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Versed - Midazolam - Injection Brand Drug

General Information

Tell your doctor of all nonprescription and prescription medication you use, especially of.

If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately.
Symptoms of overdose may include confusion, slow reflexes, clumsiness, deep sleep, and loss of consciousness.

Rapid intravenous (IV) use of midazolam can cause severe breathing problems which could cause brain damage or be fatal if left untreated.
Therefore, when using this medication IV it must be used only under close medical supervision.
Children, infants, elderly or weak patients are more sensitive to the effects of midazolam.
Thus, lower doses should be used for these patients or when other sedating drugs are used with midazolam.
Newborns must not be given midazolam by rapid IV injection.

This drug is given slowly by vein (IV) or into a large muscle (IM).
The dosage is adjusted for your medical history, age and type of medical procedure or condition being treated.
Drowsiness (sedative) effects usually are obvious within 15 minutes.
The length of time before drug effects wear off varies considerably.
Flumazenil is a medication that may be used to reverse the sedative effect of this drug.

Midazolam is used before operations or procedures to relax you, make you sleepy and to decrease your memory of the event.

Store at room temperature between 59 and 86 degrees F (15-30 degrees C) away from light and moisture.

Tests such as breathing rate and blood pressure are done periodically during treatment.