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Failed prep for colonoscopy: What can I do?

Digestive Health | Last Active: May 16 10:35am | Replies (156)

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I’m sorry for your troubles. It’s good to get a colonoscopy. I assume you failed due to inadequate prep? That happened to me, twice. The exasperated doctor was quite mean about it. Luckily I had a Mayo doc who knew what to do about it. I have a weeklong prep. No whole wheat, whole grain anything and the usual restriction against small seeds. I don’t eat at all the two days before colonoscopy. Two nights before the procedure, I drink my first prep, which is something citrate in a small green bottle in the pharmacy for people who are constipated. The word “ something “ means I don’t remember the first word. That night I get up and am in the bathroom moderately often. The next day, which is the day before colonoscopy, I drink the usual prep, starting at about two o’clock. Believe me I have to start that early or I won’t get done in time. That night I’m in the bathroom a lot. As an aside, I suck on a lemon right before drinking my prep and I make sure it is ice cold. During the colonoscopy I’m on light anesthesia because I have tortuous colon. I hope you can have a successful colonoscopy. Please post again and let us know how you are doing.

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You're talking about magnesium citrate, or citrate of magnesium - and this stuff will clean you out. I'd ask the Dr about how much to take, and sleep on towels so you don't wreck your bed.

Another approach is 4 tablets of Duloclax followed by enough Miralax to dilute in 64 oz of Gatorade. That seems to work well.

But what you eat, or don't eat for 3 days before the colonoscopy is important. I failed one and don't want to go through that again.