Medications that Cause Bleeding

The following is an incomplete, nevertheless useful, list of medications which make you prone to excessive bleeding at the time of your operation. These medications will need to be stopped prior to your operation, and you should check with your primary care physician concerning this.

Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Medications

Non-narcotic medications used for arthritis and pain relief. These medications need to be stopped for at least a full 3 days prior to an operative procedure.

  • Dristan
  • Midol
  • Resolve
  • Duradyne
  • Mobidin
  • Rexolate
  • Easpirin
  • Mementum
  • Robaxisal
  • Ecotrin
  • Mono-Gesic
  • Robomol
  • Empirin
  • Norgesic
  • Rowasa
  • Empirin with codeine
  • Norgesic Forte
  • Roxiprin
  • Endodan
  • Nytol
  • S-A-C
  • Equagesic
  • Nyquil
  • Salflex
  • Equazine-M
  • Orphenadrine
  • Salsalate
  • Excedrin
  • Oxycodone and aspirin
  • Salsitab
  • Extra Strength Anacin
  • Oxyphenbutazone
  • Sine-aid
  • Fiorinal
  • Pabalate-SF
  • Sine-off
  • Four Way Cold Tablets
  • P-A-C
  • Sodium salicylate
  • Gelpirin tablets
  • Pamprin
  • Soma Compound
  • Way Cold Tablets
  • P-A-C
  • Sodium salicylate
  • Gelpirin tablets
  • Pamprin
  • Soma Compound
  • Gemnisyn
  • Panasal
  • Soprodol Compound
  • Genprin
  • Pentusa
  • Sominex
  • Halprin
  • Pepto-Bismol
  • Synalgos-DC capsules
  • Healthprin
  • Percodan
  • Talwin compound
  • Liquiprin
  • Persantine
  • Tandearil
  • Lortab ASA
  • Persistin
  • Trental
  • Magan
  • Phenaphen
  • Trigesic
  • Magsal
  • Phenetron Compound
  • Trilisate (Choline trisalicylate)
  • Mepor Compound
  • Phenylbutazone
  • Tusal
  • Meprobamate/Aspirin
  • Premysyn
  • Vanquish
  • Meprogesic Q
  • Propoxyphene
  • Zorprin
  • Methocarbamol
  • Propoxyhene and aspirin
  • Micranin
  • Quiet World tablets

Aspirin or Salicylic Medications

The following medications contain aspirin or salicylic acid derivatives.  These medications need to be stopped for at least a full 7 days prior to surgery.

  • Acuprin
  • Dolor
  • P-A-C
  • Alka Seltzer
  • Doxaphene
  • Pamprin
  • Anacin
  • Dristan
  • Panasal
  • Anodynos
  • Duradyne
  • Pentusa
  • A.P.C.
  • Easpirin
  • Pepto-Bismol
  • Argesic
  • Ecotrin
  • Percodan
  • Artha-G
  • Empirin
  • Persantine
  • Arthritis Pain Formula
  • Empirin with codeine
  • Persistin
  • Arthritis Strength Bufferin
  • Endodan
  • Phenaphen
  • Arthropan
  • Equagesic
  • Phenetron Compound
  • ASA
  • Equazine-M
  • Phenylbutazone
  • Asacol
  • Excedrin
  • Premysyn
  • Ascone tablets
  • Extra Strength Anacin
  • Propoxyphene
  • Ascriptin
  • Fiorinal
  • Propoxyhene and aspirin
  • Aspergum
  • Four Way Cold Tablets
  • Quiet World tablets
  • Aspirin
  • Gelpirin tablets
  • Resolve
  • Aspirin with codeine
  • Gemnisyn
  • Rexolate
  • Asproject
  • Genprin
  • Robaxisal
  • Axotal
  • Halprin
  • Robomol
  • Azdone
  • Healthprin
  • Rowasa
  • Azulfidine
  • Liquiprin
  • Roxiprin
  • B-A-C tablets
  • Lortab ASA
  • S-A-C
  • Bayer
  • Magan
  • Salflex
  • Bayer Timed Release
  • Magsal
  • Salsalate
  • BC power and tablets
  • Mepor Compound
  • Salsitab
  • Bexophene
  • Meprobamate/Aspirin
  • Sine-aid
  • Bufferin
  • Meprogesic Q
  • Sine-off
  • Bufferin Arthritis Strength
  • Methocarbamol
  • Sodium salicylate
  • Butalbital
  • Micranin
  • Soma Compound
  • Butazolidin
  • Midol
  • Soprodol Compound
  • Cataflam
  • Mobidin
  • Sominex
  • Cogesic
  • Mementum
  • Synalgos-DC capsules
  • Congesprin
  • Mono-Gesic
  • Talwin compound
  • Cope
  • Norgesic
  • Tandearil
  • Coricidin
  • Norgesic Forte
  • Trental
  • Damason-P
  • Nytol
  • Trigesic
  • Darvon Compound
  • Nyquil
  • Trilisate (Choline trisalicylate)
  • Dipridamole
  • Orphenadrine
  • Tusal
  • Disalcid
  • Oxycodone and aspirin
  • Vanquish
  • Doan’s
  • Oxyphenbutazone
  • Zorprin
  • Dolene
  • Pabalate-SF