Find out detailed description, uses, directions of use, side effects, warnings and precautions, frequently asked questions about Mezolam 10mg Injection
Mezolam 10mg Injection is used as a sedative or for conscious sedation before diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. It relieves anxiety and muscle tensions, thus making the person comfortable before investigations or minor surgical or dental procedures.
Mezolam 10mg Injection can be used for sedation in intensive care units and to obtain anesthesia in elderly people before undergoing any surgical procedure. This medicine is given as an injection under the supervision of a healthcare professional in a hospital setting. It may be administered by intravenous injection (injection into a vein) or by intravenous infusion (given by a drip into a vein).
The most common side effects of this medicine include hiccup, nausea, vomiting, cough, sedation, headache, drowsiness, and injection site reactions (pain, swelling, and redness). You should not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you. Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive, or breastfeeding before taking this medicine.
Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Compassionately do not self administer.
Side Effects:
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if youβre worried about them
Ordinary side effects of Mezolam
Injection site reactions (pain, swelling, redness)
Vomiting
Injection site pain
Sleepiness
Apnea (absence of breathing)
Decreased respiratory rate
Nasal discomfort
Warning & Precautions:
Alcohol
UNSAFE
Mezolam 10mg Injection may cause excessive drowsiness with alcohol.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Mezolam 10mg Injection is unsafe to use during pregnancy as there is definite evidence of risk to the developing baby. However, the doctor may rarely prescribe it in some life-threatening situations if the benefits are more than the potential risks. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Mezolam 10mg Injection is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby. Mezolam 10mg Injection should be used for short periods and sleepiness of the baby should be watched. The withdrawal of Mezolam 10mg Injection should be gradual.
Driving
UNSAFE
Mezolam 10mg Injection may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive. Mezolam 10mg Injection may make the patient sleepy, forgetful or affect their concentration or coordination. This may affect their ability to drive.
Kidney
CAUTION
Mezolam 10mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with severe kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Mezolam 10mg Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Liver
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited information available on the use of Mezolam 10mg Injection in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.
FAQs:
Is Mezolam 10mg Injection safe?
Mezolam 10mg Injection is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor
Is Mezolam 10mg Injection a controlled substance?
Affirmative, Mezolam 10mg Injection is a controlled substance
Is Mezolam 10mg Injection a sedative?
Affirmative, Mezolam 10mg Injection a sedative medication used before and during diagnostic or surgical procedures either in combination with or without local anesthesia
Is Mezolam 10mg Injection an opiate?
No, Mezolam 10mg Injection is not an opiate medication
Is Mezolam 10mg Injection a benzodiazepine?
Affirmative, Mezolam 10mg Injection belongs to benzodiazepine class of sedative medication
Is Mezolam 10mg Injection a schedule 8 drug?
No, Mezolam 10mg Injection belongs to schedule 4. It has low potential for abuse
Is Mezolam 10mg Injection versed?
Versed is a brand (trade) name for Mezolam 10mg Injection
Does Mezolam 10mg Injection have analgesic properties?
No, Mezolam 10mg Injection does not have any analgesic properties. It is used as a central nervous system depressant that slows brain activity, causes relaxation and induces sleep (anesthetic)
Does Mezolam 10mg Injection make you high/knock you out (make you sleep)?
No, Mezolam 10mg Injection does not make you high; it makes you sleepy as it is a central nervous system depressant that slows brain activity, causes relaxation and induces sleep
Does Mezolam 10mg Injection cause retrograde amnesia?
Affirmative, Mezolam 10mg Injection causes retrograde amnesia (short term loss of memory)
Does Mezolam 10mg Injection hasten death?
No, Mezolam 10mg Injection does not hasten death. Although it may be used to induce sleep and relive anxiety in terminally-ill patients not responding to other relevant medications
Does Mezolam 10mg Injection cross the placenta?
Affirmative, Mezolam 10mg Injection crosses the placenta.
Written by:
Dr. Lokanish
M.B.B.S.
Reviewed by:
Dr. Sureshbabu Yadav
M.B.B.S., DIP.DIAB, F.R.S.H
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