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 |
| 3 | Severe Constipation | Horrible cramping, abdominal pain, hot flashes, vomiting, disgusting taste, (I wasn't aware of the Crystal Light flavoring option). No one should have to drink that much liquid in such a short time. Was told to drink 8ml's every 10 minutes until all 4 liters were gone. Started drinking it at 6pm, didn't have a BM until after 1am. Drank as much as I could manage which was about 2/3. Still pooping 12 hours later but it's not clear poo yet. | F | 32 | 1 days 4L | 5/7/2014 | 3 | Check for colon cancer | Bloating, extreme nausea, chills, body shakes, and vomiting | F | 27 | 1 days 4 liters | 3/10/2014 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Bloating | Tried Golytely cold, didn't care for the taste. Nothing happened for 4 hours. Tried it hot with chicken bouillon and I didn't mind it that way at all. Far too much liquid. Used baby wipes after each time. | F | 59 | 1 days 4 Litres 1X day | 10/24/2013 | 3 | Colonoscopy | None | Everyone says to mix with Crystal light lemonade. I say mix with Propel Zero Kiwi Strawberry instead. I put in 5 packets with e gallon of water and golytely . Chilled and drink 16oz at a time through a straw. It was not bad as everyone said. The Propel mix is a bit hazy so it should be ok. As long as it is not red color. If you really don't want to taste anything, stick the straw deep in your mouth. The less chance it has to get on to you tongue. | M | 53 | 2 days 1gallon 2X day | 7/11/2013 | 3 | Colonoscopy | slightly dizzy, nausea | Very salty. Really - they can't come up with a pill for to clean you out? My doc said ignore online hints or whatever pharmacist says. I can mix it with crystal light only. I have to drink half at 6PM and the other half at 2:30AM day of colonoscopy. I am having a hard time drinking - using straw helped & so did taking a drink of something else quickly. It took about 3 hours for it to start to work - but working well so far. Nothing violent or horrible. I'm not clear but only halfway through. I don't think I can finish all of it. Procedure in about 5 more hours. Wishing myself luck! | F | 1 days 1/2 gallon 2X day | 6/19/2012 | 3 | colonoscopy | Just wanted to post to recommend a suggestion I read on this site...that is mixing the golytely with very, very strong chicken broth. I used 6 pouches of bouillon and made a large bowl of stock...mixed a cup of golytely with warm broth - microwaved it to get it the right temp and boy did it go down easier...broth is supposed to be super salty...lemonade is not! Just when I thought I could not drink another 8 oz. of the stuff I managed to get it down without gagging. It also warmed me up, as others the prep makes me very cold and shivverry! Good luck everyone...it beats getting colon cancer...stick with it! | F | 44 | 1X day | 4/3/2012 | 3 | colonoscopy | After reading this site and others, I was scared to DEATH of golytely. People were describing it as poison, chalk and deadly. So when I took it out of the fridge and mixed it with some ginger ale, as per my doctor's instructions, I could not believe how normal it tasted. First of all, there is no smell. Second of all, there is no awful aftertaste whereby you will need a straw and a noseclip. It tastes like flat ginger ale -- ok, not delicious, but big deal. who hasnt had flat pop in their lifetimes? I also did not eat solid foods for three days -- drank ensure and water -- and I did not gulp the whole thing down like a maniac. They suggest pounding it down but it is not necessary. Sip it. From a glass. You will survive. On a scale of one to ten, ten being the hardest, this was a 2. Mostly, it is boring. | F | 47 | 1X day | 12/6/2011 | 3 | very very very constipated | 1st time i would say none i was fine .(14) 2nd time i was gagging to the point where i threw up. It mad me tired.