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Has anyone used the new SUPREP kit before a colonoscopy?

Would like any comments about taste, ease or side effects.

Thanks!

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Just drank the lovely Suprep, OMG, what sadistic person made this swill? AWFUL taste!! Took me half a bottle of Sierra Mist on the side to get it down. THEN I must have sneezed 10 times after the last swallow. 10 years ago it was Fleet mixed with soda or Gatorade and that was at least tolerable. Might be my tastebuds but this stuff is wretched!! BLECH!! Now guts are growling and have some gas but no results yet.

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idk what to use my doctor gave me a super bowel kit but when he sent me paper work he it says take trilyte to i have to drink both? im confused and my doc closed

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In my case the Suprep was the least unpleasant part of my first colonoscopy. Both the fasting and the procedure itself were worse, though tolerable. For both Suprep doses I was so hungry the Suprep actually tasted kind of good. I’d gone low-fiber two days pre-procedure, and then only had yogurt for breakfast one day before. As many others have reported, bathroom action occurred about an hour after the first Suprep dose, and less than 30 minutes after the second. With few solids left in me it was more like peeing out of the wrong orifice: a weird sensation, but I had no discomfort issues with the prep. One odd thing with both doses is that I thought I was done after two hours, only to another episode of fluid release five to six hours post-dose. I opted to have the colonoscopy without sedation, and will in the future, but it’s clearly not for everyone. Various bloggers have said the pain isn’t much, and I’d agree that on average it’s not bad. But I did have a couple brief pain spikes during the end of ingress. There’s also the disquieting sensation of a foreign object moving about one’s insides, but I found that could be ignored by focusing on the monitor. Sadly three polyps were found and removed, so I must repeat in three years.

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AT WHAT TIME SHOULD i BEGIN MY SUPREP BOWEL PREP KIT?

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can i take the suprep and drink peach flavored crystal light with it? can i drink the crystal light for all the additional fluid i need to take with the suprep?

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Prep was horrible! But way better than that milk gallon stuff.
30 min ago I finished the 1st bottle. Dr said to take at 1 pm.
She also said to do laundry or other things around the house; stay busy. And walk all over the house.
Supposed to do second prep tomorrow at 6 am for 9 am colonoscopy (and endoscopy), but I'm thinking that 4 am would be better do I don't stress. And there will be enough time to be empty.
Am confused tho, after drinking the 32 ounces of water, do I have to wait till I GO before drinking any more liquid ?

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I stayed hydrated through the whole process. Yes you can still drink without GOING.

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This has been the worst ten hours of bowel prep ever!!!...and I haven't even ingested the second dose.I began last night at 8pm with 10 ounces of mag citrate followed by one full 12 oz glass of h2o and then of course the even worse tasting SuPrep along with all prescribed h2o..For the first two hours I tolerated without any signs of n/v or cramping...and then suddenly I broke out into a cold sweat with chills,and the most unbearable pain and cramping.Honestly I contemplated the emergency department as this pain was comparable to any flare up I have ever had.After two hours of that I have been in the bathroom passing what seems like gallons of dark water. My second dose begins at 830am this morning with both scopes at 3pm. Yesterday I ate a very lite bfast consisting of toast and tea and then as much hydration as I could tolerate.This was difficult as I have had nausea with vomiting for nearly a 6 weeks straight managed temporarily with Zofran. I did have a cat scan with contrast that was normal which is why my new G.I. doc went this route. I have never used SuPrep in the past and it seems that however bad tasting the last 5 scopes have been wether in patient or same day surgery I have never experienced such pain,n/v and overall feeling.I am Leary about the second dose...not just for an unpleasant taste but because of the side effects I have been battling.

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The flavor of this stuff is just awful. I gagged a lot while trying to finish it and became extremely nauseous after finishing the first dose. I got stomach cramps and chills as well.

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I'm assuming around 2:30am tomorrow morning. My surgery was for 10:30 am and I had to do mine at 4:30am.

