GOLYTELY Reviews (POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE, A)Average Rating: 2.9 (321 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare GOLYTELY with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GOLYTELY | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Colon prep | Horrible stuff. Tastes like drinking straight out of the ocean that's been contaminated by an ExxonMobil or BP oil slick. I can never complete the full gallon before wanting to check out from the misery. However, colon cancer is worse I hear so chug chug. | M | 49 | 1 days 1X day | 11/2/2022 | 1 | Bowel reset | Chills, abdominal pain severe. Blood in output last two hours. Headache. Next morning felt like acid had been put through my colon. Still achey intestines next afternoon. This stuff is poison to some people. (Me) | Don't use unless you have no other choice. | F | 62 | 1 days 1X day | 1/8/2022 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Pain, nausea, vomiting, flushed skin. Chills, bloating, severe abdominal cramping. Headache, weakness, that never ended!! I could NOT! FINISH that drink! I started vomiting when I had drank half. I'll never ever take this again!! | F | 65 | 0 times 1 gal. 1X O | 10/28/2021 | 1 | Surgery prep | It made me gag and puke and felt like I was dying, freezing and shaking | F | 42 | 1 days 64 oz 1X day | 10/26/2021 | 1 | Bowl Obstruction | Acid Reflux, violent puking, hell on Earth. | This stuff is evil poison! | F | 47 | 1 days 1 gal 1X day | 9/9/2021 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Omg shit flying out of me every 5 mins! I took my time drinking it. I kept active did some laundry and ironing. Only got 1/2 of prep down. Had two Dulcolax at noon, two at 2. I think it's the laxatives that are working not that prep. | Golytely is horrible! My advice is drink a glass using a straw. Drink glass about every 30 mins. Don't rush yourself. There is no time limit to get it all down. I wonder if I would of mixed it with clear gatorade if it tasted better better yet made Jell-O out of it. Not sure if I can get the rest down. Might use a fleet enema just to make sure I'm clean. Goggle say you can use a enema. I don't know why you just can't take the laxatives and an enema I don't think you really need to take this crap it is horrible | F | 69 | 0 days 1X day | 8/19/2021 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Did not completely clear my system even though I completed the entire jug, docelux and reglan both times. Now I have to do it all over again. | Sipping on broth between drinks helped me get it down. Ginger ale made me nausea. | F | 32 | 2 days 2 liters 1X day | 12/30/2020 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | I was barely able to get the first half down but I did. I experienced very painful and crampy diarrhea which I expected. What I didn’t expect was, upon my second dose, I began vomiting uncontrollably. I have never puked so much in my life. I could not keep it down no matter what I tried. I became shaky, fevered, dizzy, and got cold sweats. I attempted to sleep to little avail, and nearly collapsed in the shower this morning | Most vile tasting thing I’ve ever had. Also worst diarrhea I’ve ever had (and I’m getting the colonoscopy FOR severe diarrhea) on top of that it’s unusable because it’s so sickeningly disgusting. 0/10. Ask your dr for a different prep, I wish I had | F | 24 | 1 days Peg 3350 | 1/22/2020 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | 0 days | 4/27/2019 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | I drank almost one quarter of the bottle. I started itching and breaking out in hives. Pharmacist this bottle had a different manufactuer then the first bottle I had for prior bowel prep and for me to go to ER now by the time we went about 4 blocks to ER I was having trouble breathing. My blood pressure dropped to 56/34 Dr had to give me eppi in my iv. I remained in the hospital for 2 days. I never want to even see the bottle let alone try to take it again. | F | 57 | 1 days | 6/23/2018 | 1 | colonoscopy | After having 2 back to back colonoscopies, 8 liters in 3 days, it took 12 days before MY colon began to absorb water and send it to My kidneys. 