Find out detailed description, uses, directions of use, side effects, warnings and precautions, frequently asked questions about Midfast 10mg Injection
Midfast 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.
Midfast 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 Midfast
Injection site reactions (pain, swelling, redness)
Vomiting
Injection site pain
Sleepiness
Apnea (absence of breathing)
Decreased respiratory rate
Nasal discomfort
Warning & Precautions:
Alcohol
UNSAFE
Do not drink alcohol while you are taking this medicine. Midfast 10mg Injection may cause excessive drowsiness when taken with alcohol.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Midfast 10mg Injection is not recommended during pregnancy as there is positive evidence of fetal risk based on animal studies. However, it may still be prescribed by a doctor in situations where the benefits outweigh the risks.
Breast feeding
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Midfast 10mg Injection may be safe to use during breastfeeding. Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effects to the developing baby; however, there are limited human studies. Midfast 10mg Injection should be used for short periods and sleepiness of the baby should be watched. The withdrawal of Midfast 10mg Injection should be gradual.
Driving
UNSAFE
Midfast 10mg Injection may cause side effects that could affect your ability to drive. Midfast 10mg Injection may make the patient sleepy, forgetful or affect their concentration or coordination. This may affect their ability to drive.
Kidney
CAUTION
Midfast 10mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with severe kidney disease. Dose adjustment may be needed.
Liver
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited data available on the use of Midfast 10mg Injection in patients with liver disease.
FAQs:
Is Midfast 10mg Injection safe?
Midfast 10mg Injection is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor
Is Midfast 10mg Injection a controlled substance?
Affirmative, Midfast 10mg Injection is a controlled substance
Is Midfast 10mg Injection a sedative?
Affirmative, Midfast 10mg Injection a sedative medication used before and during diagnostic or surgical procedures either in combination with or without local anesthesia
Is Midfast 10mg Injection an opiate?
No, Midfast 10mg Injection is not an opiate medication
Is Midfast 10mg Injection a benzodiazepine?
Affirmative, Midfast 10mg Injection belongs to benzodiazepine class of sedative medication
Is Midfast 10mg Injection a schedule 8 drug?
No, Midfast 10mg Injection belongs to schedule 4. It has low potential for abuse
Is Midfast 10mg Injection versed?
Versed is a brand (trade) name for Midfast 10mg Injection
Does Midfast 10mg Injection have analgesic properties?
No, Midfast 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 Midfast 10mg Injection make you high/knock you out (make you sleep)?
No, Midfast 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 Midfast 10mg Injection cause retrograde amnesia?
Affirmative, Midfast 10mg Injection causes retrograde amnesia (short term loss of memory)
Does Midfast 10mg Injection hasten death?
No, Midfast 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 Midfast 10mg Injection cross the placenta?
Affirmative, Midfast 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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