DO have a driver to take you home (A MUST: no taxi or walking home).

Preparation for Colonoscopy Colyte, GoLYTELY, or NuLYTEL

1.Have ONLY CLEAR LIQUIDS for the entire day before your procedure. These are liquids, which you can see through if held up to the light. They CANNOT be red. Examples include apple juice, white
grape juice, tea, water, 7 up, Sprite, ginger ale, bouillon or strained chicken broth. You may also have lemon or lime Jell O, Popsicles or sorbet. Please avoid poppy seeds and sesame seeds for one week before the exam.

2.You will obtain a prescription from your Gastroenterologist for a 4 liter bottle of a laxative which you will mix with water to the marked line. In some cases, your Doctor may give you two 4 liter bottles. Place in refrigerator to chill couple of hours before you start drinking the laxative.

3.Starting at 5 or 6 p.m. the day before your procedure, start drinking the laxative at the rate of 8 oz. (glass) every 15 minutes until you have finished the contents of the bottle, this may take approximately four hours or about 16 glasses. Your diarrhea will eventually be as clear as tap water. You may continue to go to the bathroom for up to two hours after you have finished the laxative.

4.You may drink clear liquids for up to two hours before your procedure.

5.Vaseline lubricant applied around the anus and buttocks may be helpful during your preparation (drinking the laxative) to prevent irritation.

6.IMPORTANT: NO ASPIRIN OF NSAIDS (ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUGS) FOP, ONE WEEK BEFORE THE EXAM. (unless instructed otherwise by your physician) Examples include; Ibuprofen, Motrin, Advil, Aleve, Excedrin, etc. A PARTIAL list of what you should AVOID will be provided.

Tylenol IS O.K.

7.No iron pills for three days before your colonoscopy. Multi vitamins are O.K.

8.You will need a ride home after the procedure due to the sedation you will be administered. Patients are NOT allowed to take a taxi home by themselves.