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Approx. 2:30am

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Okay so I wanted to give an update on my experience with Suprep. The taste still sucked even with a chaser (I tried ginger ale and then white cranberry juice)...I just couldn't get past that salty raspberry diluted cough syrup taste, even when I chilled it for a few hours. I almost chugged my first 16oz because I just couldn't get it over fast enough. I became nauseous and got pretty bad chills. It worked fairly quickly though, probably within 15 minutes. I was in and out of the bathroom for about 2 hours after that and was completely cleared out by 8pm. I only drank half the second mixture at 4:30am mostly because #1, I was already completely cleared out and #2 I couldn't stop gagging at the taste and smell, I almost vomited a few times while trying to drink it. NOTE: 2 days before my colonoscopy took place I started a liquid diet that strictly consisted of chicken broth, lime jello, gatorade (lime and frost) and ginger ale...I'm assuming that played a big part in the prep cleaning me out so quickly and easily. I definitely suggest starting the all liquid diet 2-3 days before you go in for your colonoscopy. Not finishing the entire second mixture was no problem at all and the doctor said I probably didn't even need to drink half of it when I did...ugh.

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Same here, not sure I can finish the second dose, been trying to get it down without vomiting for almost an hour now

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I used it first bottle I did fine... and drank the second bottle morning of procedure and threw that up and 16 oz of water. Im hoping there is something better on me to get me through this colonoscopy. Also got a bad headache from the prep

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Had Suprep last night at 6pm, yes it does taste really bad. Felt bloated and nauseous, but kept it down. 12 hours passed before any results! I've always had a slow digestive tract, maybe should have mentioned that to the Nurse who called to confirm on Friday. Have nausea and headache now, and don't think there is time for the second dose to work anyway, so I'm going to skip it. My colonoscopy is in 2 1/2 hours! If I'm not ready by then perhaps there is a Plan B? Don't think I would do this prep again. Yikes!

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Used Suprep this week for my first colonoscopy. It really helped to bite a lemon, drink the cold Suprep mixture with a straw from a lidded cup, bite a lemon, repeat. Not so bad. The actual dreaded prep part was tolerable, I think because I also did a liquid diet 2 days prior to the exam and liquid / soft foods (soft boiled eggs, yogurt) for two days before that. It helped a lot to have several types of Gatorade and other drinks and hot broth flavors on hand for variety. Two days before the colonoscopy I luckily found Boost hi-protein drink (15 grams of protein!), a dietary supplement, in vanilla flavor. No dairy and no fiber. My doc even allowed it on the day before the colonoscopy. After what I'd (not) been eating, it tasted like a vanilla milkshake. And the protein in Boost really helped me feel full and ok. Oh-the worst part: my behind really burned. Desitin definitely helped. Also Preparation H wipes and soft toilet tissue!

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Having my prep day tomorrow, I think im more nervous for that than the actual procedure! I have IBS and a very difficult time having a BM, usually only achieved with citrucel, fiber bars, and stool softeners (and a lot of cramps). I wish I had known it would be helpful to have hadva soft diet before the liquid one. I ate quite a bit today, fearing starvation tomorrow. Lol been ages since ive fasted, not since my gallbladder was removed. Anyhow, worried about the vomiting but I can just relax and get it done with no fuss.

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I just had a colonoscopy a month ago and was prescribed Suprep. Never again! That stuff is the worst tasting ever. No amount of soda, water, popsicles could remove the deep, briny (salty) taste. Very hard to swallow. I wanted to gag with each swallow. It was divided into two doses. I only managed (and it was very hard) to get the first one down that night. The next morning of my procedure, I refused to drink the other 6 oz bottle. There has got to be a better solution to this.

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If this is your first Colonoscopy, Healersmoon, and you have IBS, then the procedure will possibly be discontinued. It was for me because I have the same problem and they could not get the camera to go through the spastic colon. Every time they tried, I would moan. After about 5 times, the doc gave up. I wish you good luck!

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I agree. Its disgusting. Just drank the second batch thought i would throw up who knows might still. I don't mind the bathroom time as much as i mind the disgusting drink. I have been doing this since I am 40 cause my mom died of colon cancer. If they don't find anything might never do this again. I will be 70 in 5 years the only time in my life that i wish I was older. They have to find a better way!

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