Medications to Stop Before Surgery

• Speak with your medical doctor (who prescribes your medications) about your regular prescription medications (i.e. Blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, etc.).
  • Depending on which medications you are on you may need to stop them or continue them prior to surgery.
• If you have any specific questions about your medications, please contact your medical doctor (who prescribes your medications) prior to your preoperative visit with us. See below for general guidelines:

7 Days before surgery:

• Any anti-inflammatory medication
  • Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Midol, Nuprin, Pamprin)
  • Naprosyn (Aleve, Naproxen, Anaprox)
  • Voltaren (Diclofenac)
• Any herbal supplements
• Vitamins (multivitamin, etc.)

2 Weeks before surgery:

• Any GLP-1
  • Adlyxin (Lixisenatide).
  • Byetta (Exenatide)
  • Bydureon (Exenatide extended-release)
  • Ozempic (Semaglutide injection)
  • Rybelsus (Semaglutide tablets).
  • Trulicity (Dulaglutide)
  • Victoza (Liraglutide)
  • Mounjaro (Tirzepatide)
  • Wegovy (Semaglutide)

You CAN continue to take the following medications:

• Iron supplements
• Tramadol (Ultram)
• Tylenol (Acetaminophen)
• Ultracet

Contact your medical doctor (who prescribes your medication):

Any patient on blood thinners prior to surgery will need to speak with their prescribing doctor about when to stop their specific blood thinner.

This is not a decision we can make.

Below are examples:

• Plavix
• Aspirin
• Pradaxa
• Eliquis
• Coumadin
• Xarelto