NSAID's - Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
NSAID's are a family of drugs that can affect your body's ability to form a blood clot. These medicines can commonly cause irritation, ulceration or even major bleeding from the GI tract.If you are having an elective endoscopy performed, it is often advised that you hold any of these medications for at least one week prior to the exam to minimize the risk of bleeding.
The complete list of approved NSAIDs is very long. The following list contains only NSAIDs that are commonly used:
Aspirin
(Bayer, Gooding's powders, Excedrin)Celecoxib
(Celebrex)Diclofenac
(Voltaren, Arthrotec, Cataflam)Diflunisal
(Dolobid)Etodolac
(Lodine)Fenoprofen
Flurbiprofen
(Ansaid)Ibuprofen
(Motrin, Combunox)Indomethacin
(Indocin)Ketoprofen
(Orudis, Oruvail)Ketorolac
(Toradol)Mefenamic acid
(Ponstel)Meloxicam
(Mobic)Nabumetone
(Relafen)Naproxen
(Aleve, Naprosyn, Anaprox, Naprelan)Oxaprozin
(Daypro)Piroxicam
(Feldene)Salsalate
(Amigesic)Sulindac
(Clinoril)Tolmetin
(Tolectin)