SummaryIn order to avoid Cremophor-related reactions and reduce the incidence of pain on injection, diisopropylphenol (ICI 35,868; propof)
Key wordsAnaesthetics, intravenous; propofol.2,6-di-isopropylphenol (ICI 35,868; propofol; 'Diprivan,' formerly disoprofol) is one of a series of alkylphenols which were found to have anaesthetic properties in animals.' Initial investigations of the pharmacological properties of propofol were conducted using a formulation containing the surfactant Cremophor EL.2 Anaesthetic properties were demonstrated in who received 1-3 mg/kg intravenously although in unpremedicated patients 2 mg/kg was generally successful. s * 7 There was pain on when the drug was given into veins on the dorsum of the hand. To reduce the frequency of this side-effect, and because of circumstantial evidence of a n association of Cremophor-containing agents with anaphylactoid reactions,10-12 an emulsion formulation of propofol has been developed. We have determined the effective dose of propofol* in the new emulsion formulation for induction of anaesthesia in 95% (AD 95) of healthy, unpremedicated patients.
MethodsFive hospitals in the United Kingdom participated in an open study for which individual hospital ethics committee approval had been G
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