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

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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