Versed (midazolam) Has anyone ever heard of having adverse effects due to the anterograde amnesia it causes?

Question

I had Versed while I was in the holding area getting ready to be wheeled to the OR for surgery. I only remember getting past the holding area doors and being in the hallway in route to the OR. After that I remember nothing. Every night after the surgery I would wake up an obsess about what I couldn't recall on the way to the OR. It was as if I was trying to pick my brain to recall something but just couldn't. Like knowing that you know someone's name but you just can't remember it. It is a very nagging feeling and it took months for me to stop obsessing about it.

Answer 1

Midazolam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has powerful anxiolytic, amnestic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, skeletal muscle relaxant and sedative properties. It is considered a fast-acting benzodiazepine, with a short elimination half-life.

Anterograde amnesia is a form of amnesia, or memory loss, where new events are not transferred to long-term memory. After the onset of the disorder, the sufferer will not be able to recall events which occurred only moments earlier, once their attention has shifted to something else.

A temporary form of anterograde amnesia, sometimes referred to as traveler's amnesia, is also induced by some medications. Benzodiazepines and imidazopyridines all have varying degrees of anterograde amnesic effects.This is utilised in the use of benzodiazepines such as temazepam and lorazepam as premedicatants.

so,surely midazolam may cause mild amnesia...and midazolam is a schedule IV controlled substance....

hope this helps u...

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 have never heard of anyone becoming obsessed with trying to remember what the Versed "erased" (or never allowed to become a memory).

Just be assured that the amnesia is a known and desired effect of the drug, and that most people are quiet and sedate (not making fools of themselves).

I like to tell people that the drug will make them forgetful, as it can have that effect for hours after awakening from a short anesthetic.

In the future, let your anesthesiologist know that the amnesia bothered you, and that if you are going to get any Versed, that it should be given right before anesthesia is induced.

Hope that helps!