Pepto before surgery? Realizing it contains aspirin, did I take it far enough from my surgery date for it be out of my system?

Hello!I would not worry about this. I would recommend you stick with Tums, Maalox or Zantac if you need.Mention it to your surgeon. This will not be grounds to further delay your procedure.Best of luck!

Hello. Great question. I will suggest contacting your surgeon and discussing your concerns in advance. Every surgeon has his or her own medication protocol. Good luck with your procedure.

Thanks for your excellent question, Anon. The half life of Aspirin is about 3 hours, because of this the aspirin will be out of your system within a day. The issue is that once the Aspirin interacts with platelets in your blood, it permanently deactivates them from clotting. It take the body about a week to recycle the platelets and make new ones. Since your surgery is 11 days out, you should be ok but I would certainly let your surgeon know