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 Satisfaction highest to lowest. 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 |
| 2 | Colonoscopy | Did not fully clean out my bowels. | F | 72 | 1 days 1X day | 2/25/2021 | 2 | Diagnostic colonoscopy | Extreme shaking, chills, gag reflex, tremors, bloating | Not good if you have kidney disease but safer than suprep | F | 48 | 2 days | 12/12/2019 | 2 | College | 1X day | 2/19/2017 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Colonoscopy | Been drinking the stuff for 3 hours and nothing comes out except for awful nausea and burping/gagging | Oh my this is awful. Was prescribed this piece of crap (no pun intended since there non of that coming out of me) for a colonoscopy I have tomorrow at 9am. Have been drinking this nasty stuff since 6pm and nothing. The directions were to take 3 liters in 3 hours. I am physically unable to do that without throwing up. This is awful. Why o why can't they come up with a better way to clean you up for a colonoscopy. I have an idea: maybe put a mini vaccum cleaner in you before starting and take the poop out. | F | 33 | 1 days 3 lt 1X day | 9/7/2015 | 2 | Colonscopy & upperndoscopy | Up all night in the bathroom, caused bloating, nausea, stomach pain. I felt over full.I felt hot, irritated, worst feeling for a prep. | I started drinking golytely at 3pm as directed 8oz glass every 10-15 min. It was so nasty thought I was drinking salt water so I added crystal light and it was a little tollable. My first run for the bathroom was at 6pm then midnight that's when I finished 3 liters of golytely. So around 12:30 it all started bathroom till 7am. Still 9am going to the bathroom. My procedure was at 11am they still seen stool in my bowels when they did the colonscopy, but I don't see how I felt empty. Well its going on 6pm now and I'm still going to the bathroom. So I think next time I'll start taking it that morning the day before the procedure . But I think I'll just buy the other prep I herd is like 100$ because insurance won't cover it. | F | 36 | 1 days 4 liters | 8/7/2015 | 2 | For the fun if it | Intermittent cramping & strange loud sounds/sensations from stomach region. | Started drinking it at 5pm; finished entire gallon at 5am (awoke in the night twice, drank 32 ounces each time, then went back to sleep). Finished the remaining amount by 5. All I feel is like I'm 4 months pregnant and my stomach is usually flat - I'm 5' 10" 155 lbs. This is such a pain; all I want is to poo again. I feel so toxic. | M | 34 | 1 days 1 gallon | 7/22/2015 | 2 | I am very constipated | It hasn't helped me at all | I have ready taken 8 cups of it and I still haven't pooped at all. My mother had taken 2 cups and had already gone 8 times! And she's more constipated than I am | F | 14 | 1 days 30 mg | 2/8/2015 | 2 | constipation | Only liquid passed | F | 62 | 1 days | 6/24/2014 | 2 | colonoscopy prep | No bowel movements until five hours after drinking 2 litres of Colyte. | Bowel did not respond to Golytely at all initially and then one bowel movement five hours after and one four hours later then regular ones after that (about twelve hours after first drink). I stopped drinking this after five hours when nothing happened, but resumed drinking it when the first bowel movement occurred. I was scared. No other side effects made it an easy laxative for me although the taste was awful. | F | 59 | 1 days 8 oz. 4X H | 9/13/2012 | 2 | before a colonoscopy | I got very bloated..started this at 4 pm, drank until 9:30 pm..then 5.5 hours later it started to work. Still feeling nauseous, bloated. | No one should have to drink this much liquid. I can barely drinkd 4-6 ounces of soda or 6--7 ounces of water in 6 hours so this was horrid. | F | 50 | 2 days 128 oz 1X day | 6/29/2011 | 2 | colonoscopy | really hard to drink that huge amount, plus it tastes horrible. | F | 58 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 2 | colonoscopy | bloating, slight nausea, urgency to go | Both my husand and I had a colonoscopy and we each had to drink a gallon of the golitely. I had gotten concentrated frozen passion fruit juice and made jello with knox gelatin and saved the rest of it to mix with each cup of the foul tasting salty golitely. It definitely cleans you out. My husband mixed half of his with crystal light but almost puked the first half out. He got very nauseated and could not finish it the first night and drank the rest the next day. He still did not have a normal bowel movement for 3 days afterwards. I had side effects from it for 4 days afterwards and still feel stomach aches over a week later. I hope there is something better to take the next time around. | F | 58 | 1 days 1 gallo 10X day | 8/29/2010 | 2 | colonoscopy | weird stomach gurgling, i felt cold, shaky, small pains in stomach | First of all I want to thank you for all of your comments because they all really helped me as I prepared for my colonoscopy. This stuff tastes absolutely awful and there is no getting around it. Mine was unflavored, but I assume that the flavor packets would just add an artificial flavor that would still make this stuff unpalatable. So, some tips: 1) Make sure its cold cold cold. Chill it for as long as you can. 2) Use a straw. Put it sort of far back in your throat and gulp 3) Plug your nose and never let yourself really 'taste' this stuff...I know for a fact that if I allowed myself to taste it, it would have been game over 4) Have hard lemon candy nearby and after a gulping session stick one in your mouth for a few seconds. This way you never really get the full taste of the medicine in your mouth 5) Put on a tv show/music you really like during the process to take your mind off everything I hope these tips help. | F | 29 | 2 days 3L 2X day | 7/1/2010 | 2 | Colonoscopy | Stomach bloating, gagging, nausea, very very cold, splotchy skin (which may be a result to being so cold), and *now* a headache and vertigo because they nicely round out my other symptoms. | I'm about half way through this gallon jug of hell. I can stomach many many things, but this is wretched. I feel so nauseous everytime I look at the stuff it may as well be a shot of tequila after a long night of drinking. I have nothing to flavour it with so I'm kind of stuck, and too worried I'd need a bathroom on my way to and in the store. Basically I've just been taking as big a sip I can and then quickly drowning it out with something else (light coloured freezies, tea, chicken broth) but even that doesn't really help. My stool at this point in time is watery but still a medium yellowish colour. I hope this is good enoguh though, because I honestly don't think I could take anymore. Along with the nausea, I've felt very very cold, which doesnt help when you're in the bathroom with your pants down around your knees. The skin on my arms has taken on a splotchy red and white appearance though this may be because I'm freezing. And just recently (at hour 4 of my prep) a raging migraine has joined in, as well as some mild vertigo, can't really move to fast without feeling like I'm going to fall over. I have been drinking plenty of water though, so I don't think I'm dehydrated. Well if you have to take this, just know you're in for a fun fun ride on the porcelain pony. | F | 19 | | 1/17/2010 | 2 | colonoscopy | Polyethylene glycol 3350 is one of many PEGs. The 3350 is the particular molecular weight of the one they use in GoLYTLEY. Acording to Wikipedia, PEGs in general, potentially contain toxic impurities such as ethylene oxide and 1,4-dioxane. In 2008, testing sponsored by an independent consumers organization found 1,4-dioxane in almost half of tested personal-care products. | M | 56 | 1 days | 1/9/2010 | 2 | Colonoscopy | I started getting a headache with the second 8 oz. drink of the 4 liter coarse. The headache lasted about a day. The headache seemed to radiate from low in my sinuses, towards the back of my throat. The nurse said it was probably de-hydration. Seemed reasonable. Four days later, while my sinuses seem clear, I have a lot of drainage, the urge to grind my teeth(something I have never experience before), and most disturbingly some severe vertigo. A coincidence perhaps. I really do feel strangely without feeling sick. | This stuff is supposed to be designed to not be absorbed by your body or change your bodies chemical balance. I can see where that would be a desirable goal. I hope the people that mix this stuff up have good quality control. If their ratios are off by even a little I worry that there could be serious problems with the ethylene glycol. | M | 56 | 1 days | 1/9/2010 | 2 | Colonoscopy | Headache, vomiting | I managed to get most of the 4 liters down (minus 8 oz.) I tried drinking the 8 oz. every 10 minutes. After the first hour, it started working. Unfortunately, no one told me about flavoring it or about the anti nausea medication you can take with it. I started drinking GoLytley at 4:00 pm. I was done running to the toilet around 10 pm. Then at 3:00 am I woke up with a severe headache and vomited until 5:30 am. Felt awful. Now that the procedure is done, it is true, that part wasn't bad at all. I did seem to react a little to the sleep meds they gave me. I woke up nauseous and had a hard time waking up. Still groggy today, the day after. Hint: Use preparation H wipes when you are going through this. It helps alot. I wasn't sore at all. Also, if you are little (I'm 118 pds.) ask your doctor if you have to drink all of it. I don't think I really needed to. I will ask for something else next time. | F | 53 | 1 days | 12/17/2009 |