TO: All patients undergoing any surgical procedure or biopsy:

Below is a list of medications which may cause bleeding. Therefore, these medications should be stopped at least one week before your procedure or biopsy. These medications generally are used for pain and/or arthritis. The best medication to use for pain and arthritis is Tylenol, with or without Codeine, during the week preceding your procedure or biopsy.

The medications listed below all contain aspirin or similar compounds which affect the ability to form clots. It is only a partial list.

If there are any questions about other medications, please check with your pharmacist.

Aches-N-Pain Advil Tablets and Caplets Alka Seltzer Alka Seltzer Flavored Anaprox Anaprox DS Ancid Ansaid Arthritis Pain Formula Arthritis Strength Tri-Buffered Bufferin A.S.A. Enseals Ascriptin Ascriptin A/D Caplets Ascriptin Extra Strength Caplets Asperbuf Aspirin Buffaprin Buffered Aspirin Bufferin Bufferin Extra Strength Buffex Buffinol Cama Arthritis Strength Clinoril Coumadin Dipyridamole Disalcid Easprin Ecotrin Ecotrin Maximum Strength 8-hour Bayer Empirin

Encaprin Excedrin Extra Strength Tri-Buffered Bufferin Feldene Haltran Ibuprofen Ibuprin Ifen Indocin Magnaprin Maprin Maprin I-B Measurin Medipren Midol 200 Motrin Nalfon Naprosyn Nuprin Nuprin Caplets (Tablets) Orudis Patnrpin-1B Pepto-Bismol Persantine Rimadyl Rufen Tolectin Tolmetin Trendar Tri-Buffered Bufferin Voltaren Warfarin Wesprin Buffered Zorprin