Medications to Avoid Preoperatively


Do not take Aspirin or medications containing Aspirin two weeks prior to surgery. If pain medication is needed, take Tylenol. Please notify the office if you take any kind of anti-inflammatory medications.

Non-prescription products contain Aspirin/Aspirin-Like substances:

A.P.C. Tablets CP-2 Tablets Motrin
Advil Dasin Neocylate
Aleve Dinol Nuprin
Alka Seltzer Doan’s Pills Orudis
Anacin Duoprin Os-Cal Gesic
Anodynes Duradyne Pabalate
Arthralgen Dynosal Pabirin
Arthritis Pain Formula Tabs Easprin Pepto-Bismol
Arthritis Strength Bufferin Ecotrin Persistin
Arthropan Liquid Efficin Rufin
ASA Emagrin S-A-C Tablets
Ascodeen Empirin St. Joseph Aspirin
Ascriptin 4-way Cold Tablets St. Joseph Cold Tabs
Asperbuf Excedrin Saleto
Aspergum Feldene Salsalate
Axotal Gaysal-S Stanback
Bayer Gemnisin Sudafed
BC Tablets and Powder Goody’s Headache Powder Supac
Bufferin Ibuprofen Synalgos
Buffets II Tablets Indocin Trendar
Buffinol Tablets Indomethacin Triaminicin
Cama Arthritis pain Reliever Measurin Tablets Trigesic
Congesprin Mediprin Uracel 5
COPE Midol Vanquish Caplets
Coricidin Mobigesic Verin
Cosprin Morrentum Vitamin E

Prescription medications containing Aspirin/Aspirin-Like substance:

Argesic Equagesic Norgesic
Ascription Fiorinal Pabalate-SF
Axotal Heparin Percodan
Azdone Lanorinal Persatine
Buff-A Magan Plavix
Bufferin w/Codeine Magsal Propoxyphene
Clinoril Marnal Robaxisal
Coumadin Marplan SOMA
Darvon Methocarbamol w/Aspirin Synalgos-DC
Disaclid Micrainin Talwin
Double-A Tablets Mobic Trilisate
Durasal Mobidin Zorprin
Easprin Nalfon  
Empirin w/Codeine Naprosyn  

Do not take herbal supplements, such as but not limited to, Vitamin E, Gingko Biloba, Fish Oil, Echinacea, Ephedra, Garlic, Ginseng, and St. John’s Wort.

 
 

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