Endoscopy & NSAIDS

[recreatingcate 132]

Hi everyone!

I have my endoscopy on Thursday! Woo hoo! My doctor stated to stop taking ibuprofen, aspirin, and plavix five days prior to the procedure. I got hurt at work this week and they prescribed me naproxen, which is also an NSAID. I took a dose today before I realized what was up.

Did anyone have an issue like this leading up to their endoscopy or their procedure at all? I will call the surgeon's office on Monday morning, but I just wanted to get some opinions here, too, if possible.

Thanks!!

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[Shibmar 1]

Hello! Please be sure check in with your cardiologist too. Plavix or aspirin taken for cardiac reasons shouldn't be stopped without their approval. (I work in cardiology). Wishing you the best, you'll do great!

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[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,443]

I will call the surgeon's office on Monday morning, but I just wanted to get some opinions here, too, if possible.

Make the call on Monday. The last thing you need is opinions. If four out of five people offer the opinion that there's no need to stop taking anything, I'd hope you'd ignore them.

What you got from @@Shibmar doesn't fall into the opinion category. It's accurate info. If you do have cardio-vascular concerns, you've probably gotten clearance for WLS from your cardiologist already or it's in the works, yes? I can't imagine that the bariatric surgeon wouldn't have specified the necessity.

Go forth and be fab.

[recreatingcate 132]

Thank you both! I got cardio clearance, but I don't have any cardio issues. I'm sorry I wasn't super clear - those were just the examples on the doctor's handout of things to stop taking pre-procedure.

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[adriant 109]

Be very careful with naproxen, these have caused me no end of issues and bleeds since I had a sleeve. Doctor's have now said that I can never take them again, so they have put me on 10mg amitriptyline for osteoarthritis it works a treat. All happily moving forward with my recovery.

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[Loudy227 96]

Be sure to tell the doctor. But my husband was supposed to stop his Plavix and forgot. He told his medical team, and they said it was not a big deal, just make sure to tell them, as your team might say differently.