How many of us have heard medical minions state that Versed is "short acting"? Have you heard that Versed leaves the body almost immediately? Well, not so fast. Here is an article about how long Versed lingers in the body. I wonder how long the Versed molecules are embedded in the brain? (Where the minions WANT them to be) No test for that and medical workers don't care. Versed may be "short acting" in the hospital, but the effects are felt by many patients months after being poisoned.
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How Long Does Versed Stay in Your System?
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Interesting Discussion
Here we have a question posed by a member of the public who takes exception to Versed's brain scrambling effects. Two people answered. Of note is the anesthesia person. Look carefully at how little he/she cares about continuing cognitive dysfunction. This should scare EVERYBODY! Medical minions in anesthesia don't give a damn whether they turn you into a permanent vegetable. It's not their problem, as shown. These people are incorrigible. Don't let these anti-social miscreants have their way with you. The level of disdain they show for your brain function is out-of-control. Let me ask you this: Would you rather be alive in a permanent vegetative state, with chemically induced Alzheimer's via Versed, or would you rather have a different drug which isn't KNOWN to cause brain damage? The choice isn't live or die. The choice is living with your brain intact or living without.
Alternatives to the drug Versed, Midazolam? | Yahoo Answers
Alternatives to the drug Versed, Midazolam? | Yahoo Answers
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Another Man Harmed by Versed
I got the following story from my inbox. It saddens me that with all the negativity surrounding the drug Versed/Midazolam it is still squirted into the IV without a second thought about the brain function and emotional health of patients. This story is far too common. Here's what "G. P." says.
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"I too was brain injured by a colonoscopy via Versed...no analgesia on board. The little bit of Fentanyl did nothing since they pierced my vein. I disassociated into 4 brains/people. I screamed, cried, tried to get away. It was terrifying. I was in a chemical straight jacket and they just kept pushing more Versed every 2 minutes when my left brain would wake up from the pain and was trying to help me but they just rendered me more incapable. I asked for general anesthesia during the consultation and they gave me 9 mg Versed and 200 mcg (?) Fentanyl instead without telling me before hand. It did nothing. I remembered everything. I felt everything. He was unskilled, rough and the n a hurry he was an hour behind and was rushing and did not stop until the ascending colon when i screamed (the right side of one of my brains screamed "Take that f*cking pole out of my ass now you bastard!" He noted in his report that I asked him to stop. What about the 7 other times I screamed for help? Yelling, pulling away involuntarily each time. Yet he refused to acknowledge my pain and kept on hurting me even removing a flat polyp I would not have allowed me him to do because he was so unskilled. He refused to answer my questions that day 3 hours later when I called. In fact I had to make an appointment and pay to complain, then he lied in his report saying I was dreaming. I was not dreaming it was reality. Not one staff member or the doctor would admit any thing. I am permanently disabled now from disassociating and have severe PTSD. Dr Brain Cleary, an Eisenhower Medical Associate in Palm Springs, California committed this brutal and cruel act on me and big famous Eisenhower Medical Center didn't even do a thing to him or offer me help. My life for the past 1 1/2 years as been living hell and will continue to be until I die."
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As you can tell, this was the colonoscopy from HELL! Just like most of them are, except this time the guy remembered it. This is barbaric. If this is what you want from your medical minions, by all means allow them to abuse you like this. Otherwise demand to know what the "sedation" is and if it's Versed, refuse it. Do not engage in any discussion over this issue, they will argue until they are blue in the face, and, ominously, they will find something in what you said or didn't say which they can misconstrue as permission to use Versed.
