Burnside Surgery Center: Non-Sedation Procedures

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

MedicationStop (before)
Restart (after)
Full Strength Aspirin
Ticlopidine
Clopidogrel
Prasugrel
Ticagrelor
Cangrelor
Ticlopid
Plavix
Effient
Brillinta
Kengreal
Stop 7 Days before your procedureStart again, 24 hours after your procedure
Coumadin
Warfarin
Stop 5 days before your procedureStart again 24 hours after your procedure
Low Dose sq Heparin
5000 units BID
Stop 24 hours before your procedureStart again 8 hours after your procedure
Enoxaparin
Lovenox
Delteparin
Fragmin
Stop 24 hours before your procedureStart again 12 hours after your procedure
Diabigatran
Rivaroxanban
Apixaban
Edoxaban
Pradaxa
Xarelto
Eliquis
Savayasa
Stop 4 days before your procedureStart again 24 hours after your procedure
Garlic
Dong Quai
Danshen
Ginko Biloba
Panax Ginsent
Vitamin E
Stop 7 days before your procedureStart again 24 hours after your procedure.