1 If both parents have SCT, there is a 50% (or 1 in 2) chance that any child of theirs also will have SCT, if the child inherits the sickle cell gene from one of the parents. 2  Such children will not have symptoms of SCD, but they can pass SCT on to their children.
The two most common medications used to sedate patients for medical procedures are midazolam and fentanyl. Fentanyl is a medication classified as an opioid narcotic analgesic (pain reliever) that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.
Patients received Neurontin, morphine, the two drugs in combination, or what researchers call an active placebo.. That's a drug - in this case, the anti-anxiety drug Ativan - that has some effect and which keeps patients from guessing they are getting a placebo. Ativan causes some sedation but does not relieve pain.