The word for a drug that causes loss of memory is “amnestic”, not “amnesic”. The word “amnesic” is a variant spelling of “amnesiac”, which is the person who takes the drug. This made reading the article confusing.
Midazolam is the benzodiazepine most often prescribed as an amnestic. The trade name is Versed (accent on the second syllable, like vurSAID). The period of not making memories lasts less than an hour, but you’re relaxed for several hours afterward. It makes you pretty stupid and loopy, so I would think the performance on an IQ test would depend primarily on how much Midazolam was in the bloodstream at the moment, rather than on any details of setting.
The word for a drug that causes loss of memory is “amnestic”, not “amnesic”. The word “amnesic” is a variant spelling of “amnesiac”, which is the person who takes the drug.
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The word for a drug that causes loss of memory is “amnestic”, not “amnesic”. The word “amnesic” is a variant spelling of “amnesiac”, which is the person who takes the drug. This made reading the article confusing.
Midazolam is the benzodiazepine most often prescribed as an amnestic. The trade name is Versed (accent on the second syllable, like vurSAID). The period of not making memories lasts less than an hour, but you’re relaxed for several hours afterward. It makes you pretty stupid and loopy, so I would think the performance on an IQ test would depend primarily on how much Midazolam was in the bloodstream at the moment, rather than on any details of setting.
Thanks! Fixed now.