FTM Top Surgery Resources
Medications to Avoid Before and After Top Surgery
When preparing for top surgery, you may be advised of specific medications to discontinue prior to surgery, specifically any medications that interfere with normal blood clotting. These medications include aspirin, aspirin-containing compounds, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and vitamin E. Vitamin and herbal preparations should also be discussed with the surgeon performing your top surgery. Ginger, garlic and ginseng are examples of such preparations that should be avoided prior to top surgery. If you are in doubt, ask your surgeon!
Medications and herbs on the following list may contribute to excessive bleeding during and after your surgery and should be avoided.
| 4-Way Cold (tablet) ACA A-A Compound Accutrim Actifed Actron Acular (Opthalmic) Acutane Advil products Aleve Alka-Seltzer Anacin Anaprox products Andynos Anexsia Anisindione Ansaid Anturane ASA Ascriptin Aspergum Aspirin Aspirin suppositories Axtol Baby Aspirin B-A-C Bayer BC powder or tablets Bexophene Buffaprin Bufferin Buffinol Cama-Arthritis Cataflam Clinoril Congespirin Contac Cope Coricidin Coumadin Dalteparin injection Damason Darvon Daypro Dia-Gesic Diclonfenec Dicumerol Digel Dimetapp Sinus Dipyridamole Dolprin #3 tablets Donatab Doxaphene Doxycycline Dristan Duragesic Easprin |
Ecotrin Emagrin Forte Empirin Emprazil Enoxaparin injection Equagesic Equazine M Etodolac Excedrin Feldene Fenoprofen Fiogesic Fiorgen PH Fioricet Fiorinal Flagyl Flurbiprofen Flu-Tuss Fragmin injection Furadantin Garlic Gemnisyn Genpril Ginkgo biloba Ginger Ginseng Green tea Haltran Heparin Hydrocortizone IBU Ibuprin Ibuprofen Ibuprohm Indochron E-R Indocin products Indomethacin Ketoprofen Ketorolac Liquiprin Lodine Lortab ASA Lovnox injection Isollyl Macrodantin Magnaprin Marine Fatty Acids Marnal Meclofenamate Meclomen Medipren Menfenamic Acid Mellaril Menadol Meprobamate Midol products |
Miradon Momentum Motrin products Nabumetone Nalfon products Naprelan Naprosyn Naprox X Naproxen Night-time cold Norgesic products Norwich products Nuprin Ocufen Ophthamalic Olsalazine Omega-3 Fish Oil Opasal Orphengesic products Orudis products Oruvail Oxaprozin Oxycodone Pabalate products P-A-C Pain reliever tabs Panasal Pentasa Pentoxyfylline Pepto-Bismol Percodan Persantine Phenaphen/Cod#3 Phenylpropanolamine Pink Bismuth Piroxicam Ponstel Prednisone Presalin Profenal Propoxyphene Protamine Pyrroxate Relafen Rhinocaps Robaxisal Rowasa Roxiprin Rufen Salatin Saleto products Salflex Salicylate products Salocol Salsalate Salsitab Scot-Tussin |
Sine-Aid Sine-Off Sinex Sinutab SK-65 Compound Sodium Salicylate Sodol Compound Sofarin Soltice Soma Compound Sparine St. Joseph Aspirin Stelazine Suldinac Sulfasalazine Sulfinpyrazone Supac Suprax Suprofen Synalgos-DC Talwin Compound Tenuate Tenuate Dospan Thorazine Ticlid Ticlopidine Tolectin products Tolmetin Torado Trental Triaminicin Tricosal Trigesic Tussanil DH Tussirex products Ursinus Vanquish Vibramycin Vitamin E Voltaren Warfarin Wesprin Willow Bark Zomax Zorprin |