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Posted 11/16/2017 5:46 PM (GMT 0)
I will be having a Colonoscopy soon. What is the best prep ? I gag & vomit easily. I think I had a prep once with Dulcolax tabs & Miralax that wasn't too bad- has anyone else?
Posted 11/16/2017 5:51 PM (GMT 0)
I use the gallon prep GoLytely....only.
If you had success with the previous one, use it again.

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Posted 11/16/2017 5:54 PM (GMT 0)
Moviprep is pretty grim, but has always worked for me. I prevent any nausea by sipping it slowly through a straw over 2 hours. My mum says she would gulp it down as fast as possible, but I'm pretty sure I would be sick if I tried to do that. (I was sick once during an MRI scan, where I had to gulp down a litre of contrast beforehand. But that's another story.) Sipping it slowly works for me and I'm still cleaned out at the end of it.
Posted 11/16/2017 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
All I've done is the Dulcolax tabs & Miralax prep. They're awful, just a matter is it a 98%, 97% or 99% awful.
Posted 11/16/2017 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
I do the Dulcolax/Miralax/Gatorade prep. I think white cherry Gatorade is the best to mix it with.
Posted 11/17/2017 3:14 AM (GMT 0)
To be honest i think I’ve tried everything and it’s hard to remember which is easiest. Movi prep is the quickest working in my opinion. It just pours out of you. The big gallon jug ones are a lot to drink but it’s good bc then you don’t get dehydrated. My doc said those are less stress on the system so he can better see if the symptoms I’m having are a result of UC or irritation due to the prep. Some of the peeps can be rough on the system.

What does your doc suggest? Usually they have a preference. I suggest drinking it with a straw so you taste it less. Also if you put it in the fridge ahead of time, you may want to take it out so you don’t make yourself super cold with every glass you drink. Having it cool to drink vs cold is a big difference.

Good luck!!!
Posted 11/17/2017 4:25 AM (GMT 0)
I did Prepopik for a colonoscopy prep last year, and I found it to be the best of the ones I’ve done. I believe it was only 8oz the night before and then again 6 hours before the colonoscopy. Of course, I had to drink a ton of water too, but I felt it was easier to drink the water at my leisure, rather than trying to drink a large amount of prep in a certain amount of time.

For the colonoscopy I had in september, I did the dulcolax and miralax prep. I didn’t care for it, but I had a cdiff infection and a flare that were causing pretty severe inflammation, so I’m sure that’s why the experience was worse than normal.
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