Midazolam User Reviews & Ratings (Page 2)

• Mrs...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 18, 2023

For Light Sedation "I always receive sedation for an endoscopy, of which I have had many. In the past, they were all pretty good, and once the sedation was administered, I remembered nothing until I woke up in another room, feeling completely out of it. However, during my last endoscopy a few days ago, I was given 1 mg of midazolam, and to my horror, I was awake for the entire procedure. I didn't feel drowsy at all and experienced constant heaving and retching throughout. My throat was sore, and the experience was so unbearable that I even tried to pull the scope out, but the nurse stopped me. I never want to go through that again. I was so distressed that I filed a complaint through the hospital's PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service). In this day and age, we shouldn't have to suffer like this."

• hor...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 7, 2021

Midazolam for Light Sedation "Had what I swore was PTSD after a horrific experience with IV Versed for cardiac cath-could not move nor talk but knew it was taking way too long. Was uncomfortable from positioning and kept having waves of impending death. Now I need cataract surgery and allowed them to convince me that the cath experience was due to how gravely ill I was and the fact that it was a lengthy procedure. 1st eye went OK-partial amnesia, no pain, but again the feeling of impending blindness/death. Procedure only took 10 min, which I could deal with. 2nd eye, another horrific event. After the procedure, given Tylenol and ushered out the door. Sorry state of American health care. I went home and took Tramadol. PS-shame on me, I am an RN and should have known better, but in my area if you ask too many questions or complain, they throw you out of practice and supply well exceeds demand, so what can you do. No more invasive care for me EVER !!!!"

• Lau...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 24, 2023

Midazolam for Seizures "My nurse practitioner gave me this for cluster seizures. I started having them with my regular meds not working. The two times I have used this, it stopped within minutes. Downside, it made me dry heave and throw up."

• Neo...
• May 21, 2019

For Light Sedation "For all those with bad experiences on midazolam, look up the side effect of paradoxical reaction. I had this evil drug given for colonoscopy/gastro. Within seconds of it being given, I was wide awake, fully alert, was being forcibly restrained, and shouted out to “stop being so stupid” and “just swallow, you idiot.” I was trying to get off the table, I was so terrified. Years later, I was told it was a paradoxical reaction. I always list this drug as being allergic and write on all consent forms, “I will not consent to midazolam in any circumstances.” Despite this, I still had smart (?) doctors who refuse to believe and try to give it. Last time I was given it without consent and was violently unwell for 3 days after. As having this reaction, I kept on reacting. They give this to you only so you have no memory of the procedure, it’s a nasty drug. Please, everybody who’s had a bad time, make sure it’s written on your consent forms that you are allergic and list it as an allergy."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 20, 2022

Midazolam for Seizures "My daughter had epilepsy and began using this spray a few months ago whenever she feels a seizure coming. So far, she has used it 4 times, and it has prevented a seizure each time. She also takes 600 mg Lamictal. In her epilepsy support group, many members shared that they use this spray for the same reason. The spray allowed her to stop a second drug that was affecting her cognition."

• Anonymous
• January 22, 2016

Midazolam for Light Anesthesia "This drug was given to me as I'm allergic to eggs, and the other anesthesia was egg-based. I asked what was in this drug and was told, 'I don't know.' Waking up to bits and pieces of reality, trying to grab onto them, but not being successful repeatedly. Going home was double vision. When I got there, I immediately threw up. I didn't want to move. My husband got a chair on wheels to wheel me directly to the bathroom and brought me bedding and a pillow and lay on the bathroom floor. I slept all day and all night. That is one drug I will NEVER take again."

• Joe...
• June 5, 2019

Midazolam for Light Anesthesia "Was given this Versed prior to a minor 30-minute procedure. I “came back” in mid-conversation, realizing my body and brain had been operating without me. Felt like a robot that had been following commands with no free will; bizarre and unsettling experience. For hours after I got home, I’d find myself somewhere in my house doing something and not know how I got there. I tried to finish a book and ended up reading the same chapter over and over again. I had noticeable memory loss for two days and then didn’t feel totally back to normal for about a week. It felt like I was slowly recovering from temporary brain damage. I had to go back for a follow-up to re-hear the results days later for what I’m told was actually the 3rd time I’d been given them. The staff and doctor were also acting awkward around me, and I had a vague feeling of dread and embarrassment. Not worth it."

• Mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 7, 2024

Midazolam for Seizures "Been having multiple types of uncontrolled seizures (grand mals, simple partial seizures). I’m on a mixture of 21 pills a day. This inhaler has really helped me feel more comfortable without having a friend or family member (when at work or out by myself). I’ve had to use it twice, and honestly the first time I don’t remember, my folks just told me my seizures stopped immediately and I started acting normal, but don’t recall any of that. I just know I went to sleep. My second experience, I felt an aura at work and administered it to myself and I never went into a grand mal or stiffened up like a board like normal. I told a coworker to call my mom. I was told that afterward I started acting normal, but once again, I don’t remember a single thing other than the runny nose. I’m really happy this medicine exists because it's really helped the two times I’ve had to use it."

• kbe...
• July 11, 2012

Midazolam for Light Sedation "I was given Versed as sedation for 3 colonoscopies. It is great. After the procedure, I have no grogginess, and it is fast-acting and doesn't linger throughout the day. My last procedure, I was given propofol. It was terrible. I was sick for 2 days. I will definitely have Versed used here on out as long as it's available."

• Ann...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 28, 2019

Midazolam for Light Sedation "I had a port surgically implanted in my shoulder in March 2016. They used Versed and fentanyl. I never fell asleep and remembered everything, including each cut of my skin, the implanting, and felt every stitch pulling. Only the lidocaine was effective to tolerate the procedure. On 09/26/2019, I had a 15-20 minute procedure to take a large amount of bone marrow from a large bone that runs horizontally across the low back. Again, they gave me Versed and fentanyl. The Versed did nothing to sedate me or make me sleep. I was fully awake and aware of everything. Again, lidocaine was used at the incision site, and I believe the fentanyl helped me because, although I felt most everything, I was never in any excruciating pain. Since I was fully coherent, walking and talking, they let me go home right away. Twice now, I was given Versed for sedation, but it did not work, and I have no memory loss. In 2005, it worked for a colonoscopy, but not these last times."

• Nic...
• February 9, 2021

For Light Sedation "Interesting to read other people’s experiences. I was in for a transesophageal echocardiogram (TOE) procedure (a probe into the airway down to the heart and underneath to take pictures of the heart). I had 5 mg midazolam by IV, and this drug didn’t touch me. Wide awake throughout and asking the doctor to remove the probe as I couldn’t suffer it for any longer. Disappointed. They were saying that 2 mg would usually knock out a rugby player. I’m a slim woman in her late 40s who drinks occasionally and doesn’t take drugs other than blood thinners!"

• sue...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 19, 2015

Midazolam for Light Anesthesia "I was given this medication IV before a radiofrequency nerve ablation. I had absolutely no response and had to tolerate the procedure with no assistance. It was extremely painful and nerve-wracking. They gave me the medication and started the procedure without ever checking to see if I was comfortable."

• Mou...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 8, 2019

Midazolam for Light Sedation "My husband has some mild short-term memory loss after taking Neurontin 2 1/2 years ago. Last summer, he had several procedures needing light sedation in which Versed has been used. It has been effective for unawareness of the procedures themselves, but after each dose, his memory loss seems to be progressively worse. We will be talking with his PCP about this, and with any future procedures, he will request no sedation or a different medication."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 5, 2023

Midazolam for Light Sedation "My brother had surgery (first time) when he was 59. They used Versed as a light relaxer prior to putting him under completely. When he woke up, he'd lost memory. He forgot how to do certain things at his job, eventually got lost trying to get to a job he'd worked for over 15 years. He lost years of past memories and some short-term. He was forced to leave his job, was too young for Social Security, had to fight for years to get disability, can't drive."

• Mha...
• April 6, 2015

Midazolam for Light Sedation "I had a total knee replacement three weeks ago, and Versed was used as an amnesia drug while they prepped me, etc. I barely remember anything for the next two and a half days, had short dreams, one in which I was painting, and when I woke up, my hand was up and moving like I had a paintbrush. I don't remember eating a thing in the hospital to this day. My friends who visited told me I had chicken, etc. When my mom and friend came to visit, we were watching television, and I asked her who she found to hang her big screen TV on the wall. She didn't, we were in the hospital. I called my best friend at 3 a.m. to ask her if she could come and get me at a friend's house, I was in the hospital. I'll never have this drug used on me again, ever."