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"I too was brain injured by a colonoscopy via Versed...no analgesia on board. The little bit of Fentanyl did nothing since they pierced my vein. I disassociated into 4 brains/people. I screamed, cried, tried to get away. It was terrifying. I was in a chemical straight jacket and they just kept pushing more Versed every 2 minutes when my left brain would wake up from the pain and was trying to help me but they just rendered me more incapable. I asked for general anesthesia during the consultation and they gave me 9 mg Versed and 200 mcg (?) Fentanyl instead without telling me before hand. It did nothing. I remembered everything. I felt everything. He was unskilled, rough and the n a hurry he was an hour behind and was rushing and did not stop until the ascending colon when i screamed (the right side of one of my brains screamed "Take that f*cking pole out of my ass now you bastard!" He noted in his report that I asked him to stop. What about the 7 other times I screamed for help? Yelling, pulling away involuntarily each time. Yet he refused to acknowledge my pain and kept on hurting me even removing a flat polyp I would not have allowed me him to do because he was so unskilled. He refused to answer my questions that day 3 hours later when I called. In fact I had to make an appointment and pay to complain, then he lied in his report saying I was dreaming. I was not dreaming it was reality. Not one staff member or the doctor would admit any thing. I am permanently disabled now from disassociating and have severe PTSD. Dr Brain Cleary, an Eisenhower Medical Associate in Palm Springs, California committed this brutal and cruel act on me and big famous Eisenhower Medical Center didn't even do a thing to him or offer me help. My life for the past 1 1/2 years as been living hell and will continue to be until I die."
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As you can tell, this was the colonoscopy from HELL! Just like most of them are, except this time the guy remembered it. This is barbaric. If this is what you want from your medical minions, by all means allow them to abuse you like this. Otherwise demand to know what the "sedation" is and if it's Versed, refuse it. Do not engage in any discussion over this issue, they will argue until they are blue in the face, and, ominously, they will find something in what you said or didn't say which they can misconstrue as permission to use Versed.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Too Many Cooks
There are too many cooks in the health care kitchen This article is also from Dr. Kevin's blog. This is something which I have previously mentioned in a slightly different context.
I object to all the extraneous people costing patient money. There is no end to people populating medical entities all doing minor variations of the same job. Do we need to pay all those people a lavish salary? My contention is NO.
Do we need 40 or so different people roaming around and questioning us like a team of homicide investigators? I don't think so.
Do we need a different diagnosis from myriad people? Is it a game of 20 questions and we get to pick which diagnosis we wish to have? Of course not, the patient's job is to endure it all and then pay up. It's scandalous.
I got around it by having a patient advocate. One more person involved in my care, right? lol. The difference is that the patient advocate was MY employee. Her job was to make sure that the HOSPITAL workers remembered their place. Her job was to make sure that I was treated like a human being, not a slab of meat, there to be used for profit.
I object to all the extraneous people costing patient money. There is no end to people populating medical entities all doing minor variations of the same job. Do we need to pay all those people a lavish salary? My contention is NO.
Do we need 40 or so different people roaming around and questioning us like a team of homicide investigators? I don't think so.
Do we need a different diagnosis from myriad people? Is it a game of 20 questions and we get to pick which diagnosis we wish to have? Of course not, the patient's job is to endure it all and then pay up. It's scandalous.
I got around it by having a patient advocate. One more person involved in my care, right? lol. The difference is that the patient advocate was MY employee. Her job was to make sure that the HOSPITAL workers remembered their place. Her job was to make sure that I was treated like a human being, not a slab of meat, there to be used for profit.
An Anesthesiologist Explains Things
I came across this article in one of my emails from Dr. Kevin. Will your anesthesiologist leave the OR? Patients deserve to know. Every patient needs to know who will be in charge of their anesthesia. It is our RIGHT under the law. This anesthesiologist agrees with me.
Know that a routine procedure featuring nothing more than "sedation" (amnesia) can kill you. So for some minor detail, your anesthesia can kill you. I would like to be able to CONTRACT with an anesthesia provider directly. I would like to be able to demand a video of my entire time in the OR. That way substitutions could be ascertained. To this day I'm not really sure that the surgeon I contracted with actually performed my surgery. It was so poorly done, it would surprise me if the PA didn't do it. The PA was literally listed on the hospital records as my surgeon. HE is the person I saw prior to surgery, not my doctor. I had no clue who he was. The NURSE who performed my botched anesthesia did NOT reveal that he was 1) a nurse and 2) was going to perform my anesthesia and 3) had every intention of defying my wishes and doing whatever he damned well pleased regardless of what *I* said or gave permission for.
