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midazolam

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midazolam /mid·azo·lam/ (mid´a-zo-lam″) a benzodiazepine tranquilizer, used as the maleate ester for sedation and in the induction of anesthesia.
mi·daz·o·lam (m-dz-lm)
n.
A colorless crystalline derivative of diazepam with sedative and anxiolytic properties, usually used in its hydrochloride form as an intravenous anesthetic.

midazolam [mid-az´o-lam]
a sedative of the benzodiazepine class used in the induction of anesthesia.

midazolam
Versed® Pharmacology A short-acting anxiolytic, hypnotic anticonvulsant Indications IV sedation, general anesthesia, therapeutically refractory status epilepticus, muscle relaxing Adverse effects Ataxia, incoordination, mental and psychomotor impairment, confusion, dysarthria, retrograde amnesia, paradoxical effects; rarely, N&V, venous complications. See Phenytoin, Seizure, Status epilepticus.


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Midazolam is a sedative similar to propofol, used to make patients drowsy but not unconscious during procedures such as colonoscopies.
At 5:00 am, another dose of lorazepam, followed by more midazolam at 7:30 am, according the affidavit.
At 5:00 am, another dose of lorazepam, followed by more midazolam at 7:30 am, according the affidavit.
 
 
 
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