If you need to cancel your appointment,
please do so within 36 hours. If you fail to show for your scheduled
injection, you will be billed a "no-show" fee.
Please note:
Any
patient who has a bleeding or platelet disorder needs an evaluation by a
hematologist prior to any spinal injection. Patients cannot undergo a
spinal injection while taking Coumadin.
In preparation for your upcoming spinal
injection, there is only one significant preparation that you have to do:
Take no aspirin or
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents!!
This family of medications is headed by
aspirin, but there are many different nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents,
with ibuprofen being the most common. All of these medications have the side
effect of prolonging bleeding time. If a patient were to be taking these
medications prior to an injection, this would set up the possibility
prolonged bleeding from tiny veins in the region of the spine which would
make a relatively safe procedure somewhat more dangerous.
Thus, it is important that you avoid aspirin or
any nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications for at least five (5) to
seven (7) full days prior to your shot. If you have been
taking any of the above medications within five (5) to seven (7) days of
your injection, call us prior to your injection appointment so that we can
advise you what to do.
The list of these medications includes (but
may not be limited to) the following medications: Aspirin, Ibuprofen,
Motrin, Advil, Aleve, Nuprin, Naprosyn, Anaprox, Orudis, Lodine, Relafen,
Clinoril, Arghrotec, Daypro, Indocin, Indomethacin, Duract, Ticlid, and
others.
Sometimes these medications are mixed in with
other medications such as: cold remedies, cough
medicines, ETC. Read the labels of all the medications that you are
taking to insure that none of the above listed medications are included.
If you have any questions regarding
medications, please call and we will we let you know if the medications in
question are OK to take. Bextra, Celebrex,
Mobic, and Tylenol are safe to take.
Thank you for following these precautions
carefully. This will help us avoid delaying your treatment.
