Propofol is an anesthetic drug that leaves the patient unconscious and sedated, being widely used for surgeries and other painful procedures.
Propofol is known commercially as Diprivan in the Astra Zeneca lab, but it cannot be purchased from conventional pharmacies because only healthcare professionals can use it in the hospital.
- Propofol is indicated for the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia in surgical procedures.
- In addition.
- It can also be used to perform certain diagnostic tests.
- Such as colonoscopy or endoscopy.
- For example.
- And for sedation of ventilated adult patients receiving intensive care.
The anaesthetist should indicate how to use Propofol, as the drug should only be used by health professionals in hospitals.
The main side effects of propofol include lowering of blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, decreased heart rate, and headaches.
Propofol is contraindicated in children under 3 years of age with severe respiratory infection, children with diphtheria or epiglottitis or patients with hypersensitivity to one of the components of the formula.