Mira-Lax Prep for colonoscopy

I used Miralax for my last prep and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread (and I love bread!).

I used G2 and not the regular Gatorade (G1) because it is a thinner consistency and easier to drink more of it.  If you can manage the gatorade, I hope you wil find this as easy as I did.  I literally never felt nausous (and I get that easily---just the smell of black licorice makes me sick to my stomach).  This was the first prep that I did not do...one glass for me, one glass down the drain.

I don't know if you can use other "approved" liquids.  If you can ask your doc i would do that.

I mix it with Motts apple juice. its what they aways mix it in for me at the hospital. BUT the only thing I recommend is mixing it in room temp and then pouring it on ice if you want it cold because for some reason it doesnt mix wel into cold liquid.

I am so thankful for the Miralax prep, when I was diagnosed I had to do fleet and if that was still the prep, I would just starve myself for 2 weeks before the test because it made me so sick I couldnt do anything but heave, from both ends =(

BUT the Miralax prep didnt hurt my stomach or anything. another word of advice is to always buy the miralax brand, dont get the store brand because even though it says that its the same exact thing for some reason the store brand hurts my stomach and the actual miralax brand doesnt.

I have had many scopes using the Miralax prep. I strongly dislike gatorade or any juice (other than OJ for that matter). I always mix mine with sweetened hot tea. It very soothing to my already irritated stomach and I find it easy to drink down. If it starts tasting yucky--I switch to something else.

I've had so many scopes over the years that I really kind of do my own thing- to an extent. I take my ducolax tabs like I'm suppose to, but I don't mix the whole thing of miralax at one time. I make my tea and put a scoop in at a time, or whatever I'm drinking at the time.

I almost never finish drinking everything I'm suppose to. Once things start moving they kind of keep up and since I haven't had anything to eat for a day and I already have so much D0--it's just not a big deal.

One time, right before my first surgery, the Miralax prep didn't work very well for me. However, I was almost fully obstructed at that time. My colon was clean, but when he got to the small bowel area--that is when all hell broke loose.

Good luck! I've always been told you can mix it with whatever drink you would like as long as it's not red, or has pulp in it.

I personally use Gatorade, but my aunt always mixes her into Crystal Light. She makes up a batch in a flavor she likes and then adds the Miralax. I think aronk is right, you really can mix into anything as long as it qualifies as a clear liquid and no red or dark purple.

Last time I did mine I switched up the flavors so I didn't get sick of it or start to gag.

I bought smaller bottles of Gatorade so I had 3 different flavors and I switched it up all evening. I think that really helped me. I had a combo of Gatorade and G2, I liked the G2 better. It seemed lighter so I didn't seem as full as a usually do from all the liquid.

Nanners...I used orange G2.  I am usually a grape one but we know that is a no-no like the red.  I am not a big fan of the orange so this does not kill a flavor I like.  But, I also do not detest orange either.

If you like peppermint, I like to do my daily miralax dose with sweetend HOT peppermint tea. =)