Twenty-nine healthy red- and dark-haired subjects received a propofol infusion, and researchers measured the propofol concentration versus electroencephalogram response.
Results showed that hair color did not improve either how the body absorbed the drug or the drug’s impact on the body. Thus, red haired-patients are affected similarly to dark haired-patients by propofol.
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