Midazolam for Light Sedation User Reviews

• Ups...
• December 28, 2021

Midazolam "I tell the nurses and Dr. each time I have a procedure that this medication does not work for me. They totally ignore me. I had a trial stimulator put in my back today after telling every nurse and Dr. they still used it. I was totally awake until they finished. Horrible experience. It was so painful. I am not happy!!!"

• Fri...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 12, 2019

Midazolam "Although I have also enjoyed Versed, I'm writing this as a witness to what my friend went through. My buddy dislocated his arm for the second time. After learning about Versed and memory loss, he asked to be knocked out. The doctor refused and rather insisted on Versed with plenty of Demerol. The drugs were given, and my friend laid comfortably until it was time. The doc and helper started trying to put his arm in. That's when the screaming began! While under the drugs, my friend was communicating (yelling/crying) with the doctor, begging him to put him out. He even told the doctor, 'I'll remember this.' It was a lengthy, painful struggle, but the arm finally popped in. My friend then quickly fell asleep. Once he came to, he didn't remember a thing! Witnessing that, I've had disturbed feelings about the drug."

• Han...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 12, 2021

"Given 2.5 mg of midazolam for sedation during upper GI endoscopy. It didn't do a thing. I was fully awake, fully knew what was going on, could feel everything. Had to have head held as I was gagging so much. This drug had no effect on me whatsoever."

• MCa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 26, 2020

Midazolam "My dad was given Versed during a colonoscopy at the VA, and he never recovered his memory. He was absolutely independent prior to the Versed. He was robbed of the rest of his life because of this drug."

• Ver...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 16, 2020

Midazolam "Had a paradoxical reaction before hernia repair - was supposed to be light sedation but instead had to be put under to finish the surgery. Had anxiety attacks for years after. Had numerous operations - before and since - with nothing but local, and they were fine. Two hand surgeries involved Fentanyl, which I have no issue with. For me, Versed is the PCP of benzodiazepines."

• 199...
• August 9, 2016

Midazolam "Went in to get a celiac plexus block. Was given three doses of Versed. Kept telling the docs that I was fully awake, aware, and very anxious because what they were doing hurt considerably. I have been put under for multiple procedures and know the point when you are starting to go 'out.' This never occurred. They just kept repeating that I was fine and I would 'forget everything.' To which I kept reiterating that I would not and the Versed wasn't working. They might as well have given me water in my IV. I ended up jumping off of the table and had to leave. My main doctor's office that referred me to have the procedure kept telling me that there's no way I would remember anything. Wish that was the case. Would not recommend."

• Kst...
• November 19, 2019

"Had midazolam this morning to help me with an endoscopy I was terrified of having. It did absolutely nothing. I was wide awake through the whole thing and panicked and wretched through the whole procedure. I remember all of it too, including the doctor telling a student, ‘See how the texture changes in the duodenum? Looks like Toblerone!’ It was awful."

• Mag...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 8, 2021

Midazolam "I was given Versed twice for cataract surgery. First surgery went perfectly, and I had the sensation of being asleep and then awakened in recovery. The second surgery a month later resulted in a situation where I remembered every aspect of the surgery, but had no pain, likely due to the anesthetic eye drops being used. I will not choose this drug for anesthesia again."

• Lis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 14, 2016

Midazolam "I had 3 surgeries within 3 months as a teen. This drug is what the pre-op physician gave me 1-2 minutes prior to wheeling me back into surgery. It is supposed to calm nerves, but it had the opposite effect for me. I was very nervous about the surgery, so I was given a syringe of it in my hand 1-2 minutes prior to them wheeling me back. It caused instant anxiety and impending feelings of doom. I was hyperventilating, blubbering, crying, freaking out as they put me to sleep. My surgeon was in tears and was petting my head to calm me. I ask for no IV pre-sedatives now."

• Bec...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 9, 2020

"This midazolam didn't work at all on me as a sedative. I had a gastroscopy today and can remember it all and could feel everything, it was horrible. I wasn't sleepy at all. I felt like the sedative didn't work at all, so there wasn't any point in having sedation."

• L C...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 25, 2016

Midazolam "Following major jaw surgery, wires and screws were to be removed from my upper jaw, extending all the way to my eye sockets. I arrived at the center, was asked to sit in a dental chair, and had both arms strapped down. I wondered about that. Then, Versed was administered. Off to Neverland? Never. When I awoke, thinking it was all over, the doctor was quite upset with me. I had unknowingly become agitated and combative, and he was unable to begin. Versed didn't work for me. I was very embarrassed to hear how the drug caused me to behave."

• No...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 1, 2017

Midazolam "I was given Versed during a surgery on 12-27-2066. Starting on 12-28-20016 and through the next two days, I have been having periods when my heart starts beating wildly for no reason and other periods that it seems to slow and flutter. I needed to return to the doctor's office for an EKG, but nothing was happening during the time of the test, so he saw nothing. This should pass in time, but who wants to mess with this for days to weeks after surgery? Five days after surgery, I still can't focus my eyes together properly, and my vision is still blurry, and I am a little dizzy. Close-up objects are perceived as double."

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

"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 "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 !!!!"

• Neo...
• May 21, 2019

"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."

• kbe...
• July 11, 2012

Midazolam "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 "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

"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!"

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

Midazolam "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 "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 "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 "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."

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

"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 "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."

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

"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 -"