Propofol 1% Infusion is a general anesthetic. It is used in major surgical procedures. It allows the procedures to be carried out without pain and distress. This injection is used in a hospital setting only.

Propofol 1% Infusion is used to put a patient to sleep during a surgery to avoid pain to be felt during the surgery

Uses of Propofol Infusion

General Anaesthesia

Benefits of Propofol Infusion

In General Anaesthesia

Propofol 1% Infusion is a general anesthetic agent. It works by causing loss of consciousness for a certain duration of time. This helps to carry out major surgical procedures without causing pain or discomfort to the patient. It is given as an injection by a specialist doctor called an anesthetist in a hospital setup.

Side effects of Propofol Infusion

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Propofol

Nausea
Headache
Vomiting
Local site pain
Slow heart rate
Decreased blood pressure

How to use Propofol Infusion

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self-administer.

Safety advice

Alcohol

UNSAFE

It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Propofol 1% Infusion.

Pregnancy

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Propofol 1% Infusion is generally considered safe to use during pregnancy. Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effects to the developing baby; however, there are limited human studies.

Breast feeding

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Propofol 1% Infusion is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.

Driving

UNSAFE

Propofol 1% Infusion may decrease alertness, affect your vision or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.

Kidney

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Propofol 1% Infusion is safe to use in patients with kidney disease. No dose adjustment of Propofol 1% Infusion is recommended.
However, talk to your doctor if you have any underlying kidney disease. Use of Propofol 1% Infusion can cause green discoloration of urine.

Liver

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Propofol 1% Infusion is probably safe to use in patients with liver disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Propofol 1% Infusion may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.

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Quick tips

Propofol 1% Infusion helps induce unconsciousness (sleep) so that surgical operations or other procedures can be performed.
It is given to you as an injection by your doctor.
After use, you may still feel sleepy for some time. Do not drive or do anything that requires focus until you are sure the effects have subsided.
Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or breastfeeding.

Fact Box

Chemical Class

Hypnotic alkylphenol derivative

Habit Forming

Therapeutic Class

PAIN ANALGESICS

Action Class

General anaesthetic agents

Patient concerns

After knee auger pry her voice becomes course

Dr. Shubhra Chandhan Pradhan

ENT

Was he given general anaesthesia. It can be due to injury of the et tube

Baby of 5 months 7 days need to be circumcised as a part of religious practice.Wanted to know is it the right time for him and do local anaesthesia is used in procedure? What is the recovery time of this procedure and how much does this procedure cost?

Dr. Praveen Pushkar

Urology

Ny time u can get it done ideally general anaesthesia should be used recovery time is approx 1 week to 10 days cost depends on hospital u choose

We got result after laproscopy, here are the results- Under general anaesthesia,diagnostic laparoscopy done using single port,cervix could not be dilated more than 8MD with difficulty all other internal organs are normal Please suggest how can naturally with home remedies can over come this to open cervix by itself or any other ways to get pregnent please help.

Dr. Suman Rao

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Don't worry about the cervix at all. The sperms can travel up the cervix even if it's few mm open. If you are having polycystic ovaries then check whether the egg is forming in each cycle or not.

After a major accident 15 days bakk. Everything is cured now except the swelling in the thigh region . I consulted a doctor and he said it is a blood clot, it should b sucked n removed using an injection. Im little afraid of the same, and the second is i had done a k wire treatment because i had a finger fracture, and now it is time to remove the same,he says it is to be snatchpulled or it can be removed by giving general anaesthesia. Already i had spent half a lakh for the treatment so im currently looking out for an alternate better solution. Thanking you in advance.

Dr. Akshat Goel

Orthopaedics

Go for snatch pulling of K-wire it is little pain for few minutesAlternatively can go for ring block anaesthesia

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References

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Propofol 1% Infusion

Product introduction

Uses of Propofol Infusion

Benefits of Propofol Infusion

In General Anaesthesia

Side effects of Propofol Infusion

Common side effects of Propofol

How to use Propofol Infusion

Safety advice

All substitutes

Quick tips

Fact Box

Patient concerns

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References

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