Please be advised that antibiotics and many other medications can decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills.
We will do everything we can to keep you comfortable and make you feel at ease throughout your surgical experience at our office.
Please follow these instructions so that you may receive the best possible care:
- Please make arrangements for someone to drive you to the office and home after your procedure. Make sure you have someone to stay with you the day of surgery. ABSOLUTELY NO DRIVING until the day after surgery. Your escort should be prepared to stay in our reception room during your surgery.
- Please leave your cell phones at home or with your escort.
- Nothing to eat after midnight prior to procedure. Water only is encouraged up to 2 hours prior to procedure. For example, if your procedure is at 8:00 a.m. – no more water after 6:00 a.m.
- Wear short-sleeved, comfortable clothing, and low-heeled secure shoes (NO FLIP-FLOPS).
- No makeup on the morning of surgery. No dark nail polish on hands.
- What to Eat the Day of Surgery: While numb, eat cold soft foods that do not require chewing (smoothies, pudding, ice cream, shakes). Once the numbing medication has worn off, you may resume a normal diet as tolerated. You may use a straw. Do not eat nuts, large seeds, or popcorn until cleared by Dr. Brown.
- Patients with small children should make arrangements for the children to be cared for by someone else the day of surgery.
- Please contact our office immediately should the possibility of pregnancy arise at any time during this care.
SPECIAL PRE-OP INSTRUCTIONS: If antibiotic and/or mouth rinse is prescribed, begin 3 days prior to surgery date, unless otherwise stated on the prescription instructions.
Medications such as Ozempic (Semaglutide), Trulicity, Wegovy, Saxenda, and Mounjaro should be discussed with Dr. Brown. These medications should be held 7 days prior to procedures with IV sedation.
We will be sending your escort home with specific instructions to your procedure. Please make sure you read these instructions later when you are more awake and refer to them as needed.
If you have any questions before or after the procedure please call (985) 643-1010 (Slidell) or (985) 624-8877 (Mandeville).