• Ala...
• April 1, 2016

Midazolam for Light Sedation "I have UC and get a colonoscopy every year. The ONLY good thing about this whole procedure is getting 1 to 2 mg of Versed in the prep area and just before they give me propofol. I think it's one of the greatest drugs out there, so much euphoria, everything is awesome, calmness, all the anxiety and any stress you have is gone! Wonderful drug, just wish it would last slightly longer. Regardless, high recommend if you're going to get an outpatient surgery or, in my case, a colonoscopy."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 30, 2022

Midazolam for Light Anesthesia "My very young child had two surgeries. After the first, she was completely changed for at least 48 hours. My sweet, calm, compliant child was screaming, fighting, and angry. The second surgery, I was scared and reported her first reactions. The doctors switched the type of anesthesia but still gave Versed. The reaction was so bad that they called the doctor back from his next surgery. She became hostile and combative. She was screaming and fighting. Since then, her aunt went in for surgery and, as an adult, had the same experience. My daughter's medical records now prohibit its use. Very scary side effects that they do not warn you about."

• Anx...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 11, 2015

Midazolam for Light Anesthesia "I had to have oral surgery as the first stage of dental implants. I had four molars extracted, a sinus lift, and bone grafting. I asked to be put out. I was crying from fear before the surgery, worried about getting sick from the anesthesia. They gave me some Versed in my IV, and everything was okay. I loved it, maybe too much. No anesthesia sickness and no fear. I highly recommend it."

• Ash...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 2, 2020

For Light Sedation "I was just given Versed today as a light sedative for lumbar facet injections. I have diagnosed anxiety and PTSD. I was already very scared, though I try to hold it together because I hate causing a scene. I never felt dizzy, sleepy, or impaired in any way. I felt every prick and movement of every injection (6 of them!). I kept going 'Ow! That hurts!' the whole time. I wish they had taken my asking for something stronger more seriously because it was pointless to give me that. I told them I was terrified. I wish there was a zero option because Versed did nothing for me at all."

• fib...
• October 5, 2011

Midazolam for Light Sedation "I was given Valium first, and I took pain pills at home about 6 hours before the surgery-Norco was all I took. Then right before they wheeled me into the operating room (so they said), I got that Versed IV and a combination block, which was administered via a teeny tiny wire inserted in the inner/upper thigh area-kept my leg NUMB completely for 4 days after that total knee replacement-and the Versed left me with absolutely NO RECOLLECTION of what the surgeons did to my knee. FABULOUS! Severe pain when the nerve blocking wire was removed-morphine IV drip and additional shots via the IV port helped."

• Too...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 13, 2015

Midazolam for Light Anesthesia "I had dental implants. I was a nervous wreck going to the dentist's office. I was in the dentist's chair for 5 minutes, and after that, I don't remember a thing. The next thing I remember was my daughter getting my prescriptions filled at the pharmacy. I am thrilled to say this anesthetic was great! I wish every one of my surgical procedures was this easy. No aftereffects."

• mon...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 28, 2020

For Light Sedation "I went into the hospital today for a gastroscopy investigation - I was given 2 mg Midazolam - I had also explained to the doctor that I have difficulty swallowing and that I would like to have very strong sedation to send me to sleep and also to prevent me from feeling any pain during the procedure. However, although I had a needle inserted at the back of my hand prior to going into the theater, I do not remember or see anyone giving the injection. I was wide awake and very uncomfortable when they were trying to make me swallow the tube, which had to be abandoned because I just could not swallow the tube -"

• You...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 23, 2023

Midazolam for Light Sedation "Was given Versed prior to a hernia surgery I had last fall. The nurse referred to it as 'vein champagne' and for me, it certainly was that. Calmed my nerves within minutes. We could have been under a full-scale nuclear attack at the time, and I would not have cared. Going in to have surgery on a deviated septum in a few weeks, and I'll be asking for this stuff again."

• Jjo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 20, 2019

Midazolam for Light Sedation "I had Versed for 2 steroid epidural injections today, and the Versed maybe lasted 2 minutes, if at all. I remember the nurse saying my lower back will be very cold, and I remember the 2 injections because they felt like big bee stings. I questioned not receiving the Versed and was assured I did. My hands were over my head on the table, and the IV was in my hand, so I didn’t actually see anyone putting anything in it. Next time I’ll skip the Versed and then I won’t need someone to drive me home."

• big...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 8, 2016

For Light Anesthesia "I have had it several times in the last 5 years. Every time I take it, I got more and more crazy. The last time, I really went crazy. I do not remember any of it. My husband said I cussed at them. I told one nurse to have a nice f---ing day. Dear Lord, I will never take it again. He told me I opened the car door on the way home. Had 4 mgs last year and went off on the nurses and pushed a lady out of my way in the hall. I was trying to leave, they say. Never, never again."