If it hadn't been for the fraudulent "anesthesiologist" I wouldn't have had my experience and wouldn't be here. I had an absolute RIGHT to dictate WHAT care I was to receive and by WHOM. Things need to change.
This anesthesiologist is one the right track. However one needs to read the comments. Once again what appears to be a crna jumps into the fray with their little self serving "moniker" featuring a drug name to let everybody know they work in anesthesia. Do they realize that Dr. Kevin is widely read by the general public, especially those of us who have been treated badly by medical people?
Know that a routine procedure featuring nothing more than "sedation" (amnesia) can kill you. So for some minor detail, your anesthesia can kill you. I would like to be able to CONTRACT with an anesthesia provider directly. I would like to be able to demand a video of my entire time in the OR. That way substitutions could be ascertained. To this day I'm not really sure that the surgeon I contracted with actually performed my surgery. It was so poorly done, it would surprise me if the PA didn't do it. The PA was literally listed on the hospital records as my surgeon. HE is the person I saw prior to surgery, not my doctor. I had no clue who he was. The NURSE who performed my botched anesthesia did NOT reveal that he was 1) a nurse and 2) was going to perform my anesthesia and 3) had every intention of defying my wishes and doing whatever he damned well pleased regardless of what *I* said or gave permission for.
If it hadn't been for the fraudulent "anesthesiologist" I wouldn't have had my experience and wouldn't be here. I had an absolute RIGHT to dictate WHAT care I was to receive and by WHOM. Things need to change.
This anesthesiologist is one the right track. However one needs to read the comments. Once again what appears to be a crna jumps into the fray with their little self serving "moniker" featuring a drug name to let everybody know they work in anesthesia. Do they realize that Dr. Kevin is widely read by the general public, especially those of us who have been treated badly by medical people?
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Anesthesia Worker Agrees
The post below is from www.versedbusters.blogspot.com Here is a link to the post in situ: Blogger: Versed Busters - Post a Comment I like to re-post this kind of sane thinking to balance the craziness that I deal with on this blog. Of course I agree with this intelligent man. As I have said before; there are some very good anesthesia nurses out there. The problem is, you won't know whether you are getting a rational nurse or a control freak. Since I mostly deal with the latter here, my opinion is that anesthesia nurses are dangerous if you value your cognitive function. All anybody has to do is look through the responses nomidazolam gets from the vast majority of nurses who post here. This gentleman is the exception. Thanks Robert.
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Robert Dickinson said...
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Robert Dickinson said...
Dear Folks, I feel your pain. I am a nurse anesthetist with over 27 years of experience. Every single day I watch as patients are given this drug needlessly. I very rarely administer midazolam for all the reasons I read above. There is a subset of patients who desire to be heavily sedated before they ever leave their families. I accommodate this request of course, but first I have a calm caring conversation with my patient about their specific fears. Sedation anesthesia is very challenging. Most of the time what we call sedation is actually a variation of a general anesthetic. An oversedated patient will loose the ability to cooperate. They may misinterpret sensations causing them to respond inappropriately. For instance, an elderly patient presents for a cataract surgery may think that a drop of water tricking down her face is a fly and move to swat it away. This prompts the staff to restrain her or administer more sedation when what she really needed was a different medication and some reorientation. Ask questions. Take control of your care. Tell the professionals caring for you what you expect.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Posting on this Blog
Sorry to any reader who wants to post on this blog. From time to time I have to block "anonymous" postings, mainly because of one nurse who has some kind of obsession with me/this blog. This person must come here daily and try to post... I recently allowed anonymous postings again and IMMEDIATELY I got a nasty post. So we are back to only identifiable postings. You may also email me at nomidazolam@aol.com I will NOT post the contents of your email without your expressed consent. I will not reveal your identity on this blog. I'm sorry I have to do this because many of you want to share your thoughts and experiences with Versed without worrying about vicious personal attacks. All it takes in one creepy stalker of a nurse to wreck it for everybody, right? Oh well. We may have to deal with these people in our daily lives, but NOT on this blog.
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