tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536445998093886588.post6440093437089786360..comments2023-09-22T04:02:57.780-07:00Comments on No Midazolam: My Hope For Versed PushersNever Againhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00809517208101930723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536445998093886588.post-42591705764665346302014-07-26T09:57:36.536-07:002014-07-26T09:57:36.536-07:00I LOVE this comment! It goes to show how little r...I LOVE this comment! It goes to show how little regard anesthesia providers (probably one of those crna's) thinks of us. I'm going to use this comment as the basis for one of my posts. Thanks anonymous for being so freakin' stupid that you have proved my point. Gotta love it.Never Againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809517208101930723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536445998093886588.post-7456120324471405982014-07-20T12:09:15.501-07:002014-07-20T12:09:15.501-07:00This is ridiculous, you are clearly over reacting ...This is ridiculous, you are clearly over reacting to the situation, Versed is not a completely 100% benign drug, no drug is, there are always possible side effects or complications with any drug, it is a calculated risk vs benefit ratio that must be considered and weighed with each patient based on their history and current condition. <br />To accuse anesthesia practitioners as being malicious or deceitful by administering this medication is just ignorant, this medication is not given for our benefit, we are patient advocates first and Versed is one tool in our tool box to help prevent surgical awareness and recall. If you don't know, intraop awareness and recall is a major concern, mostly because if this occurs there is no way of us to know because during most procedures the patient is chemically paralyzed to protect the patient from injury related to moving while the surgeon is operating. Versed is an amnestic medication given so you don't experience intraop awareness or post op recall. Now call me crazy but I would much rather not remember being cut open or scoped or whatever procedure I would be going through and a couple hours of recovery time than to actually remember it all. By signing the anesthesia consent form you are giving us permission to provide you the 3 A's of anesthesia (amnesia, analgesia, and anesthesia), If you would like to know all the details of every medication you are to be given, ASK! I personally always tell my patients what versed does and to this date I have never had 1 patient say they don't want it or have a problem with temporary chemical induced amnesia. <br />To say Versed is driving the cost of medical procedure through the roof is also just wrong, Versed is cheap (a box of 25 2mg/2ml vials costs approximately 54$, that equates out to $2.16 per 2mg vial (which is the typical premedication dose). The number of people that require the level of "post versed therapy" you are referring to vs the # that don't is minuscule, so to say it's a driving force in making huge profits for the medical field is just inaccurate, there is no conspiracy here to suck $ out of patients by giving them drugs that are going to have a negative long term effect on their psyche. <br />I have personally undergone several procedures in which I have received Versed and have never had a single problem with it. To wish all those terrible things you speak of on another is just wrong, I'm sorry you had a bad experience but I would never wish the same on another if it were me that went through it.<br /><br />You need to seek psychological therapy for your issues if you haven't yet, five years is a loooong time to be this obsessed about one single bad experience. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com