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 over-the-counter or prescription medication you are taking, including those not listed, as well as any herbal or dietary supplements. 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).
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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 |
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Original Date of Publication: 01 Nov 2001
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Last Reviewed: 01 Nov 2001
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