Re: Re: re:colonoscopy/Marilyn

[Guest guest]

At 02:51 PM 4/1/2009, you wrote:

Sorry if I ask a repeat question

but I just looked at the E-Lyte and it seems a good product. That said,

can it be used along with a laxative in order to do a clean out --

instead of the " go-lightly " drink with all the sugars in it

that they prescribe? And a clean out that does not involve 3 days? Maybe

just the day before and the morning of the colonoscopy?

Judy,

The Trilyte I was given did not have sugars and flavoring in it as long

as I did not put in the flavoring package.

TriLyte® is a white powder for reconstitution containing 420 g

polyethylene glycol 3350, 5.72 g sodium bicarbonate, 11.2 g sodium

chloride, 1.48 g potassium chloride. Flavor packs, each containing 3.22 g

of flavoring ingredients, are attached to the 4 liter bottle. See

individual flavor packs for complete listing of ingredients. When

dissolved in water to a volume of 4 liters, TriLyte® with flavor packs

(PEG-3350, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride for

oral solution) is an isosmotic solution, for oral administration, having

a pleasant mineral water taste. One flavor pack can be added before

reconstitution to flavor the solution. TriLyte® with flavor packs is

administered orally or via

nasogastric tube as a gastrointestinal lavage.

Miralax is similar, but may not have the electrolytes.

A white powder for reconstitution. MiraLax (polyethylene glycol 3350,

NF) is a synthetic polyglycol having an average molecular weight of 3350.

The actual molecular weight is not less than 90.0 percent and not greater

than 110.0 percent of the nominal value. The chemical formula is

HO(C2H4O)n H in which n represents the

average number of oxyethylene groups. Below 55° C it is a free flowing

white powder freely soluble in water.

MiraLax is an osmotic agent for the treatment of

constipation.

For most people, the clean out starts the day before the procedure.

Some of us have multiple issues and find it useful to do a clean-out

which is not as hard on our guts as others. Even if it is hard on our

patience!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 02:51 PM 4/1/2009, you wrote:

Sorry if I ask a repeat question

but I just looked at the E-Lyte and it seems a good product. That said,

can it be used along with a laxative in order to do a clean out --

instead of the " go-lightly " drink with all the sugars in it

that they prescribe? And a clean out that does not involve 3 days? Maybe

just the day before and the morning of the colonoscopy?

Judy,

The Trilyte I was given did not have sugars and flavoring in it as long

as I did not put in the flavoring package.

TriLyte® is a white powder for reconstitution containing 420 g

polyethylene glycol 3350, 5.72 g sodium bicarbonate, 11.2 g sodium

chloride, 1.48 g potassium chloride. Flavor packs, each containing 3.22 g

of flavoring ingredients, are attached to the 4 liter bottle. See

individual flavor packs for complete listing of ingredients. When

dissolved in water to a volume of 4 liters, TriLyte® with flavor packs

(PEG-3350, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride for

oral solution) is an isosmotic solution, for oral administration, having

a pleasant mineral water taste. One flavor pack can be added before

reconstitution to flavor the solution. TriLyte® with flavor packs is

administered orally or via

nasogastric tube as a gastrointestinal lavage.

Miralax is similar, but may not have the electrolytes.

A white powder for reconstitution. MiraLax (polyethylene glycol 3350,

NF) is a synthetic polyglycol having an average molecular weight of 3350.

The actual molecular weight is not less than 90.0 percent and not greater

than 110.0 percent of the nominal value. The chemical formula is

HO(C2H4O)n H in which n represents the

average number of oxyethylene groups. Below 55° C it is a free flowing

white powder freely soluble in water.

MiraLax is an osmotic agent for the treatment of

constipation.

For most people, the clean out starts the day before the procedure.

Some of us have multiple issues and find it useful to do a clean-out

which is not as hard on our guts as others. Even if it is hard on our

patience!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 06:05 PM 4/1/2009, you wrote:

Thanks Marilyn --I was worried

about all the sugars in the solution but I guess I could flavor it with a

little juice and honey if I had to.

They tell you not to use any flavoring except what they supply... so I

didn't. It was kind of salty tasting and pretty bland.

My doctor's instructions were to down 2 liters of the stuff in two hours,

wait six hours, and then down the remaining two liters. This made it

easier, because I could have broth and juice after dealing with the

squirting.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund