Sedation Questions

Hydroxyzine HCL?

I have never heard of this particular med and need to know other peoples opinion of this. I can not take Benzo's that can lead to addiction. Is there anything out there that works. This one ...

Posted 10 days ago • 2 answers •

What is the maximum dose of Trazodone that's used?

Either for sleeping or depression?

Posted 11 days ago • 5 answers •

I am prescribed a 1mg Ativan for an MRI tomorrow. Will this help me?

I am currently taking three 1mg Xanax per day & I am very tolerant to them. I have chronic pain issues & am on a few opioid meds also. Will this one pill really help the MRI experience better ...

Posted 19 Apr 2012 • 1 answer • 1 star

Who can give me a little more information on Ativan, how it has worked for them and anxiety?

Posted 4 Apr 2012 • 2 answers •

Anxiety - Properly tapering off Ativan?

Hi everyone So glad to have found this place. I have suffered from severe anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, stress-intolerance, Agoraphobia and a few other anxiety-related disorders for about 12 years ...

Posted 10 Mar 2012 • 3 answers • 1 star

Doctor change my medicine routine... wht should I do?

dear all , i was taking clonzepam/clovas 0.25 mg. twice a day along with sertaline 0.25 mg. day time and trazodone 25 mg. at night. i am regular user of tobacco chewing , left alcohol before 1 year. ...

Posted 10 Mar 2012 • 2 answers •

My spinal stim was removed after. 2 attempt to rid inf?

without the stim I'm useless.I am taking 4mg dilaudid every 4 hrs., 50 mug fentanyl patch change ever 24 hrs,and valium 1-2 every 8 hrs. I have terrible pain in my left leg, back, foot. The ...

Posted 9 Mar 2012 • 1 answer •

Trazodone reaction time questions?

I started trazodone last night for sleep, took 25 mg an hour before bed, with no reaction. 90 min later I took another 25 mg. (had been in bed for 30 minutes). From reading other people's posts, ...

Posted 15 Feb 2012 • 3 answers • 1 star

Does fentanyl show up as herion on a drug screen?

I had a friend go in and the screen said he tested positive for herion, but he swears up and down all he took was a fentanyl patch... just wondering if he is telling the truth or does herion only ...

Posted 23 Jan 2012 • 1 answer •

Light Sedation - I am absolutely terrified of the dentist and need some extractions, my dentist have

... given me a prescription for Valium 5, one before bed and two an hour before my treatment, will this work for me, i cannot imagine letting a dentist work on my mouth while i am conscious

Posted 20 Jan 2012 • 2 answers •

Hi, Can I take Zoloft (Sertraline) in divided dose for example after breakfast and lunch?

I am also on Ritalin 30 mg/day (20 mg morning and 10 mg afternoon) and Lorazepam 2 mg at 9:00 p.m. Thank you.

Posted 20 Jan 2012 • 2 answers •

I was prescribed Seroquel 4-5 months ago. I can't seem to get up farther than 50-75 mgs. without too

... much sedation. On Lamictal and Ativan which have lately not kept my anxiety and hypomania (Bipolar 1) in check but are still viable options for me. I'm scared of all I read about Seroquel. ...

Posted 10 Jan 2012 • 3 answers • 1 star

I started taking Depakote last night. It is not the ER and I started at 250mg and going to work my?

... way up as needed. I was so sleepy all day. Does anyone have experience to tell me about how long it takes to adjust to the sedation? BTW. Going up to 500mg tonight

Posted 18 Dec 2011 • 6 answers • 1 star

Midazolam - Is anybody able to comment on the side effects of Versed delivered "too rapidly" ?

I am a general dentist new to midlevel IV sedation. We had a high anxiety patient in need of at least 2 hours of dentistry. As we delivered Versed and 100 ug of Fentanyl, we noticed that the patient ...

Posted 10 Dec 2011 • 2 answers •

Why would a MD give Fentanyl, a KNOWN PATIENT ALLERGY, multiple times during a routine surgery?

... Outcome... heathy pt now has severe pulmonary edema, marked atelectasis... respiratory failure, begets cardiac failure

Posted 9 Dec 2011 • 1 answer •