States can still use the sedative drug midazolam in lethal injections, according to today's Supreme Court decision. But how exactly does the drug work, and why do some say that it's unreliable? In a 5 ...

House on fire? No worry. Sabre-toothed tiger chasing you? Big deal. Major surgery scheduled? Yawn. Fortunately for mankind (or at least most of us), there’s a sedative called Versed — and it relaxes ...

Certain drugs used for lethal injection in the U.S. are in short supply, which is causing states to scramble to find new, often untested drugs to kill death row inmates. For the first time, the ...

Versed is a brand name for the sedative midazolam, used since the late 1970s and today sold commonly as a generic. It causes drowsiness and relieves anxiety and agitation. It also can temporarily ...

The drug at the heart of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma isn't a household name for many, but on Wednesday, the powerful sedative was being debated in the Supreme Court as lawyers sparred over ...

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 29 against three death row inmates, saying that the controversial use of the sedative midazolam hydrochloride for lethal injections does not violate the Eighth ...

A company that makes a controversial execution drug announced Thursday that it will not sell any of its products to prisons, joining its main competitors in trying to keep their wares out of the death ...

A lawyer for an executed Arkansas inmate called for an investigation over reports that his client convulsed during the lethal-injection process – casting fresh questions about a sedative that critics ...

Changes Clinical Practice: In ICUs that have a sedation-analgesia-delirium protocol, dexmedetomidine should be added to the formulary and utilized to combat delirium as well as decrease the amount of ...