when to stop antiplatelet drugs or anticoagulants before surgery

January 2013

You'll get more questions about when to stop antiplatelet drugs or anticoagulants before surgery.

We used to think about mainly aspirin, clopidogrel, and warfarin.

Now it's trickier...since we also have Effient (prasugrel), Brilinta (ticagrelor), Pradaxa (dabigatran), Eliquis (apixaban), and (rivaroxaban).

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