PRE-PROCEDURE CHECKLIST

•        YOU MUST HAVE A DRIVER TO PICK YOU UP FROM YOUR PROCEDURE UNLESS OTHER               
ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN

•        YOU MUST BE OFF ALL MEDICATIONS WHICH CAN THIN YOUR BLOOD INCLUDING ANTI-
INFLAMMATORIES / IBUPROFEN / ADVIL / ALEVE / MOTRIN / RELAFEN / NAPROSYN / ASPIRIN / PLAVIX /
HEPARIN / COUMADIN (PLEASE SEE “MEDICATIONS I SHOULD NOT TAKE BEFORE PROCEDURE” TO GET
FULL LIST)

•        YOU CANNOT GET THIS PROCEDURE IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY SPINAL / ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS

•        IF YOU ARE DIABETIC, YOUR SUGARS MAY TRANSIENTLY INCREASED AFTER THE PROCEDURE
SECONDARY TO THE STEROID, PLEASE CONSULT YOUR SPECIALIST

•        YOU MAY NOT GET THIS PROCEDURE IF YOU ARE PREGNANT

•        YOU MAY NOT EAT THE MORNING OF THE PROCEDURE (WATER IS OK, YOU MAY EAT RIGHT AFTER
THE PROCEDURE)

•        PLEASE INFORM YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES TO:  IODINE / DYE / SHELLFISH /
STEROID / CELESTONE / DEXAMETHASONE / LIDOCAINE / MARCAINE