Patient awakes from post-traumatic minimally conscious state after administration of depressant drug
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
A patient who had suffered a traumatic brain injury unexpectedly recovered full consciousness after the administration of midazolam, a mild depressant drug of the GABA A agonists family. This resulted in the first recorded case of an "awakening" from a minimally-conscious state (MCS) using this therapy. Although similar awakenings have been reported using other drugs, this dramatic result was unanticipated.