Midazolam is a benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, managing difficulty sleeping and treating extreme agitation. It is marketed under the brand name Versed and other names. Midazolam works by inducing sleepiness, reducing anxiety, and preventing new memory formation.
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Book an Appointment| Midazolam | Lorazepam |
|---|---|
| Brand name Versed | Brand name Ativan |
| Used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, difficulty sleeping, and extreme agitation | Used to manage anxiety disorders, for the short-term relief of symptoms of anxiety |
| Molecular Formula: C18H13ClFN3 | Formula: C15H10Cl2N2O2 |
| Molecular Weight: 325.8 g/mol | Molar mass: 321.2 g/mol |
Consult with your healthcare provider for personalized medical advice, proper usage, and potential risks associated with midazolam.
Midazolam injections are used to induce drowsiness, relieve anxiety, and prevent memory loss during medical procedures and surgery. It's also sometimes used as part of a surgical anesthetic to induce a state of unconsciousness.
Common side effects are - Nausea, vomiting, dizziness, or drowsiness, mental/mood changes, shaking/tremor, slow/fast heartbeat, blurred vision.
Using other drugs that make you sleepy or slow your breathing soon after you've been treated with midazolam can result in dangerous side effects or death. Before taking an opioid medication, a sleeping pill, a muscle relaxant, or medicine for anxiety or seizures, consult your doctor.
Versed (midazolam) is a benzodiazepine, a form of medication that induces drowsiness, relaxation, and partial or complete memory loss when taken. It's also used to help you tolerate a medical procedure better.
Midazolam can be delivered orally, intravenously, or intramuscularly, or sprayed into the nose or cheek. It normally starts working in five minutes when administered intravenously, but it can take up to fifteen minutes when injected into a muscle. The effects last anywhere from one to six hours.
Sedation with midazolam is used before diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures. It's an imidazole benzodiazepine that depresses the central nervous system (CNS) with a fast onset of action and few side effects.
Midazolam is a strong sedative that involves thorough administration and dose personalization. Midazolam is 3 to 4 times more active per mg than diazepam in clinical trials.
Midazolam does not boost pain regulation as an alternative to morphine in the prehospital treatment of trauma-induced pain, according to our results. Midazolam use, on the other hand, tends to be related to an improvement in drowsiness.
Midazolam is an extremely useful and safe drug for both inpatients and outpatients when used with caution, proper patient monitoring, and gradual, precise titration to the desired effect.
While midazolam induced anterograde amnesia, no evidence of retrograde amnesia has been found. After laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a patient developed profound amnesia, both anterograde and retrograde. After IV injections of the benzodiazepine antagonist flumazenil, the patient's memory was restored.
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