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Aspirin: If aspirin is the only blood thinner being taken, patients can continue to take it without interruption. 

Other blood thinners must be paused or stopped individually depending on the indication. The following recommendations are general in nature and must be adapted to the individual situation:

• Plavix
• Aspirin + P2Y12 inhibitors: Plavix (clopidogrel), Efient, Brilique
• Marcoumar 
• VKA/NOAC/DOAC plus platelet aggregation inhibitors
• NOAC (apixaban/Eliquis, rivaroxaban/Xarelto, dabigatran/Pradaxa, edoxaban/Lixiana)

Further information on blood thinners: 

Recommendation of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG)

Endocarditis prevention recommendations from the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG)

First-line treatment: 

• Clarithromycin 2x500 mg/day, amoxicillin 2x1000 mg/day, PPI for 14 days
• Pylera 140 mg/125 mg/125 mg hard capsules 4x3 capsules/day (postprandial), PPI 2x40 mg pantoprazole equivalents for 10 days: Please allow at least 3 hours between consuming calcium-containing foods (e.g., milk, yogurt, quark, cheese, calcium-containing drinking water) and taking the medicine.

First-line treatment for penicillin allergy: 

• Clarithromycin 2x500 mg/d, metronidazole 2x500 mg/d, PPI for 14 days
• Pylera 140 mg/125 mg/125 mg hard capsules 4x3 capsules/day (postprandial), PPI 2x40mg pantoprazole equivalents for 10 days: Please allow at least 3 hours between consuming calcium-containing foods (e.g., milk, yogurt, quark, cheese, calcium-containing drinking water) and taking the medicine.

Second-line treatment: 

• Pylera 140 mg/125 mg/125 mg hard capsules 4x3 capsules/day (postprandial), PPI 2x40mg pantoprazole equivalents for 10 days: Please allow at least 3 hours between consuming calcium-containing foods (e.g., milk, yogurt, quark, cheese, calcium-containing drinking water) and taking the medicine.
• Levofloxacin 2x500 mg/day, amoxicillin 2x1000 mg/day for 14 days
   

Third-line treatment:

Third-line treatment must be planned individually on the basis of a previously prepared antibiogram. 

Recommendations for follow-up care after colonoscopic polypectomy from the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG)