There are certain medications that you will be asked not to take before surgery due to bleeding side effects. These medications include ibuprofen, aspirin, and blood thinners. In most cases, not stopping blood thinning medications will result to your surgery being re-scheduled. Please discuss these medications in advance with your surgeon or anesthesia provider regarding when these medications should be stopped. The majority of patients will be asked to avoid ibuprofen and aspirin for 7 days prior to the procedure.  Certain medications should be taken the day of surgery. This includes most blood pressure (heart) medications, anti-seizure medications, and asthma medications. Other medications are permissible, such as acetaminophen containing pain medication. Other medications should not be taken day of surgery, such as water pills (hydrochlorothiazide) and certain blood pressure medications called ACE inhibitors (end in –pril) and ARB’s (end in –artan), diabetes blood sugar lowering medication, ADHD medication such as adderall, and weight loss medication such as phentermine. If you have any questions about which medications you should or should not take, please email us at Info@MillcreekSurgery.com