Need help re Prep

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abrub
abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My husband has had 3 attempts to get his first colonoscopy.

First time: Miralax - he gets there "Incomplete prep" They send him home to try "go-lytely". He can't stomach it - starts vomiting with first glass, and gives up. They tell him that the "partial scoping" indicated all was okay - he could wait a few years.

Fast forward to now (6 years later) - MoviPrep - they got in there - "Incomplete prep" and they couldn't continue.

He followed all the dietary restrictions, did the preps according to instructions, and now has been drugged twice, but still has not had a colonoscopy.

Suggestions on super-strong preps?

This is frustrating ....

Alice

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  • sasjourney
    sasjourney Member Posts: 395 Member
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    Try the pill form
    Hi Alice,

    I have trouble drinking the "yucky" stuff so they gave me the pill form. I can't remember the name of it, but your gastro doc will know. It is a lot of pills to take during an hour, but I found it easier to do and the results were great.

    Hugs,
    Sara
  • abrub
    abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
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    sasjourney said:

    Try the pill form
    Hi Alice,

    I have trouble drinking the "yucky" stuff so they gave me the pill form. I can't remember the name of it, but your gastro doc will know. It is a lot of pills to take during an hour, but I found it easier to do and the results were great.

    Hugs,
    Sara

    The dr won't use the pill form
    He said that the FDA has found that it may cause kidney damage, so the pills are not an option for my husband. (MoviPrep works great for me - cleans me right out......)

    I appreciate your input!

    Alice
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
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    abrub said:

    The dr won't use the pill form
    He said that the FDA has found that it may cause kidney damage, so the pills are not an option for my husband. (MoviPrep works great for me - cleans me right out......)

    I appreciate your input!

    Alice

    Alice
    Alice .....that is so sad....you really think they would be able to find an easier prep that works....I am at the stage where I can't do fleet....I think maybe it has been banned....

    am I imagining this or is it Ron in Australia who has serious permanent kidney damage from prep.....hope you find an answer for prep that works

    mags
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
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    Prep
    We are now doing four dulcolax pills (stool softner) and using miralax (think its like 14 day supply) mixed with gatorade. More and more doctors are using this prep instead because of the others causing kidney problems. It really cleans you out.

    Kim
  • abrub
    abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
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    Annabelle41415 said:

    Prep
    We are now doing four dulcolax pills (stool softner) and using miralax (think its like 14 day supply) mixed with gatorade. More and more doctors are using this prep instead because of the others causing kidney problems. It really cleans you out.

    Kim

    That's what he had last time
    And it didn't clean him out...

    He has stubborn bowels.

    Thanks for your input on his output!

    Alice
  • mukamom
    mukamom Member Posts: 402
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    Annabelle41415 said:

    Prep
    We are now doing four dulcolax pills (stool softner) and using miralax (think its like 14 day supply) mixed with gatorade. More and more doctors are using this prep instead because of the others causing kidney problems. It really cleans you out.

    Kim

    My husband's
    surgeon put him on magnesium citrate and a clear diet the day before his surgery for his reversal...I don't know how well it works since his surgery date is the 21st, but I thought I would throw it in the mix for an additional option.

    Best to you and your husband
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
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    mukamom said:

    My husband's
    surgeon put him on magnesium citrate and a clear diet the day before his surgery for his reversal...I don't know how well it works since his surgery date is the 21st, but I thought I would throw it in the mix for an additional option.

    Best to you and your husband

    Yup
    I've done that too and that works too hard and too long for me. Keep going for 24 hours, it seemed like it worked too well because any liquid that came in wasn't getting peed out it was just pooped out.

    Kim
  • abrub
    abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
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    mukamom said:

    My husband's
    surgeon put him on magnesium citrate and a clear diet the day before his surgery for his reversal...I don't know how well it works since his surgery date is the 21st, but I thought I would throw it in the mix for an additional option.

    Best to you and your husband

    His dr is thinking Mag Citrate
    Probably liquid diet for 3 days prior; last day clear liquids with Mag Citrate for 2 nights, then a double Miralax prep (full one the night before,and another the morning of.)

    We've got to get him cleaned out for his first complete colonoscopy. Heck, he turns 60 in May...

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