midazolam
Noun
Meaning
an injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures
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Drugs like midazolam produce amnesia through different pathways by blocking the formation of long-term memories.
Alabama uses the sedative midazolam as the first drug in a three-drug lethal injection combination.
Glossip was once mainly known as the named plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Glossip v. Gross, which upheld the state’s lethal injection protocol — and specifically the use of midazolam, a sedative that remains controversial.
Clorazepate (Tranxene), midazolam (Versed), and triazolam () are short-acting agents with durations of action of 3 to 8 hours.
But midazolam is a benzodiazipane, not a barbiturate — an entirely different class of drug.
Oklahoma follows midazolam with a drug that paralyzes the inmate, and then a drug that stops their heart and would feel like fire if the inmate was conscious.