Mixing colonoscopy prep with juice?

Hi all-I apologize for being MIA for months on end. I'm going to attempt to catch up, meet some new faces and see how everyone is doing.

I am having a long overdue colonoscopy on Monday. Prescribed MoviPrep. Anyway, a friend of mine (who does NOT have UC, but had a bout of bloody stools that ended up with her having to have a scope) said she mixed her already mixed prep with apple juice to make it more palatable. She said her doctor was the one who suggested it. I have not heard of this before, but definitely would like to find a way to make it more palatable! I rarely get through more than half of the prep-it does the job, but I struggle with drinking that crap-makes me nauseous.

Anyone heard of doing this? Thanks!

I want to call and ask why I can't take the pills. Maybe I will do that. But yeah-I can't imagine ANYTHING making this crap taste any better, lol.

And I would probably never touch those drinks again either if I were you!

Thank you!

My son just had a colonoscopy. They said anything clear and he preferred lime gatoraid.

Adding to the mixture just makes the misery of getting it down longer. I'm gagging just at the thought. Movi-prep is the only one my GI uses. I have to say its the worst to get down. It works great. I chase it down with lemon jello! Lol The jello took the nasty taste out of my mouth. I made believe they were jello shots. I have a great imagination!!!! Yuck....

I've had three types of liquid prep - never pills. The miralax prep was the worst to me for some reason! I think because there seemed to be sooo much to drink. I've never had the "pleasure" using the giant jugs of liquid.

if i had known then what i know now, i would have most definitly chosen a clear "adult" beverage -

The giant jug type are so salty. Adding Gatorade to the mix just makes it more salty. Tried o get my GI to let me do the miralax one. I had that before , he said noooooo. Wonder why ?

I did the miralax and lime gatorade when I had mine done. Never touched gatorade again.

Thanks again to all for the responses!! Quick update-I didn't mix the prep with anything, but did chase it with apple juice. That helped a TON. I drank the prep with a straw so it hit as few taste buds as possible, then immediately drank apple juice. For the first time ever, I was able to finish a prep!!! :) I don't normally drink apple juice, so it worked out well. So much better this time-I found the MoviPrep to be definitely a lot easier to get down than the gallon jugs types.

C-scope was good! I mean, not that it was enjoyable, lol, but my remission is looking good. I have scar tissue from the last flare, but he was really pleased. Hooray!!!

Summerstorm-I thought I had heard something about the pills a while back-maybe that was it. I guess there is no easy way to get this prep done! Oh well-I'm done for a couple of years!

Wow, Sherry-that is crazy. And very good to know!! I will stick with the liquid prep. Seems there has been enough improvement on them, and truthfully, it isn't something I have to endure frequently.