A quick read thru Wikipedia more than shows that this IV-Only Emergency Antihypertensive, along with its 14min. duration of action, tells one it should ONLY be used for life-threatening hypertensive crisis. If a normotensive (normal BP) person attempted this agent, they would put themselves into severe cardiogenic shock which might or might not be fatal. As for sedation, the question of if you would survive the trial, or die, would so outclass any considerations in the direction of a short benzo high, the structural similarity to other benzodiazepines should be disregarded. Too many "regular sedating" benzo's are available before one would risk survival with fenoldopam.
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