Midazolam is ineffective for pain and has no analgesic effect during conscious sedation. The drug is a primary choice for conscious sedation because midazolam causes patients to have no recollection of the medical procedure.
Saffron is a plant. The dried stigmas (thread-like parts of the flower) are used to make saffron spice. It can take 75,000 saffron blossoms to produce a single pound of saffron spice. Saffron is largely cultivated and harvested by hand. Due to the amount of labor involved in harvesting, saffron is considered one of the world's most expensive spices. The stigmas are also used to make medicine. Saffron is used for asthma, cough, whooping cough (pertussis), and to loosen phlegm (as an expectorant).
Satiereal Saffron Extract Side Effects. Saffron, as any medicinal herb, has several side effects that people should be aware of before they take it. Used in small quantities, or a few drops of saffron extract, there is not much chance of causing any side effects. Saffron flower extract is the pure essence of the saffron flower, which has been used successfully by people since the time of the Ancient Greeks and Babylonians for a variety of causes. 1  If taken in large quantities, as with almost any other herb or medicine, it can cause problems and be toxic.