Midabet 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.
Midabet 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 Midabet
Hiccup
Nausea
Cough
Headache
Drowsiness
Sedation
Vomiting
Injection site reactions (pain, swelling, redness)
Warning & Precautions:
Alcohol
UNSAFE
Midabet Injection may cause excessive drowsiness with alcohol.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Midabet 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
Midabet Injection is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby. Midabet Injection should be used for short periods and sleepiness of the baby should be watched. The withdrawal of Midabet Injection should be gradual.
Driving
UNSAFE
Midabet Injection may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive. Midabet Injection may make the patient sleepy, forgetful or affect their concentration or coordination. This may affect their ability to drive.
Kidney
CAUTION
Midabet Injection should be used with caution in patients with severe kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Midabet Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Liver
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited information available on the use of Midabet Injection in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.
FAQs:
Q. Is Midabet Injection safe?
Midabet Injection is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor
Q. Is Midabet Injection a controlled substance?
Affirmative, Midabet Injection is a controlled substance
Q. Is Midabet Injection a sedative?
Affirmative, Midabet Injection a sedative medication used before and during diagnostic or surgical procedures either in combination with or without local anesthesia
Q. Is Midabet Injection a benzodiazepine?
Affirmative, Midabet Injection belongs to benzodiazepine class of sedative medication
Q. Does Midabet Injection have analgesic properties?
No, Midabet 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)
Q. Does Midabet Injection cause retrograde amnesia?
Affirmative, Midabet Injection causes retrograde amnesia (short term loss of memory)
Written by:
Dr. T. Sharmila Krishna
M.B.B.S., MD (Biochemistry)
Reviewed by:
Dr. Sureshbabu Yadav
M.B.B.S., DIP.DIAB, F.R.S.H
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