What is Twilight Sleep or Sedation?

Question

How long does it last? How effective is it? Do you remember anything during it and if there is anything else you can tell me about it?

It is for removing all 4 wisdom teeth.

Answer 1

Sedation is a light anesthesia, it is done through an iv line you will not be fully asleep but you will not remember anything. It can be a combination of many different drugs, a popular "cocktail" is fentanyl (a pain killer) and versed ( a relaxant, amnesiant). The doctor will give you enough so that you will stay out of it the whole time but you will be able to come to shortly after your teeth are out. This works very well for most people the biggest side effect is getting sick after you wake up but even that doesn't happen very often. I hope this helps you

Answer 2

A little info I think should be considered about this drug Versed ( Midazolam ) that is used for Sedation for many medical procedures..Sedation and General Anesthesia are not the same and quite a few people being given Sedation
think they are being given General Anesthesia!

There is simply no good or valid reason to ever purposely induce amnesia during a medical procedure. It is only a recent development in medical thinking that amnesia is somehow a "benefit" to the patient. On occasion some
some patients will remember a bad experience. Forgetting does not mean it did not happen!!
I feel that if people were aware of the effects of this drug they would Opt For Another Drug!
Erasing someones memory of what was done to them is wrong!!
In fact, many people who use Versed for " IV Sedation,Conscious Sedation" Twilight Sedation, during a procedure are Awake For The Entire Procedure but remember nothing, often Believing They Were "Out" the whole time.

Versed (Midazolam) is an amnestic. It is also commonly used for minor procedures like setting broken bones,colonoscopies,endoscopies, dental procedures like extractions,conscious sedation,twilight sleep, so that patients won't remember pain and discomfort.HOWEVER THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE SENSATIONS WILL NOT BE EXPERIENCED!!!!


Here is a note from a Dentist Who uses Versed
I've used Versed 1000+ times during oral surgery procedures and I've never had a complaint. It's a miracle drug because it is safe and it causes you to not remember an unpleasant experience. My answer to him is isn't it better to have not experienced the pain than to have forgot it. No wonder you have had no complaints they have no memory of the procedure.....

I feel that giving a drug for amnesia is cruel I would not want it done to me!

A strange development in medical thinking that it's okay for a patient to have
pain as long as they don't remember it and think they slept thru the procedure..


Here is a link for some info

http://www.freehelpforcancer.com/manages...

Answer 3

I had twilight, and I had 4 wisdom teeth and three
molars pulled at once. It seemed like 2 minutes. I don't remember anything and didn't feel a thing. Go twilight.

Answer 4

I had this twice. Both times I was not knocked out...I was awake but I didn't really know what was going on and I don't recall very much at all. I felt no pain. Time passed by quickly. It wears off within 5-15 minutes of when they stop giving it to you. I would recommend it. I had no trouble with it either time.

Answer 5

I've had that a couple of times when i had certain medical procedures. I have no memory of the procedures but I am told I was more or less awake. I woke up in recovery after a while and was fine.

Answer 6

doctors do that for some tests where they have to put a tube down ur throat. ur kind of half asleep and don't care about anything but can still communicate with the doc. it wears off in a few hours, you'll remenber everything