12 days of little or no peeing, every thing liquid came out My back end. I am finally peeing again and have solid poos. I think next time I will just do the magnesium citrate instead of the legalized antifreeze solution. | The SDS for PEG 3350 is confusing. It can be read as the chemical in it's powder form, not solubilized. The LD50 for rates and mice are listed, yet in order to calculate the risk to a 115 pound human , I need to know if the LD50 is based on PEG3350 in dry form or in solution. FYI, I am a genius, not a lemming. | M | 57 | 1 days 4 liters 1X day | 3/4/2018 | 1 | Barium enema | The worst pain and bloating constipation diarrhea in my life! I'm having horrible side effects and the lousy medical system around me here won't take the side effects of this seriously! I'm fully impacted with stool and in excruciating pain 24/7 from this! I want to go to the hospital but they don't take the "official results" from the test I had today seriously either! Why the EFF does this come with a warning label but the medical community DOES NOT take it seriously???? If I live through this I'm suing someone! This is ridiculously uncalled for pain and suffering! What I don't understand is why this isn't being addressed properly BY ANYONE ?????? | NEVER AGAIN! DON'T USE THIS POISON! Side effects aren't taken seriously from the prescribing Dr or any medical intervention people! I'm serious about saying I feel sick enough that it's going to kill me!!! | F | 60 | 1 days | 10/23/2017 | 1 | Colonospy | Stomach hurt felt burnt from neck all way down horrible had to take gavasgon for a week after | No more!!!! | F | 50 | 0 days 1gal | 6/13/2017 | 1 | colonoscopy | It's terrible even after adding Crystal Light. OMG!!! It would seem that drs.would have given another alternative by now. Or someone should have improved on the taste. | F | 56 | 1 days l gallon | 12/12/2016 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | Cramping @ onset (later subsided). Crazy diarrhea; like, way more than what I'm seeing described here. Muscle ache (although possibly from duration on pot). Ungodly body chills (space heater directly in front of me not touching it). Nausea, followed by violent projectile-vomiting. Unable to sleep due to fear I will crap all over myself in my sleep. General sense of horrendousness. | This medication brought me to tears. I managed, over the course of 8hrs, to consume just over 3/4 the 4L. Why a doctor would tell me to drink @4-6pm, take a break, and then finish the DAY OF THE COLONOSCOPY? No clue, or excuse...why extend the torture if not necessary. Never again will I take this, regardless what happens, short of it being to spare another human-being's life! Horrible!! | F | 29 | 1 days 4L | 12/1/2016 | 1 | Colonoscopy upcoming | Nothing yet after 90 min (not even a need to use the bathroom), I just had to comment on the utter disgustingness of the taste. | The manufacturers are horrible human beings. They really couldn't add a flavor to this to make it not so disgusting??? I can't decide which of the following two things it tastes like: at first, I thought it tasted like a LOBSTER'S URINE would, with the same thickness/filminess. Then, I thought it tastes like what human skin blended up into a light syrup would taste like. It's just NASTY. Braintree Laboratories, the sick-minded people who make this garbage, should be embarrassed at the atrocious product they are pushing. | M | 45 | 1 days 1 gal 4X H | 6/7/2016 | 1 | reserch belly pains, colonscopy | Vomiting, head ack , clills, fever, dehydration, hyprogloxemia, | BAD DRUG !!! day after in the ER, appointment with 2 specilest to see what can be done to stop side effects of Goyltely. my Dr. and drug Co. should be held responsible for damages!!! | M | 70 | 2 days 4 leters 1X day | 6/3/2016 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | Vomiting, nausea, | Drinking 4 liters of anything doesn't seem wise, and in fact I ended up vomiting with burning throat, horrible aftertaste. The stuff itself is vile. This is unnecessary. Obviously from others' comments, there are much easier and as effective ways. Who's getting a kickback? I will never do this again. | F | 71 | 1 days | 5/19/2016 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Bloating, headache, chills | I could only force 3 liters of the 4 liters down. Fortunately it was enough to clean me out for my colonoscopy. I vomited after drinking the last glass and the thought of drinking any more made me vomit. I took Suprep for my previous colonoscopy and that was so much easier to get down and I was done with the diarrhea within 2 1/2 hours. Its been nearly 24 hours since I had started the golytely and my stomach is still rumbling and I'm still having diarrhea. I will never do golytely prep again, I don't care if I have to pay for Suprep out of pocket, that's what I'm requesting from now on!! | F | 32 | 1 days 4liters | 5/3/2016 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Headache. Nausea | The worse tasting stuff on fu$&@ing earth grrrr everytime I drink a glass it makes me angry | F | 26 | 1 days | 4/14/2016 |
GOLYTELY (POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE, A): PEG (polyethylene glycol) with electrolyte is used to clean out the intestines before certain bowel exam procedures such as colonoscopy or barium enema X-rays. It is a laxative that works by drawing large amounts of water into the colon. This effect results in watery bowel movements. Clearing stool from the intestines helps your doctor to better examine the intestines during your procedure. FDA Approval Date: 1984-07-13 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)