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 |
| 5 | Colonoscopy exam | No problems. The drink was okay to say the least. I drank it and didn't think it was bad as most people said it was. Wimps to say the least. The only side effect I had was what the doctor said the drink would induce(Stooling). Other than that, it was what had to be done to get the procedure done the next day. They found no polyps and all was well. I'm fifty years old. | M | 50 | 1 days 30 MG 1X day | 7/9/2010 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Wow, I expected the worst and it wasn't bad at all. It's basically just salt water. I drank the last 8oz glass as easily as the first. I initially tried a straw, but I found I could just drink it faster without. I didn't use any flavoring or any other candy, lemon etc between drinks. I actually thought it was too chilled to drink fast, so I let it sit unrefridgerated for a while. It started taking effect about 1 hour after, and it cleared me out by the time I was done with the entire 4 litres. I had the colonoscopy yesterday and everything went well. | M | 37 | 4 Litres 1X day | 7/8/2010 | 5 | colonoscopy | We expected the worst! (Somewhat based on this board!) And found that Golytely tastes like salty seven up or other lemony fizzy drink. My DH, the colonoscpyee, is a very slow drinker, and I was concerned tht I would not be able to get him to drink all that 4 liters. We got some plastic cups, (Walmart) with straws attached, and carefully measured and marked out 8 ounce levels. I filled the cups with the Golytely, and put them all back in the fridge. Every 15/20 minutes, I would bring him the cup. He had some really stupid, funny CD's to watch, and when required, he would just suck it down. The cinnamon hard candy helped as a chaser, or some other liquid. It took him about 5 hours, and he finished all but the last cup, but was running clear by then. A little cramping, but not much. The procedure was a success, and they did not find anything significant. He is 81! | M | 81 | 4 liters 1X day | 6/23/2010 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | None | I'm glad I found this site and read all your comments as I was dreading the prep more than the procedure. I listened to my friend's wife who suggested eating light the day before going on all liquids. That helped a lot. I stuck to the clear liquids and drank a lot of water in anticipation. Another good tip was to mix it the morning before you're supposed to begin and mix it with Crystal Light Lemonade (4 packs to 4 liters). It was cold and while salty, really no where near as bad as everyone said. I chugged it as quickly as possible quaffing the first 2 liters last night in 40 minutes and the second this morning in 30. It acts very quickly and your stomach will let you know when to head to the bathroom. Surprisingly there was no straining and the actual discharge was primarily water. I blotted with toilet paper and used petroleum jelly between rounds. All in all I was only on the toilet off an on for about an hour and a half and was able to sleep through the night. | M | 50 | 2 days 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 5 | colonoscopy/endoscopy | None except for a "diaper rash" which went away quickly | After reading the other comments, I was really not looking forward to using this stuff. After the first glass, I am VERY happy to say there is no taste at all, in fact it was like drinking a cold glass of water. I'll give it a few more tries and update as necessary (If I'm able). Having finished the procedure I am fortunate that I experienced none of the problems mentioned in this blog. While it isn't something I would do for fun, the overall experience wasn't bad at all | M | 47 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X day | 3/19/2010 Patient History | 5 | colonscopy | none yet | oh my gosh - the lemon-lime crystal light in the golytely about made me gag... it was nasty. drink 2 - it was so much better to drink it with no flavoring. I read about someone using bouillon instead, I did that on drink 3 and it is so much better now. I totally recommend the bouillon in it! | F | 30 | | 1/6/2010 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | Stomach gurgling, cramping, frayed nerves waiting for something to "happen" | The morning before my procedure, I found this site trying to get info. I thank you all for your input, and I cannot remember the last time I laughed so hard I cried! I had purposely withheld from drinking anything all day so that I would be thirsty when I started this. With some trepidation, at 3:00 pm I poured an 8 oz glass, added Crystal Lite, and sucked it down as fast as I could. Taste - salty lemon, thanks to the flavoring. Nothing happened, so I waited 10 minutes and repeated. Still nothing, and so it went for 1.5 hours, and half a gallon of Golytely! Stomach is full... some gurgling and of course inquisitive comments from my girlfriend. Finally - the "urge". From the first explosive burst, which I can assure you is a sign of things to come, I am relieved that I brought appropriate reading material - "Spray Painting Barns" by