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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Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) |
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GOLYTELY | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Prep for tests. | The taste was terrible. Bloating is terrible. Think their be another easy to take. | F | 54 | 1 days | 12/26/2016 | 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 | 2 | Colonoscopy prep | Caused intense burning & redness of anal area even though I patted rather than wiped. No warning given about preventative coating of backside with something helpful like A & D ointment prior to the bowel movements. (Use the ointment NOT cream as the cream has alcohol in it and burns more!) I drank a very cold 8oz serving every 20 mins and did not experience cramping or abdominal discomfort like I did with a different solution 25 yrs ago. (Note that this time I ate lightly the day before). My poor rating was due to causing severe burning & redness halfway through the process leaving me in great pain during the rest of the process! | Use A & D ointment throughout process or end up with a raw bottom before colonoscopy. | F | 50 | 1 days 236 GM | 11/14/2016 | 2 | Severe constipation | Nausea, bloating, constant gas, bad stomach gurgling/noises, loss of appetite. | This junk messed me up. And it didn't even work. It made me go a few times but that's it. I can't sleep, I'm so uncomfortable. These side effects are making me anxious. Is it supposed to affect you from morning till night? I'm so done with this. | F | 16 | 1 days | 11/4/2016 | 5 | Colonoscopy | M | 50 | 1 days | 10/25/2016 | 4 | Colonscopy | Chills | It wasn't that bad. It did the job. I had to go to the bathroom constantly and had a blanket always wrapped around me. I had the lemon packet flavoring and poured it in 8 water bottles. I chugged bottle after bottle. It reminded me of salt water or lemonade mixed together. It definitely tastes better if it's cold. | F | 19 | 1 days | 9/27/2016 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Nausea, vomiting, FREEZING cold | I never get cold, but after drinking this, I was freezing. For hours. Hell, I'm still cold and I had my procedure 15 hours ago. I'm under 5 blankets with a space heater in Alabama! And I'm still cold. But it did what it was supposed to do. It emptied me. Wouldn't recommend drinking it too quickly with GERD. It's what made the vomiting from hell happen. | F | 26 | 1 days | 9/16/2016 | 5 | Sigmoid colonoscopy | It didn't work for me initially, not until 3 hours 45 minutes after I started prep. | Only had 3 bowel movements that night, was able to get some sound sleep, used the bathroom constantly between the 6-8 next day prep. It's just like expelling water mostly, inconvienent but doesn't hurt. Tastes like fruit loops that have been left out in the sun in a plastic tub. | F | 28 | 2 days 4 liters | 8/17/2016 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | none; 4 liters consumed @ 8 oz. per ten minutes | All the negative reviews are mostly silly complaints, not harmful side effects, Especially the nasty comments about the mfg. The colonoscopy must be done on a perfectly clean bowel, especially if concurrent with polyp removal. Colon cancer and polyps are very serious! Yes, it has an aftertaste like plastic. If they could make it taste like beer, wine, ice cream or chocolate or French fries, they would. My Dr. had me take an 8 oz bottle of magnesium citrate (OTC) the night before 4 hours after a lite meal. This was my 4th. prep in 14 years and was the easiest, considering the effects. No worse than doing a keg stand in college. | M | 69 | 1 days 4 liters 1X O | 7/5/2016 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Stomach cramping | Horrible taste definitely taste better chilled and I did add a package of Crystal Light. Worked in less than an hour.... | F | 50 | 1 days | 7/5/2016 | 4 | Colonoscopy | I have been drinking this going on 4 hours now and only had mild nausea on and off. | I was terrified after reading all the horror stories and reviews on this product before I started drinking it and it really hasn't been nearly as horrifying as I imagined. I had a lemon packet to put in the powder and it's not nearly as horrible tasting as everyone has said. While it's not my drink of choice I have found taking sips of kiwi strawberry propel after gulping a drink down makes it much more tolerable. I have had no adverse side effects from it so far and I am 4 hours into drinking it.. (almost completely done) It took me about an hour and a half to have my first bowel movement and I will say this... don't go far from the bathroom because when you feel the urge to go you really need to get to the toilet quickly. | F | 29 | 1 days 4 liters | 6/21/2016 | 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 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Chills | Since most people only give ratings for poor outcomes, I wanted to add my experience to help others needing to take this prep. While I am sure everyone reacts differently, for me it was not all that bad. Yes, it didn't taste the best, but I sucked on hard candies in between every 6 oz that I drank to counteract the taste. I drank the 6 oz quickly without hardly stopping most times. I did get chilled, but a warm tea after I was done helped tremendously. Also, it helps to have a fireplace on, if you have one. Started my 1st B.M. In 1 hr 15 mins, completed drinking the entire prep in 3 1/4 hrs and finished the last B.M. In about 5 hrs. except a few small ones in the a.m. Was mostly all yellow liquid by the 3rd hr. Remember to not overdo eating within 24 hrs of taking the prep staying away from hard to digest foods. | F | 52 | 1X day | 5/18/2016 | 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 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Bloat | Even with additional considerations...FGID and GERD...the process was easy for me. I used 1 dulcolax 2 nights before ( i.e.. The night before the clear liquid prep diet ) to get the bulk out of the way. I did not use the flavor packet, keep the mixture at room temperature and finished the gallon does in 2.5 hours drinking 16 oz. at a time. It began working in about 1.5 hours and in 4.0 hours ..."going" medium yellow color. If you are not a hoodie and don't mind being hungry, ask you doctor if you can start a little earlier in the day which allows the process to complete and you can get an unintrupted nights sleep. I also sipped on a clear Gatorade before midnight the night before the procedure. | F | 56 | 1 days 1 gallon | 4/27/2016 | 2 | Tastes absolutely DISGUSTING! Hadn't eaten in days (NPO) and somehow the golytely didn't clear me out enough for my procedure meaning I HAD TO PREP ALL OVER AGAIN AND GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE ALL OVER. I ended up having to spend another 2 days in the f*cking hospital. Finally home and a day later I'm leaking -.- | F | 26 | 2 days 2 jugs | 4/22/2016 | 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 |