Fourteen (14) days before your procedure:
Discontinue the use of all herbal supplements, vitamin E, garlic pills, and ginkgo biloba.
Ten (10) days before your procedure:
Discontinue the use of aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen, Aleve, and Nuprin
Seven (7) days before your procedure:
Discontinue the use of Pletal and Plavix after conferring with the prescribing physician.
Five (5) days before your procedure:
Discontinue the use of Coumadin, after conferring with the prescribing physician.
The day before your procedure:
Take one at bedtime: ____Cipro tablet ____Levaquin tablet
Use one Fleets enema at bedtime. (Get Fleets enema at your local pharmacy.)
The day of your procedure:
Have a light breakfast (example: toast or cereal and juice).
You may drink as many liquids as you like; liquids are not restricted.
Do not eat anything after breakfast.
Take one with breakfast: ____Cipro tablet ____Levaquin tablet
Use one Fleets enema approximately one hour prior to your procedure.
Take one with your evening meal: ____Cipro tablet ____Levaquin tablet
The day after your procedure:
Take one with breakfast: ____Cipro tablet ____Levaquin tablet
Procedure date:________________________ Time:________________________
Follow-up appointment to obtain biopsy results:
Date:__________________________________ Time:________________________
POST-PROSTATE BIOPSY INSTRUCTIONS
Concerns that are normal following prostate biopsy:
Concerns that should be addressed at once: