![]() ![]() Ultimately this is also a case of mind-over-matter…it’s unpleasant but sometimes you just have to do it anyway! You can also call your doctor to see if an alternative prep is an option for you. Much of the taste disappears when you really chill the prep. “I can’t drink the first dose of the prep because it tastes horrible! Yuck!” Try putting the prep in the refrigerator and making it as cold as you can tolerate. ![]() In selected patients, I would usually recommend Miralax prep or using magnesium citrate instead–both of which can be purchased over the counter. This usually requires a phone call to the doctor explaining the issue and often an alternative prep is recommended. “I drank the first dose of the prep but vomited most of it up.” Unfortunately, you will need more prep then. If you’ve done all that and still nothing happens, then it’s probably time to call your doctor and ask for suggestions. If you have waited 6 hours and there is no bowel activity whatsoever then at that point I would recommend taking either 10 mg of bisacodyl by mouth, or giving yourself an enema. “I drank the first dose of the prep and nothing happened.” I usually tell patients to wait several hours before panicking. This is what I usually recommend, based on the issue at hand: However, if you’re already having issues the night before you can totally recover from this and be fine. It all depends on what time you take action If you wait until 2 hours before the procedure is scheduled than yes, it’s probably too late to do much. If you’re reading this while in the midst of a potentially failed bowel prep don’t despair! There are many ways to salvage a bowel prep and still have a safe, high-quality colonoscopy the next day. You knew that drinking the prep was a necessary evil to ensure a high-quality colonoscopy, but what do you do if you followed all the instructions but the prep simply didn’t work? ![]() You can read the full article here, or you can cut to the chase and just read the important points below…īowel prep, or that stuff you need to drink to get cleaned out for your colonoscopy, is never something that one looks forward to doing. This is an excerpt from a longer article I wrote on. ![]()
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