Re: colonoscopy prep

[Guest guest]

Janie, Thanks for your response. The gallon would be at the " bottom " of the list

for me.

Mag citrate doesn't seem to work well for me, I've been up all night before.

I'll call the

office tomorrow and see if I can get an alternate prep, but does anyone have any

other

suggestions? Thanks!

Martha (MA)

UC 1979, PSC 1992

Still not caught up on the posts!

>

>

> I have a question aboout colonoscopy preps. Mine is scheduled for June 16.

Last time I

used

> the magnesium citrate prep I was up all night and still wasn't " clean " . Of

course they

gave me

> the same brochure. What do you recommend? I thought their old prep with

Ducolax and

the

> ginger-flavored salty stuff was, while not appealing, at least was over by

bedtime, and

was

> more effective.

>

> I've been offline for a month, and haven't caught up with the posts yet. I

wish you all

the

> best.

>

> Many thanks

> Martha (MA)

> UC, 1979, PSC 1992, blissfully asymptomatic

>

[Guest guest]

Martha,

I suggest the pills. For the life of me I can't think of the name. But it worked

and wasn't nearly so awful to drink a lot of clear fluids to swallow pills.

Sorry I can't remember the name. I've got brain scramble or something. Take

care, Cheryl in ID

> Janie, Thanks for your response. The gallon would be at the " bottom " of the

list for me.

> Mag citrate doesn't seem to work well for me, I've been up all night before.

I'll call the

> office tomorrow and see if I can get an alternate prep, but does anyone have

any other

> suggestions? Thanks!

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Martha,

I suggest the pills. For the life of me I can't think of the name. But it worked

and wasn't nearly so awful to drink a lot of clear fluids to swallow pills.

Sorry I can't remember the name. I've got brain scramble or something. Take

care, Cheryl in ID

> Janie, Thanks for your response. The gallon would be at the " bottom " of the

list for me.

> Mag citrate doesn't seem to work well for me, I've been up all night before.

I'll call the

> office tomorrow and see if I can get an alternate prep, but does anyone have

any other

> suggestions? Thanks!

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Martha,

I suggest the pills. For the life of me I can't think of the name. But it worked

and wasn't nearly so awful to drink a lot of clear fluids to swallow pills.

Sorry I can't remember the name. I've got brain scramble or something. Take

care, Cheryl in ID

> Janie, Thanks for your response. The gallon would be at the " bottom " of the

list for me.

> Mag citrate doesn't seem to work well for me, I've been up all night before.

I'll call the

> office tomorrow and see if I can get an alternate prep, but does anyone have

any other

> suggestions? Thanks!

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Martha

It's funny but I just had this discussion at work this evening and I

agree with you. The ginger-salty concoction (I believe it's made by

Fleet--also makers of Fleet enemas) chased with water was much more

effective for me than the prep I had to do more recently. I found that

if you drink the ginger stuff without mixing it with water and then

drank the water afterward, it was the least offensive tasting.

[Guest guest]

I agree 100% - even better if the "ginger stuff" is cold - then down it in two or three gulps, followed by whatever clear liquid you want for the best chaser imaginable!

Joanne H

(, Ca., mom of 18, UC/PSC 2-06)

The ginger-salty concoction (I believe it's made by Fleet--also makers of Fleet enemas) chased with water was much more effective for me than the prep I had to do more recently. I found that if you drink the ginger stuff without mixing it with water and then drank the water afterward, it was the least offensive tasting.

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[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I wanted to report back about the colonoscopy, since I asked about alternate

preps a while

ago. I ended up never making time to call to change the prep, so I had to do Mag

citrate. This

was a total of 3 10 oz bottles divided into two rounds 3 hours apart. It took

forever for

anything to happen- and the usual unpleasantness when it did. My GI said that

they don't

use Fleet phospho-soda anymore because a small number of people experience

serious

kidney problems (due to the phosphate, not the sodium, interestingly). He said

he'd

prescribe the pills next time if I wanted to try them, but warned some people

vomit with

those. Whee...

Martha

UC 1979, PSC 1992, asymptomatic

colonoscopy 6/16/08, also asymptomatic, awaiting biopsies.