Surgery InformationMedications to Avoid Before Surgery |
Physician developed and monitored. Original Date of Publication: 01 Nov 2001
|
|
Original Source: http://www.surgerychannel.com/medlist.shtml | |
|
Home » Surgery Information » Medications to Avoid Before Surgery | 
 |
Below is a list of drugs that may promote excessive bleeding during surgery and must be avoided for at least one week prior to surgery.
Your physician should be aware of any medication you are taking, including those not listed. Do not discontinue the use of any prescription medication with out permission from your physician.
Since many patients are allergic or sensitive to aspirin or related compounds, be aware that these prescriptions and over the counter products contain such agents (not a complete listing).
|
4-Way Cold Tablets Ascriptin Ascriptin with Codeine Advil Aleve Alka-Seltzer Anacin Anaprox Arthopan Liquid ASA and Codeine Asprin Ascriptin Aspergum Bayer BC Tablets and powder Bromo-Seltzer Bufferin Bufferin with Codeine #3 Cama Arthritis Pain Reliever Clinoril Congesprin Chewable Tablets Cope Tablets Coricidin "D" Congestant Tablets Coricidin Coumadin Darvon with ASA Darvon Compound Disalcid Doan's Pills Dolobid Dristan Duragesic Easprin ECOTRIN Empirin Emperin with Codeine Equagesic Excedrin |
Feldene Fenoprofen Florinal Tablets Florinal with Codeine Ibuprofen Indocin Indomethasin Lodine Micrainin Midol Motrin Nalfon Naprosyn (Naproxen) Norgesic and Norgesic Forte Nuprin Nyquil Nytol Orudis Oxycodone Pamprin Percodan Persantine Phenaphene Propoxyphene Robaxisal Synalgos - DC Capsules Talwin Trilisate Zorpin |
© 1998-2008 Healthcommunities.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Surgery Information (continued...)
|
|
Surgery Information Resources
 | Join Our Surgery Forum
Do you have a question, want to share medical advice, or just need to discuss your situation with someone else having a similar experience? The healthchannels forum is a resource for everyone to share and discuss their health and medical needs with others. |
|
||
 | Living with...Share your story
Do you have a personal health story that you would like to share with others? As a source of free patient education, our goal is to provide our users with trustworthy information and support from others. That's why we've started our "Living with..." sections. | |||
|
Our "Living With..." support pages are a place to share experiences about living with a certain condition, disease, disorder, or illness and for loved ones of those dealing with health-related issues. Many people, especially when newly diagnosed, find comfort in knowing that others are having a similar experience. | ||||
 | Stay Updated
Sign up for our newsletter and receive important updates on the medical conditions that are most important to you. | |||
To quickly access health information from your website's browser,
| ||||
