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Midazolam
Midazolam meaning
A sedative of the benzodiazepine class, used (as the hydrochloride) chiefly as a premedication for anesthesia; 8-chloro-6-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-methyl-4H-imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]benzodiazepine, C₁₈H₁₃ClFN₃.
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According to inmates’ expert witnesses, midazolam has been said to sensations of doom, panic, drowning and asphyxiation.
Midazolam, a benzodiazepine (the same class of drugs that includes Xanax and Valium), is often used to sedate hospitalized patients in the ICU.
Midazolam was given in 15 of the 16 California cases, all by paramedics outside of a hospital.
The Nevada Department of Corrections’ supply of the sedative Midazolam, one of three drugs in the state’s lethal injection cocktail, expires next month.
A judge blocked Dozier’s execution just hours before it was scheduled in July so she could hear Alvogen’s claim that Nevada improperly obtained midazolam.
But none of those hurdles stopped the process for Irick, who was put to death on Thursday using a combination of midazolam, vecuronium bromid and potassium chloride injections, which stopped his heart.
They lost a lawsuit claiming Tennessee's midazolam-based lethal injection method causes a prolonged and torturous death.
British law requires temazepam (but not midazolam) to be stored in safe custody.
Drugs like midazolam produce amnesia through different pathways by blocking the formation of long-term memories.