Your medications before surgery
All patients begin this regimen before surgery unless exempt or allergic to a prescribed medication. Your prescriptions are called in to your pharmacy three (3) days before your appointment — call the office if you need different arrangements.
Medrol Dose Pack
Methylprednisolone — helps suppress bruising and swelling.
- Start 3 days before surgery with the loading dose (lower right of the packet).
- Follow the directions under each row until the pack is finished (6 days).
- Morning of surgery: do NOT take it. Resume that evening around dinner time, then at that same time each remaining day.
Amoxicillin 500 mg
A different antibiotic is prescribed if you’re allergic.
- Start 3 days before surgery: one capsule three times a day, through the night before.
- Morning of surgery: do NOT take any.
- Resume the remaining capsules after surgery until finished.
Diazepam 10 mg (Valium)
Helps you relax before your procedure.
- Take one tablet ONE (1) HOUR before surgery.
- Because of this — and your sedation — your escort must already be with you. Do not drive yourself.
The morning of surgery — the simple rule
- Skip the medications we prescribed for surgery (Medrol, amoxicillin) that morning — they resume as directed above.
- Your diazepam is the exception: one tablet, one hour before surgery.
- Keep taking your regular morning medications from your other doctors as you normally would — unless a medication interacts with your procedure, which we would have discussed with you beforehand.