Medazolam is a drug they often use for minor procedures, it knocks you out and following recovery room for over the next 48 hours you are told not to drive or make any major decisions. I was in hospital in 2001 and given tablet form once as they had used all the drugs available on my allowed list of drugs the Doctor writes up for you and only medazolam was left. My sister who was in hospital with me at the same time (another whole story in itself) came to me and said, say anything you want now because you won't remember after. She is/was a nurse she was in hospital with an aneurism, I was in for a botched hysterectomy and had peritonitis amongst other things.
I'm sorry for your memory loss doc, you are amazing with your writings on here and I enjoy your unique sense of humour. Totally loved the dog posting on another segment.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Smith
Yep. That "mild" sedative (Umm... I forget what it was...  ) they give you for colonoscopies comes to mind—it was a doozy. Fortunately, there were no longterm effects from that one. (But... would I remember if there were? Egad!  )
I don't recall any memory loss from the minimal doses of benzodiazapines I've been given sporadically over the years. But... if I don't remember memory loss, does that mean it didn't happen—or that it did... I'M SO CONFUSED!!! 
The ones that [I remember] hit me worst were in the antidepressant & antiseizure groups—all given for chronic pain, and none of them worked for that... as I recall.  
Though I lament all the deleterious effects they've had on me, I've got to consider it posthumorously*.
Doc
* post·hu·mor·ous
adjective
1. funny after I'm dead. |