Ayeshart Meselph, and the ever popular "Thar She Blows", the sequel to Moby Dick! Use baby wipes on your soon to be transformed hole - you'll be tender! I consume all but the last glass or two of Golytely, simply because I was running clear, and that seemed good enough to me. Once started, I drank a glass and it seemed to find the paint sprayer exit within 5-10 minutes - warmed and under pressure. I did notice I was chilled after the experience, and the visits to the paint booth from hell continued until almost midnight. Strangely, I was thirsty, and I cannot remember plain water tasting so good. | M | 49 | 1 days | 12/13/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | Some Bloating | My husband had his first colonoscopy this am and prepped yesterday using the GoLytely liquid. Overall, he said the process was much better than he expected it to be. The hardest part for him was drinking so much liquid in such a short amount of time. He felt somewhat bloated. Once he finished drinking the contents, the liquid did its job and he completed evacuated his bowels over the next few hours. Was finished by the time he went to bed. Woke up this am feeling fine (but hungry). Colonoscopy went well. He had heard horror stories about the prep, but he said he would definitely use this liquid again if he has another colonoscopy down the road (although he has no other products to compare it to since this is his first colonoscopy). Product worked for him. | M | 41 | 1 days | 11/16/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Very minor bloating and discomfort several times just before I had to evacuate. Otherwise no real side effects noticed. | This product made my colonoscopy not be such a negative undesirable examination. It is the best laxative preparation I have ever used. The electrolyte solution made a lot of difference compared to other laxatives that were prescribed in the past. I did not go through the brain dead, sapped physical feeling that I always get when using other products. Another really good thing, I recovered very well without having a ravenous appetite. The electrolyte really made a difference. I did not mind the taste, but it did become a little more difficult to get it down after the 3rd hour of drinking it at 15 minute intervals. It worked rather quickly. The next time I have to cleans my bowl I want to use this product. | M | 63 | 1 days | 10/3/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy tomorrow for my 50th :) | WOO HOO! I'm a professional and came to this website because I need to know if I can attend a important meeting tonight in 6 hours that I must attend, and YOU ALL HAVE ME LAUGHING SO HARD! Thanks for the comments on the flavorings and so far I have not had to drink the stuff, but will let you know as soon as I can...My doctor said to drink a LOT of clear liquids before so for the past few days I've had 8oz of water every hour and that has already made me feel great. But we will see once I have to drink the gol-telly--you all should be on YOUTUBE, you are hilarious. By the way, I hope the timeline I am posting will help, because I bet most people want to know how long they will be suffering. | Here is my HOUR BY HOUR report I flavored with both the lime and orange packet together: 1 pm (took the 2 pills with water)/ / 1:45 pm, NOTHING YET to note yet except SERIOUS laughter reading your comments--no cramping yet/ / 2:31 pm Just drank first glass with LIME, no nausea or ill effects yet, slight headache becaue haven't eaten today. / / 3:45 I AM HALFWAY THROUGH AND NOT SICK YET!!! Rinsing my MOUTH OUT WITH LIME OR LEMON HELPED A LOT!!! THANKS Feeling slightly bloated, not on toity just yet/ / 5 pm FINISHED THE LAST GULP, never got sick, didn't get a cramp until the last gulp./ /Leaving for a 6 pm meeting tonight praying I will make it with no "side" effects--will keep you posted. 7- midnight, planning to drink a lot of clear liquids or water before going to bed. Don't want to get de-hydrated 10am tomorrow morning will let you know how it WENT. | F | 49 | 1 days | 9/17/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy | The only bad thing is that by the time you are done, your anus is very sore from going so often. | I mixed the solution and let it chill in the frig for about six hours and drank it cold. The taste is more of a salt water solution, which while not the best thing to drink, was not too unpleasant. I drank it with a straw, eight ounces at a time, every 10 min. It seams as fast as you drank it you were on the toilet. I rinsed my mouth out with a small amout of water with a little lemon juice mixed in which did away with any after taste. I finished at 9PM and was done going to the toilet by 10PM. I thought it would be much worse. | M | 57 | 1 days | 8/6/2009 | 5 | routine colonoscopy | After 5 glasses projectile vomited. I eat and drink very slowly so all of that chugging was just too much for me. I made a mess because I was hoping I wouldn't lose what I worked so hard to swallow. | My Doctor allowed us to drink half the jug at 6 pm and the rest at 6am for an afternoon colonoscopy. I think if you are a slow eater and drinker, perhaps