Pre-Procedure Medication Instructions

1.   If you take anticoagulants or “blood thinners,” please speak with your physician or a staff member before stopping these medications.

        Anticoagulants:

           Aggrenox (5 days)          Coumadin (5 days)         Lovenox (1 day)             Persantine (2 days)        Plavix (7 days)              Pletal (3 days)               Ticlid (14 days)              Trental (7 days)

2.  Stop ALL ASPIRIN CONTAINING Medications FIVE (5) Days Before Your Procedure.

 *** If you take aspirin for your heart or circulation, DO NOT stop it without checking with your family/heart physician.

     Aspirin Containing Medications:

            Ascripton          Bayer                           Bufferin             Darvon compound 65     

Ecotrin              Empirin                         Excedrin           Enteric coated Aspirin

Fiorinal              Lortab ASA                   Momentum        Norgesic Forte P-A-C    

Percodan          St. Joseph aspirin          Wygesic           Soma Compound                                                                                                                            

3.  Stop ALL Non-Aspirin, Non-Steroidal Pain Relievers THREE (3) DAYS before your procedure.

         Non-Aspirin Containing Medications:

            Advil                 Anaprox            Ansaid             Aleve                Combunox         Daypro                                 

Diclofenac         Diflunisal          Dolobid             Etodolac           Feldene             Fenoprofen

Ibuprofen           Indomethacin    Ketoprofen        Ketoralac          Meclofenamate  Meloxicam

Mobic               Motrin              Nabumetone      Naprosyn          Naproxen          Oxaprozin

Piroxicam         Relafen             Salsalate           Sulindac           Trilisate            Vicoprofen   

Voltaren     

4.  Stop all GINGKO, GINSENG, GARLIC and VITAMIN E supplements FIVE (5) DAYS before your procedure.

5.  There are NO RESTRICTIONS on the following pain medications:

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) containing products: (Tylenol, Darvocet, etc), as well as:

Actiq                 Amitriptyline      Avinza               Baclofen            Celebrex          Cyclobenzaprine        

Cymbalta           Darvocet            Dilaudid            Duragesic          Fentanyl           Fioricet       

Hydrocodone     Hydromorphone  Gabapentin       Gabitril              Kadian              Lortab         

Lorcet               Lyrica               Metaxalone        Methadone        Morphine           MS Contin         

MSIR                Neurontin          Norflex              Orphenadrine     Oxycodone        Oxycontin        

OxyIR               Nortriptyline       Pamelor            Panadol            Percocet           Percogesic      

Skelaxin            Tizanidine          Tramadol          Trileptal             Ultracet             Valium          

Vicodin             Zanaflex            Zonegran           Excedrin-Aspirin Free

If you have any questions, please call your pharmacist or your pain physician about your medications.