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I'm out for a few minutes, then I wake up suddenly and completely and despite drug company advertising, I remember it all just like you seem to. Docs love that drug because they believe if a patient wakes up, s/he won't remember a thing.

Uh, no, not in my case, and trying to tell them about it goes in one ear and out the other.

I don't know why they didn't give you a second dose, it's what they have to do for me. And a third, if it's a long procedure.

Older drugs were much better but now have black box warnings because no anesthesia drug I know of doesn't.

Had you taken your opiates before surgery? If so, that might be why they were afraid to give you a second dose of Versed. I'm afraid you're damned if you do and damned if you don't if you can't tolerate going off the opiates for a few hours, and if you can't, you've got a lot of company.

I will be beyond thrilled when they stop using Versed for short term anesthesia. It doesn't work as advertised for some of us.