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MEDICATIONS YOU MAY BE PRESCRIBED:

• Cefadroxil 500mg Antibiotic – Take one every 12 hours for 7 days postop to help prevent infection
• Tranexamic Acid 650mg – Take three pills (1.95g) once daily for 3 days to prevent excess internal bleeding
• Acetaminophen (Tylenol) 500mg – Take two pills (1000mg) three times a day for 30 days for pain
• Oxycodone 5mg – Take ½ to 1 tablet every 4-6 hours if needed for pain
• Aspirin 81mg – Take one every 12 hours for 30 days postop to help prevent blood clots
• Meloxicam 15mg – Take one daily for 30 days for pain and swelling control

You will start taking most prescriptions the day after surgery.
• Unless otherwise instructed, you will be given baby aspirin twice a day for
a month to prevent blood clots.
o For patients that take blood thinners/anticoagulants like
warfarin (Coumadin), apixaban (Eliquis), rivaroxaban (Xarelto),
dabigatran (Pradaxa), and clopidogrel (Plavix), you typically
resume your normal dosage starting the day after surgery. You
will typically not be prescribed aspirin or meloxicam.
• You will take Tylenol and typically an anti-inflammatory (Meloxicam) for at least a month. Don’t miss a dose of
these as they aid with pain and swelling control and sometimes are all that are needed.
o Patients that take anticoagulants before surgery or have kidney disease will not be given meloxicam.
• You will be given an oral antibiotic (Cefadroxil) to help prevent infection for a week. You can start taking it in
the evening of the day you had surgery if you go home.
• You will be given Tranexamic Acid to take for 3 days that will help limit postoperative bleeding.
• Oxycodone is a narcotic pain medication and can be extremely dangerous. It should only be used as needed
for severe pain. Most patients require Oxycodone for the first week or so.

Other medications you may need that can be purchased at any pharmacy:

• Omeprazole – Take to prevent gastroesophageal reflux/heartburn
• Colace – Take until moving bowels regularly then discontinue (Oxycodone can constipate you!)
• MiraLAX or other laxative – Take as needed if bowels not moving after taking Colace
• Cetirizine (for daytime) and Benadryl (for nighttime) – Take if itchiness occurs

Medication Schedule Example:

6:00 AM 10:00 AM 2:00 PM 6:00 PM 10:00 PM 2:00 AM

Cefadroxil (7 days)
Tranexamic Acid (3 days) Cefadroxil (7 days)
Acetaminophen Acetaminophen Acetaminophen
(Aspirin)
(Oxycodone?) (Oxycodone?) (Oxycodone?) (Oxycodone?) (Oxycodone?) (Oxycodone?)
(Aspirin)
(Meloxicam)

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