Looking for the name of a sedative

Factual Questions
1

I’m writing a piece about some surgery I just had and I forget the name of the sedative they gave me.

It was given though the IV, the name started with a V but it wasn’t valium.

Also, what is the name of the drug used for general anaesthetic. I thought it was sodium penathol, but my doctor called it something else. I’m sure if was just a brand name.

I’d know both of these names when I hear them.

2

The “V” drug was probably Versed. Usually anesthetic gasses are given for surgery. Sodium Thiopental is still occasionally used for minor surgery.

3

I’d second Versed, but I’d wait for Qadgop to show up for a better answer.

4

Versed. That’s the stuff.

5

That’s what Ver said.