common medications & bleeding

For a two week period prior to and after the scheduled date of your surgery, please do not take any medication that contains aspirin or aspirin-related products, such as ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) as an ingredient. These medications have an effect on your blood's ability to clot and could increase your tendency to bleed at the time of surgery and during the postoperative period.

Please check the labels of all medicines that you take, even those available without a prescription, to make sure you are not taking any of these substances. Please consult your physician before stopping any prescribed medications.

If you need minor pain medication, please take Tylenol (acetaminophen) or another non-aspirin medicine. Tylenol or Anacin-3 are available at your local pharmacy without a prescription and have a very similar pain relief to aspirin. If you are allergic to Tylenol or unable to take it for other reasons, please notify us so that we might arrange for a suitable substitute.

Please click here for a list of medications that you should avoid before surgery.