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If you have any questions, please call 503-494-4373. For questions after 5 p.m., call 503-494-8311 and ask for the GI doctor on call.  \nOnce you are scheduled  \n􀂅 Download directions to your check-in location at  \n[https://www.ohsu.edu/digestive-health/preparing-your](https://www.ohsu.edu/digestive-health/preparing-your)endoscopy-procedure  \n􀂅 Ask a friend or family member to come with you to your procedure. You should have 1 healthy adult (age 18+) to take you home.  \n􀂅 Review the medication instructions on page 2. If you need more instructions on any of your medications, please contact the doctor who prescribed them.  \nPage 1 of 3  \n| If you take … | Do this… |\n| --- | --- |\n| Suboxone | Call us at 503-494-4373. |\n| Diabetes medicine by mouth (Metformin, Glipizide) | Do NOT take the night before or the morning of your procedure. |\n| Insulin | Take ½ your dose the night before and NO insulin the day of your procedure. Or, follow the instructions from the OHSU Preoperative Medicine Clinic. Your blood sugar could be lower from no solid food. |\n| Benzodiazepines (clonazepam, Klonipin, diazepam, Valium, lorazepam, Ativan, midazolam, Versed, temazepam, Restoril) | STOP taking 2 days (48 hours) before your procedure. |\n| Bentyl (dicyclomine) | STOP taking 24 hours before. |\n| Proton Pump Inhibitors-PPIs (Omeprazole, Prilosec, Nexium, Protonix, etc.) | STOP taking 5 days before your procedure. |\n| Antacids (Zantac, Tagamet, Pepcid) | STOP taking 3 days before your procedure. |\n| Blood thinners * | Talk to the doctor who prescribed your medication to talk about the guidelines below. |\n| 􀀍 Coumadin or Warfarin pills | STOP taking 5 days before your procedure if OK with your prescribing doctor. Call us if you CANNOT stop. |\n| 􀀍 Levenox or Enoxaparin injections | STOP taking 24 hours before your procedure if OK with your prescribing doctor. Call us if you CANNOT stop. |\n| 􀀍 Novel anticoagulant pills\u003Cbr>(Paradaxa, Dabigatran, Eliquis, Apixaban, Xarelto, Riveroxaban, Edoxaban, Savaysa) | STOP taking 1 day before your procedure if OK with your prescribing doctor. Call us if you CANNOT stop. |\n| 􀀍 Anti-platelets (Plavix, Clopidogrel, Prasugrel, Effient) | STOP taking 7 days before your procedure if OK with your prescribing doctor. Call us if you CANNOT stop. |\n\n􀀻 Keep taking all of your other prescribed medicines, including aspirin, pain medications, blood pressure medications like Lisinopril, water pills (diuretics like Lasix), Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (like Advil, Motrin, Aleve) .  \nPage 2 of 3  \n• You may eat normally until midnight before your procedure.  \n􀁛 NO solid food after midnight.  \nThe day of your procedure  \n• Only drink clear liquids (liquids you can see through when you hold it up to the light) until 2 hours before your arrival time. Do NOT eat any solid food. Follow this schedule no matter what time of day your procedure is.  \n􀀻 DO:  \n▪ Drink clear (not red or purple) liquids like:  \n􀀻 Clear broth (chicken, beef or vegetable)  \n􀀻 Coffee or tea (no milk, but sugar is OK)  \n􀀻 Carbonated soft drinks  \n􀀻 Clear juice like apple and white grape (no pulp)  \n􀀻 Clear sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade (no red or purple)  \n􀀻 Popsicles and Jell-O (no red or purple)  \n􀁛 DON’T:  \n􀁛 Drink liquids that are purple or red.  \n􀁛 Drink milk, orange juice, tomato juice, broth that has solids, or solid food.  \n➢ 2 hours before your arrival time, stop drinking anything.  \no You can have clear liquids up until 2 hours before your arrival time.  \no You may take your medicine with a sip of water.  \nPage 3 of 3 1/6/2022","cbCaipLbXBI7H5Hi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipLbXBI7H5Hi","pdf",651807,"English","# Preparing for your upper GI endoscopy\n## Once you are scheduled\n## The day of your procedure\n## Medication instructions overview","[{\"question\":\"How should I prepare after my upper GI endoscopy is scheduled?\",\"answer\":\"Download directions to your check-in location and ask a friend or family member to come with you. 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