====== Midazolam ======

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

Healthcare staff in the [[:United Kingdom]] have been accused of causing substantial excess deaths through overprescription of midazolam, potentially amounting to medical malpractice.((Fuller, A. (2020, July 12). //Care homes accused of using powerful sedatives to make coronavirus victims die more quickly as use. . .// The Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12100515/care-homes-accused-sedatives-coronavirus-die-quickly/)) Legal action is underway in the wake of a growing number of whistleblowers and testimonies alleging intentional or negligent death by “misuse of sedatives”, primarily midazolam.((The Exposé. (2021, June 21). //The Evidence - “You must stay at home, to protect the NHS, so they can give Midazolam to the Elderly and tell you they are Covid Deaths.”// Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://dailyexpose.uk/2021/06/13/stay-at-home-protect-the-nhs-give-midazolam-to-the-elderly-and-tell-you-they-are-covid-deaths/)) ((Cook, S. (2021, November 8). //The UK Midazolam murders – update on Legal progress.// The Liberty Beacon. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/the-uk-midazolam-murders-update-on-legal-progress/)) The number of prescriptions for the drug doubled in April 2020 compared to the prior months, but its use in COVID-19 is suspect because of its effects; “Midazolam depresses respiration and it hastens death. It changes end-of-life care into [[:euthanasia]]."((Adams, S., & Bancroft, H. (2020, July 12). //Number of prescriptions for the drug midazolam doubled during height of the pandemic.// Daily Mail. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8514081/Number-prescriptions-drug-midazolam-doubled-height-pandemic.html)) ((Deevoy, J. (2021, July 14). //MIDAZOLAM- The scandal that cannot be ignored.// Unity News Network. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://unitynewsnetwork.co.uk/midazolam-the-scandal-that-cannot-be-ignored/))