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Midazolam (/mɪˈdæzəlæm/ marketed in English-speaking countries and Mexico under the trade names Dormicum Hypnovel and Versed) is a short-acting drug in the benzodiazepine class developed by Hoffmann-La Roche in the 1970s. The drug is used for treatment of acute seizures moderate to severe insomnia and for inducing sedation and amnesia before medical procedures. It possesses profoundly potent anxiolytic amnestic hypnotic anticonvulsant skeletal muscle relaxant and sedative properties.
