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This drug was given to me by an anesthesia nurse masquerading as a Doctor. I had specified that no "incapacitating" or "debilitating" drug be given to me. I was very firm about it, so naturally I got this one. 3 YEARS later I am still in counseling over the horror of being helpless inside a body that obeyed the nurse and not me. I was also unable to speak anything but gibberish. At no place in my medical records does it say that I was "sedated" in any way shape or form. I am shocked that this is legal!!! There was no "informed consent" just the generic consent to treat. I asked what the date rape drug was that they used and they finally admitted that they had given me Versed against my will. I have had panic attacks ever since. Please tell me how to avoid this "wonderful" amnesia drug in the future... Right now I won't even go to the dentist because he has it in his office.
I've addressed the Versed controversy in some previous postings. The good news is that this drug is now sold as a generic so it is no longer making any money for big pharma (as to what the pharmaceutical industry is often referred); pressure to buy and utilize the drug is therefore OFF and I think you'll see it drop by the wayside like Halcion, a similar drug, did.
Please note that I'm not a legal expert.... It seems to me that if anyone "admitted they [gave you] Versed against your will" they have committed a battery to which there may be civil and criminal consequences.
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| Comment | Please advise when this will happen, I've had a similar situation from the use of Versed for an endoscopy that was done in 1991. Severe anxiety, depression and Post Trumatic Stress Disorder. I was never advised that this would be given to me, and I still have nightmares from the experience (not to mention a paradoxical reaction and that I woke up covered in bruises and unable to move my head.) This drug is evil and should be banned from use on humans. It does harm....not good, to people. | ||
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Anesthesiology
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JM Starkman, MD
Experience
Over twenty-five years of adult and pediatric, inpatient and outpatient clinical anesthesia practice--some private, some group.
Organizations
American Association of Physicians and Surgeons.
My county medical society.
Publications
[not a researcher]
Education/Credentials
American medical school graduate. Board Certified. Fellowship trained Cardiovascular and Pediatric anesthesia subspecialist.
Past/Present Clients
Over 20,000 anesthetics, the majority of which have been personally managed, with less than 5% consisting of supervising nurse anesthetists or in-training resident physicians.
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