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. Aches-N-Pain Actron Advil Aleve Anaprox Anaprox DS Ansaid Butazolidine Cataflam Clinoril Co-Advil Daypro Diflunisal Diclofenac Dolobid Dristan Sinus Pain Reliver Etodalac Feldene Fenoprofen Flurbiprofen Genpril Haltrin IBU IBU tablets Ibuprin Ibuprofen Ibuprohm Indocin Indomethacin Keterolac Ketoprofen Lodine Meclofenamate Meclomen Medipren Mefenamic Menadol Midol IB Motrin Motrin IB Nabumetone Nalfon Naprosyn Naproxen Nuprin Orudis Oruvail Oxaprozin Pamprin Piroxican Ponstel Relafen Rufen Saleto-200 Sulindac Tolectin 1 Tolmetin Toradol Trendar Tricosal Voltaren   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 s urgery. Acuprin Alka Seltzer Anacin Anodynos A.P.C. Argesic Artha-G Arthritis Pain Formula Arthritis Strength Bufferin Arthropan ASA Asacol Ascone tablets Ascriptin Aspergum Aspirin Aspirin with codeine Asproject Axotal Azdone Azulfidine B-A-C tablets Bayer Bayer Timed Release BC power and tablets Bexophene Bufferin Bufferin Arthritis Strength Butalbital Butazolidin Cataflam Cogesic Congesprin Cope Coricidin Damason-P Darvon Compound Dipridamole Disalcid Doan’s Dolene Dolor Doxaphene Dristan Duradyne Easpirin Ecotrin Empirin Empirin with codeine Endodan Equagesic Equazine-M Excedrin Extra Strength Anacin Fiorinal Four Way Cold Tablets Gelpirin tablets Gemnisyn Genprin Halprin Healthprin Liquiprin Lortab ASA Magan Magsal Mepor Compound Meprobamate/Aspirin Meprogesic Q Methocarbamol Micranin Midol Mobidin Mementum Mono-Gesic Norgesic Norgesic Forte Nytol Nyquil Orphenadrine Oxycodone and aspirin Oxyphenbutazone Pabalate-SF P-A-C Pamprin Panasal Pentusa Pepto-Bismol Percodan Persantine Persistin Phenaphen Phenetron Compound Phenylbutazone Premysyn Propoxyphene Propoxyhene and aspirin Quiet World tablets Resolve Rexolate Robaxisal Robomol Rowasa Roxiprin S-A-C Salflex Salsalate Salsitab Sine-aid Sine-off Sodium salicylate Soma Compound Soprodol Compound Sominex Synalgos-DC capsules Talwin compound Tandearil Trental Trigesic Trilisate (Choline trisalicylate) Tusal Vanquish Zorprin   Medications That Cause Bleeding  Denotes an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.  Download Acrobat Reader   Drug Interactions Information from Drugs.com