how does profopol work?

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Im going in for an endoscopy on Thursday πŸ˜–πŸ˜–πŸ˜–πŸ˜–

Hoping some of these answers will ease the anxiety!

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Scientifically – it works on a receptor that relaxes your nervous system and makes you fall asleep

In terms of what to expect – they’ll put an IV in at some point before the procedure starts, they might do some sort of “time out” where they verify information right before starting, then the anesthesiologist will inject the propofol and you’ll fall asleep in a few seconds. You’ll wake up in what feels like a pretty short amount of time

I’ve watched people go under for surgery and have had propofol twice myself for endoscopies- nothing at all to worry about

Anonymous 0 Comments

The prep is worse than the actual day of experience, and even that really isn’t all that big of a deal.

You feel a mild sting at the IV site, then you wake up after it’s all over feeling extremely relaxed.