Major Operations/Changes in your Health
If you had any major operations or changes in your health such as uncontrolled blood pressure or blood sugar, heart attack, stroke, chest pain, trouble breathing, surgery, or hospital admission in the last 30 days, please inform us immediately. Our clinical team will need to evaluate your unique circumstances and decide how to proceed.
Food & Liquids
For non-sedation procedures we do not have any restrictions for food or liquids prior to the procedure. You may be laying down on your stomach during your procedure, so you may not want a large meal right before the procedure.
Anticoagulants / Blood Thinners
ATTENTION: The following medication instructions only apply to the following procedures! If your procedure is NOT listed here, then you DO NOT need to alter your medications.
Stimulator Trial / Implant / Revision, Vertebral Augmentation, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Epidural Steroid Injection, Selective Nerve Block, Discogram, Sympathetic Nerve Block, Stellate Ganglion Block, Celiac Plexus Block, Trigeminal Block, Sphenopalatine Block
Medication | Stop (before) | Restart (after) |
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Full Strength Aspirin Ticlopidine Clopidogrel Prasugrel Ticagrelor Cangrelor Ticlopid Plavix Effient Brillinta Kengreal | Stop 7 Days before your procedure | Start again, 24 hours after your procedure |
Coumadin Warfarin | Stop 5 days before your procedure | Start again 24 hours after your procedure |
Low Dose sq Heparin 5000 units BID | Stop 24 hours before your procedure | Start again 8 hours after your procedure |
Enoxaparin Lovenox Delteparin Fragmin | Stop 24 hours before your procedure | Start again 12 hours after your procedure |
Diabigatran Rivaroxanban Apixaban Edoxaban Pradaxa Xarelto Eliquis Savayasa | Stop 4 days before your procedure | Start again 24 hours after your procedure |
Garlic Dong Quai Danshen Ginko Biloba Panax Ginsent Vitamin E | Stop 7 days before your procedure | Start again 24 hours after your procedure. |