My Dr. hasn't sais anything to me about taking pain meds... what is the deal with this? You can't take before or after surgery or both? I've been having headaches and taking advil (ibuprphen) should I stop? What can you take?

HELP!

My doctors office called me yesterday and said NO advil (ibuprphen) or asprin a week before surgery. It thins your blood. My surgery is next Tuesday.

My Dr. hasn't sais anything to me about taking pain meds... what is the deal with this? You can't take before or after surgery or both? I've been having headaches and taking advil (ibuprphen) should I stop? What can you take?

HELP!

Yes, stop taking it now. I'm a strictly ibuprofen gal but I switched to Tylenol when needed two weeks before surgery. You will be able to take it after surgery at a certain point. I can't remember when I was cleared for it postop, but it wasn't long at all.

Mine had me stop taking aspirin two weeks before surgery.

Mine had me stop taking aspirin two weeks before surgery.

Can you take Alleve?

thanks!

Can you take Alleve?

thanks!

I'm not sure what Alieve is made out of, you will have to look it up... I just stopped taking my one daily aspirin today... two weeks till surgery!

Anything that contains Aspirin or say Non steriodial anti inflammatory is a no no 2 weeks before the surgery. It thins the blood.

A list of common drugs that are NSAIDS:

NSAIDs : non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Aspirin (Anacin, Ascriptin, Bayer, Bufferin, Ecotrin, Excedrin)

Choline and magnesium salicylates (CMT, Tricosal, Trilisate)

Choline salicylate (Arthropan)

Celecoxib (Celebrex)

Diclofenac potassium (Cataflam)

Diclofenac sodium (Voltaren, Voltaren XR)

Diclofenac sodium with misoprostol (Arthrotec)

Diflunisal (Dolobid)

Etodolac (Lodine, Lodine XL)

Fenoprofen Calcium (Nalfon)

Flurbiprofen (Ansaid)

Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Motrin IB, Nuprin)

Indomethacin (Indocin, Indocin SR)

Ketoprofen (Actron, Orudis, Orudis KT, Oruvail)

Magnesium salicylate (Arthritab, Bayer Select, Doan's pills, Magan, Mobidin, Mobogesic)

Meclofenamate sodium (Meclomen)

Mefenamic acid (Ponstel)

Meloxicam (Mobic)

Nabumetone (Relafen)

Naproxen (Naprosyn, Naprelan*)

Naproxen sodium (Aleve, Anaprox)

Oxaprozin (Daypro)

Piroxicam (Feldene)

Rofecoxib (Vioxx)

Salsalate (Amigesic, Anaflex 750, Disalcid, Marthritic, Mono-Gesic, Salflex, Salsitab)

Sodium salicylate (various generics)

Sulindac (Clinoril)

Tolmetin sodium (Tolectin)

Valdecoxib (Bextra)

Note: Some products, such as Excedrin, are combination drugs (Excedrin is acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine).

Note that acetaminophen (Paracetamol; Tylenol) is not on this list. Acetaminophen belongs to a class of drugs called analgesics (pain relievers) and antipyretics (fever reducers). The exact mechanism of action of acetaminophen is not known. Acetaminophen relieves pain by elevating the pain threshold, that is, by requiring a greater amount of pain to develop before it is felt by a person. It reduces fever through its action on the heat-regulating center of the brain. Specifically, it tells the center to lower the body's temperature when the temperature is elevated. Acetaminophen relieves pain in mild arthritis but has no effect on the underlying inflammation, redness and swelling of the joint.

Paracetamol, unlike other common analgesics such as aspirin and ibuprofen, has no anti-inflammatory properties, and so it is not a member of the class of drugs known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs.

Also Fiorinal for headaches has Aspirin.

No Aleve......only Tylenol.

I can only take tylenol for my knee pain nothing else...I do miss my motrin.

Regular use of NSAIDS can also cause stomach ulcers :/

My Dr. hasn't sais anything to me about taking pain meds... what is the deal with this? You can't take before or after surgery or both? I've been having headaches and taking advil (ibuprphen) should I stop? What can you take?

HELP!

I'm not going to say much here, because you'll get alot of different answers. I'll only say that my doctor told me Ibuprophen no cause it could cause stomach ulcers and tylenol yes which was the med of choice in the beginning. . . I'm 1 year out and take Ibuprophen now whenever i need it without any problems. Dr now says it's ok to take now . . that being said, good luck!