(PROE poe fol) Brand: Diprivan
• You must not receive this medicine if you are allergic to propofol or to eggs, soy commodity, or soybeans.
• Till you receive propofol, speak your doctor if you have epilepsy or another seizure mess, tall triglycerides (fats in the blood), liver malady, or kidney disease.
• Your caregivers will monitor your heart function, blood pressure, and breathing while you are under the effects of propofol.
• Speak your caregivers at once if you have a serious side effect such as seizure, weak or shallow breathing, quick or slow heart course, or pain, swelling, blisters, or skin changes where the medication was injected.
• Till you receive propofol, speak your doctor about all another medications you use, especially chloral hydrate (Somnote), droperidol (Inapsine), a sedative, or a narcotic pain medicine such as fentanyl (Actiq, Duragesic).
• Propofol can reason severe drowsiness or dizziness, which may recent for different hours. You will need somebody to drive you house after your surgery or procedure. Do not drive yourself or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert for at least 24 hours after you have been treated with propofol.
• Propofol slows the activity of your brain and nervous system.
• Propofol is used to help you slackening till and during common anesthesia for surgery or another medical procedure. Propofol is also used in critically ill patients who require a breathing pipe connected to a ventilator (a car that moves air in and out of the lungs when a face can't breathe on their own).
• Propofol may be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not receive this medicine if you are allergic to propofol or to eggs, soy commodity, or soybeans.
• If you have determined conditions, you may need a doze adjustment or particular trials to safely receive this medicine. Till you receive propofol, speak your doctor if you have:
· epilepsy or another seizure disorder;
· tall triglycerides (fats in the blood);
· liver malady; or
· kidney disease.
• FDA pregnancy category B. Propofol is not expected to be deleterious to an unborn child. However, speak your doctor if you are pregnant till you are treated with propofol.
• Propofol can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing child. Till you receive this medicine, speak your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Propofol is given as an injection through a needle placed into a vein. You will receive this injection in a hospital or surgical setting.
• You will slackening and fall asleep very quickly after propofol is injected.
• Your caregivers will monitor your heart function, blood pressure, and breathing while you are under the effects of propofol.
• Since propofol is given by a healthcare professional in a controlled setting, you are not likely to miss a dose.
• An overdose of propofol is unlikely to occur since the medicine is given by a healthcare professional. Your vital signs will be closely watched while you are under anesthesia to create certain the medicine is not causing any deleterious effects.
• Propofol can reason severe drowsiness or dizziness, which may recent for different hours. You will need somebody to drive you house after your surgery or procedure. Do not drive yourself or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert for at least 24 hours after you have been treated with propofol.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
· pain, swelling, blisters, or skin changes where the medication was injected;
· seizure (convulsions);
· weak or shallow breathing; or
· quick or slow heart rate.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· nausea;
· cough;
· slight burning or stinging near the IV needle;
· mild itching or skin rash;
· numbness or tingly feeling;
· confusion, agitation, anxiety;
· muscle pain; or
· discolored urine.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Speak your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Speak your doctor about all another medications you use, especially:
· chloral hydrate (Somnote);
· droperidol (Inapsine);
· a barbiturate such as amobarbital (Amytal), butabarbital (Butisol), mephobarbital (Mebaral), secobarbital (Seconal), or phenobarbital (Solfoton);
· diazepam (Valium) or similar medicines such as alprazolam (Xanax), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), clorazepate (Tranxene), estazolam (ProSom), flurazepam (Dalmane), lorazepam (Ativan), midazolam (Versed), temazepam (Restoril), triazolam (Halcion), and others; or
· a narcotic medicine such as fentanyl (Actiq, Duragesic), hydrocodone (Lortab, Vicodin), hydromorphone (Dilaudid, Palladone), morphine (Kadian, MS Contin, Oramorph, and others), oxycodone (OxyContin), oxymorphone (Numorphan, Opana), and others.
• This list is not complete and there may be another drugs that can interact with propofol. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about propofol.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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