drinking 6 oz instead of 8oz might help you get through it better if you start to get too full of it in your stomach like I did. The second half jug in the morning went so much easier than the first half drinking, but I hadn't followed the suggestion of putting vaseline on my anus so I was in damage control mode just slathering it on my soreness and aggravated previously dormant hemorrhoids. Get a fresh tub of vaseline and just slather it on from the first bowel movement and it should be fine. The colonoscopy people were nice. It wasn't embarrassing as I thought at all. I took the suggested pain and relaxer drugs in smaller amounts and got to go home quicker. When the gas did start to pass it made me vomit a little when it first passed, but then it all came out and I drifted off to sleep. My husband was so happy when he checked on me for the nth time and could tell I was mentally back in the real world. The ordeal was over and well worth it. | F | 50 | 1 days | 7/5/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy | Like most medicine it didn't taste very good. I flavored it with Crystal Lite fruit punch. It was thick, but not bad. After the procedure I felt easily tired and dizzy. Took four days to gradually recover. After that I felt that it cured me of the problem I had before the procedure. I'd like to use it replace my over-the-counter bowel clensing product. | 44 | 4 days | 5/6/2009 | 5 | Prep for Colonoscopy | None other then bloating for the first hour before I started running to the bathroom. | I take this stuff every 3 years as a prep for my colonoscopy. Had Colon Cancer 32 years ago. I found that if you mix the mixture up the evening before you have to start drinking it the following day and refrigerate it so it gets very cold it's better. You must keep it refrigerated with each glass you pour out. This is what I do, pour out 8 ozs in a glass, mix 1/4 teaspoon of Crystal Lite Lemonade powder to each glass as you get ready to drink it, put a straw in your glass, take a deep breath, let out the air, and while holding your breath, drink it down without coming up for air through the straw, it gets past your taste buds that way. When you finish drinking the glass full, immediately pop a piece of lemon or pineapple hard candy in your mouth, suck on it a couple seconds and then save it for the next glass. I can drink a glass every ten minutes doing it this way. Hope it helps, it's made it a lot easier for me. My husband just had one done a couple days ago, he followed my method | F | 65 | 30 years | 2/15/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy for anemia | brief bloating solved by waiting then continuing. there was no cramping at all. I also happen to like jello. | forget the flavor packets they give you - too weak. use crystal light orange flavor powder packets (two to the jug, then adjust for taste., it's just like sipping juice - albeit alot of juice......... | F | 48 | 1 days | 3/13/2007 | 5 | preparation for colonoscopy | This tastes like sea water, but, other than that, worked just like it was supposed to with bloating but no nausea, cramping or problems. Had to drink 8 oz every 15 minutes over 4 hrs (1 gal. total).... got half to 3/4 of the stuff in me before it started working so was bloated. Others had scared me with their experiences, but it worked fine for me. | Not the most fun time I've had, but it works. | F | 56 | | 12/5/2005 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Slight nausea and bloating | I don't want to drink it ever again | F | 50 | 1 days 3 liters 1X day | 8/1/2023 | 4 | Endo and Colonoscopy | Nausea, Bloating, Reflux, Chills, slight dizziness | Taste like drinking salt water very hard drinking 2nd glass had to pause to take it giving a 4 because I had to strain first then the bowel movements started to come | F | 30 | 1 days 4 liters 1X day | 3/5/2023 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Nausea, chills and fatigue. Lowered pulse O2, lowered blood pressure. Burning pain between buttocks during 2nd round. (Still had it the next day.) Sheer volume of liquid to drink was almost too much. Wanted to quit after the first round, but managed to choke it all down. A fat milkshake straw helped a lot! | Not pleasant, but bearable. Colonoscopy is stressful in and of itself and this just added to it. BUT it did what it was supposed to do. Because of my age, no more colonoscopies in my lifetime. Hallelujah. | F | 69 | 1 days 128 oz 2X day | 2/18/2023 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Everyone stating that this product is the worst thing in the world is way off base. It is not as salty as drinking the ocean like several people have said... Is it the best thing I've ever tasted? No. Is it the worst thing I've ever tasted? No. Do I like drinking a half gallon of laxative before bed and another half gallon upon waking the next morning? Of course not. Is this necessary for a colonoscopy? Yes! I did not puke. I did not gag. It wasn't terrible. Just sack up, drink it, and get over yourself. You'll be back to eating your terrible diet again tomorrow. | M | 48 | 2 days 1 Gallon 8X day | 3/27/2022 |