Country: Malta
Language: English
Source: Medicines Authority
propofol 10 mg/ml
AstraZeneca UK Limited
N01AX10
propofol
emulsion for infusion or injection
Authorised
2005-10-31
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER DIPRIVAN 1% W/V EMULSION FOR INJECTION OR INFUSION, PRE-FILLED SYRINGE propofol READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START HAVING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. • If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or nurse. • If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or nurse. This includes any side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Diprivan is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you use Diprivan 3. How to use Diprivan 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Diprivan 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT DIPRIVAN IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Diprivan contains a medicine called propofol. This belongs to a group of medicines called ‘general anaesthetics’. General anaesthetics are used to cause unconsciousness (sleep) so that surgical operations or other procedures can be performed. They can also be used to sedate you (so that you are sleepy but not completely asleep). Diprivan will be given to you as an injection by a doctor. In adults and children over 1 month of age it is used to: • Help put you to sleep BEFORE an operation or other procedure. • Keep you asleep DURING an operation or other procedure. • Sedate you during diagnostic and surgical procedures, alone or in combination with local or regional anaesthesia. In people over 16 years of age it is also used to: • Sedate you when receiving artificial respiration in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU USE DIPRIVAN DO NOT USE DIPRIVAN: • If you are allergic to propofol or any Read the complete document
1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Diprivan 1% w/v Emulsion for Injection or Infusion, Pre-filled Syringe 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Propofol 10mg/ml Each 50ml pre-filled syringe contains 500 mg propofol Excipient(s) with known effect: Contains sodium 0.0018 mmol/ml. Contains refined soya-bean oil 100 mg/ml. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Emulsion for injection or infusion White oil-in-water emulsion. 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Diprivan is a short-acting intravenous general anaesthetic for: • Induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia in adults and children over one month of age. • Sedation for diagnostic and surgical procedures, alone or in combination with local or regional anaesthesia in adults and children over one month of age. • Sedation of ventilated patients over 16 years of age in the intensive care unit. Diprivan may be administered by a 'Diprifusor' TCI system for induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia and conscious sedation for surgical and diagnostic procedures in adults only. Administration of Diprivan by a 'Diprifusor' TCI system is not recommended for any indication in children or adolescents under 16 years old. Administration of Diprivan by a 'Diprifusor' TCI system is not recommended for intensive care sedation. Page 1 of 19 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION POSOLOGY Supplementary analgesic agents are generally required in addition to Diprivan. For specific guidelines relating to the administration of Diprivan using the 'Diprifusor' target controlled infusion (TCI) system, which incorporates 'Diprifusor' TCI software, see section E. Such use is restricted to induction and maintenance of anaesthesia and conscious sedation for surgical and Read the complete document