- Less pain on injection
- Rapid onset of action
- Short duration of effect due to rapid metabolism and elimination
- Early recovery from anaesthesia with early and complete awakening
- Less PONV compared to volatile anaesthetics
- Over a billion propofol-based anaesthetics performed to date worldwide.1
PONV = Post-operative nausea and vomiting
1 IMS statistic annual book, Wiesbaden 2005