Diprivan Drip is used to begin or sustain anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness) during certain procedures, tests or surgeries. Diprivan Drip can also be used for any other situation prescribed by your doctor. Generally Diprivan is an anesthetic (painkiller) and it is not probably known that how this medicine works? Generic Name of this drug is “Propofol” (PROE-poe-fol) and Brand name is “Diprivan”.
Diprivan (propofol) Inject able liquid is a hygienic and nonpyrogenic liquid containing 10 mg/mL of propofol appropriate for intravenous administration. Propofol in Diprivan Drip is chemically expressed as 2,6-diisopropylphenol and its molecular weight is 178.27. Propofol has its molecular and structural formulas are as follow . . .
Propofol is soluble in water to some extent so, it is formulated in a white (oil-in-water) emulsion. The pKa is 11. The water partition coefficient for Propofol is 6761:1 at a pH of 6-8.5. Moreover to the active component, formulation of Propofol also contains glycerol (22.5 mg/mL), soybean oil (100 mg/mL), disodium edetate (0.005%); with sodium hydroxide to adjust pH; and egg lecithin (12 mg/mL). The Diprivan Inject able liquid is isotonic (two or more muscles; having equal tension) and has a pH of 7-8.5.
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