months old female and it seemed to just make her relaxed, like she was drunk. She was still responsive. She still cried during dental procedure, but not hysterical crying so she got through it. It was an alternative to general anesthesia. I really didn't want to put her to sleep. The dentist said he had hoped she was heavier so they could have given her more and it may have worked better, but you have to do it by weight. It took effect in about a half an hour and was gone in a couple of hours. She was back to normal very quickly. I would do it again to mellow her out, but hopefully with the dental wipes, brushing, and magnesium supplements we won't have to. | F | 1 | 1 days | 11/17/2005 | 1 | Dislocated shoulder, age 18 | Total loss of memory for four days, other amnesiac periods, plus upset stomach. | The doctor told me that this would help relax me while they set my shoulder. I remember getting the shot, the next thing I know I'm in the car on the way to the doctor...four days after having my shoulder reset. I was a zombie for days, my parents said, and then I started to feel sick and the grogginess stayed with me for another three or four days. I was not amused or pleased. Relaxing and a total loss of memory are two seperate things. I have to have a colonoscopy soon and will be avoiding Versed at all costs. | F | 25 | 1 days | 11/16/2005 | 1 | 'Premed' for hernia repair | I was given this drug under the petense of being given something to 'relax' me before laparoscopic hernia repair. I was not told I was being given Versed, an amnesiac or an anethesthetc. I remember being wheeled into the OR. Just as I got on the table and started to look around I heard a loud burst of static, and then was struggling to wake up in recovery. I never even got to really see the OR for which I paid many $$$ to use. I like to be involved in my care and know what is being done to me, and although I was facing general anesthesia I was looking forward to at least being involved in the prep work. | My complaint is not with the drug, but with how it was used on me. When I complained to the anestheologist all I got was a lecture about how I had to trust 'those who know what they are doing', this after catching him red handed misrepsenting what he was going to do! I think this drug would be fine if used to give people choices, but it suspect it is mainly being used to speed things up. I will never forgive the anesthesiologist or the hospital for mispresenting what they were about to do to me. | M | 57 | 1 days | 11/6/2005 | 3 | Cardioversion | I have had versed admistered to me multiple times during cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. It seems that afterward for 3 to 5 days I have unrelenting headaches ranging from mild to migraine in intensity. I am unsure if this is relate to versed or other issues, but seldom have headaches other than after cardioversion. | M | 60 | 1 days | 10/26/2005 | 3 | Need information to include in a medical report on Versed. | I am preparing a paper on the effects of Versed, and am particularly interested in its relationship to amnesia. This paper is for a pharmacology course in the surgical tech program. I am very interested in the comments posted here, but cannot use them without the dosages. If you would like to help me, please indicate the following: 1) how the drug was administered (shot or IV); 2) how many mg over what period of time; 3) any additional meds; and of course the results. Thank you. | F | | 10/23/2005 | 2 | F | 1 days | 10/6/2005 | 1 | Pre-anethsesia for knee surgery | I was given 2 mg. of versed prior to being brought into the operating room for a knee arthroscopy. Prior to surgery, the doctor asked me if I wanted something to help me relax and I said no, I feel fine. About 5 minutes later he came back and injected something into my IV. I asked him what it was and he said it was just something to help me relax. At that point, I was irritated because I don't like to take more meds than necessary and don't like the groggy feeling you get sometimes from demerol, etc. A couple of minutes after he gave me the shot, they wheeled me into the OR. I was starting to feel a little strange; I was getting dizzy, nauseaous and I had a really bad bitter taste in the back of my mouth. I told the doctor that I was feeling sick and thought I was going to vomit. I kept trying to sit up. Something was definitely not right. They had me lie back down and the next thing I know I was in the recovery room surrounded by nurses who were watching my monit | Obviously, I can never take this drug again or it will kill me. | F | 45 | 1 days | 10/6/2005 | 2 | EGD (upper GI scope) | Prolonged amnesia... lost everything from injection to discharge from hospital (1.5hrs), continued intermittent amnesia for ~4 more hours | Scares me that I can't remember recovery period at all... don't remember dressing, signing discharge, etc. Forgot that I had had lunch (2 hrs after med). Didn't know it would cause profound amnesia for so long. Not good feeling for anxiety/control issues! | F | 36 | 1 times | 10/1/2005 | 5 | used for procedures | No side effects what-so-ever. | I have been administered versed for 10 procedures. Including a lumpectomy. Never had a problem. It has been administered along with other medications. Still, no problems. Last week I had an endoscopic upper GI and was administered Propofol. I had mood changes and was looking for a fight later that day. This is not my normal nature. So, yesterday, when having a colonoscopy, I insisted on versed. I was administerd Versed and Demerol. I drifted in and out during procedure. Had no pain. Minutes after procedure, I got myself up and dressed. Went home, ate a bite, took a nap. After nap, got up and was my usual nice self. Please note that many anesthesiologists will now try to insist on giving you propofol because nurses can now administer versed, so insurance companies will not pay for an anesthesiologist to administer it. If you ask for versed and they insist on propofol or other, it is about money. | F | 44 | 10 times | 9/29/2005 |