(16) at 14 i was hospitalized from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm and had a tube in my nose pumping 3 bags of golytley . I would say it being in my nose was great bc there was no taste. When i left i was brand new i felt great even as days went on . The sencend time (16) however there was a different case i was drinking it at first and it was awful so i asked for a tube which they at first would not accomidate me they later on realized a tube was necessary ... After wards i dont feel the same as before feel like im not all the way clear which is my fault for switching doctors but never the less i still 4 days latter have pain,loss of appittie,and feel irregular still. I feel like the second time was less sucessful bc i did not have enough i recommebd this but also i recommend not to leave until its crystal clear! I also reccomend to make sure u see one of the best gi drs bc having this problem occur 2 is unbarable. Good luck. Hope it works good for u . | F | 14 | 2 days | 12/3/2011 | 3 | colonoscopy | Bloating, gas, nausea, chills. | I mixed up and chilled the pharmacist-recommended pineapple-flavor, and started drinking. It was like viscous, salty, liquified pineapple Lifesavers candy. The viscosity bothered me more than the flavor, and I've never been one to drink a lot, so the amount overwhelmed me. I read suggestions while willing myself to keep drinking, using a straw and cutting up a lemon. Wished I had some Crystal Light, but too late to run to the store, wished I done research earlier. After 1 1/2 hours, I had only managed three 8 oz. glasses, and nothing was happening, aside from feeling very, very cold. I had started late in the day, so I began to panic, and tried to quickly down my 4th glass. However, I had became uncomfortably bloated, to the point where I could drink no more without retching. Just before the two-hour point I made my 1st trip to the bathroom. It relieved some of the bloating so I could keep drinking, but as soon as I did the bloating returned and I could drink no more without the risk of vomiting away my slow progress. 4 1/2 hours after starting, my "no liquids" deadline was one hour away, so I choked down a final half-glass, and quit with just over 2 liters left. A final trip to the bathroom yielded results that were close enough to clear for me, so I went to bed. No cramping, no panic-stricken trips to the bathroom, just a sore bottom. I had my colonoscopy first thing the next morning, and the doctor never said anything about my poor prep. Would rathe | F | 51 | 1 days 4 liters 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 3 | ileus, colonoscopy | bloating, cramps, nausea, gas, diarrhea | i was previously given this via NG tube to help clear up an ileus (poop blockage) so i didn't taste it then, but am taking by mouth now for a colonoscopy. not as bad as mag citrate, just tastes like salt water. the problem is the amount. i have to drink 1 gal tonight then 1/2 gal tomorrow eve and 1/2 gal at 2am next AM before procedure. hold breath, gulp, rinse, repeat. would NOT be a problem other than the amount. have a book, balmex, and baby wipes by the toilet. not as bad as you think but no fun either! | F | 30 | 2 days 1 gal 1X day | 6/15/2011 | 3 | for colonoscopy | I really didnt feel any side effects. | The golytely was horrible I started my prep at 12pm and it took me up til 10pm to finish the poison after i drank the first little bit i started going to the potty frequently but my color didnt seem to change and i cant have nothing to drink after midnight (which is in 40mins) Id recommend that you talk with the doc about another way to get ready cause I will never do this stuff again! | F | 28 | 1 days 2X H | 6/12/2011 | 3 | prep for colonscopies & surgeries | none | I've taken Golytely before my colonoscopies and while I dislike sucking it down, i've found that for me, when it does "kick in" elimination is not "violent" as I had found in the past with stuff like Phosopho Soda where the cramping would have me in tears. I stick with golytely because it's gentle and i know what to expect. Can't have the cramping and don't want to risk that with any of the newer methods that might be easier "going down". It's the "coming out" that I care most about though. I find that chilling it actually makes it tougher to swallow...might improve the taste but not enough to make up for the seemingly "thicker" texture. I can guzzle it if it's room temp or slightly warm w/ no flavoring. I've never had to finish the entire jug...I've always "run clear" after about 2/3 of the way through. | F | 43 | 1 days 30 MG 1X O | 3/9/2011 | 3 | Colonoscopy | I have seen so many comments on how to cover up the salty taste of Golytely, most of which include chilling the liquid. I am finding it easy to drink warm with chicken bouillon, although I don't know that I will care to drink a full gallon in this manner. I started by taking 5 bouillon cubes in about a cup of water and boiling, dissolving the cubes. This gives you a very concentrated chicken flavor. THEN I poured 8 ounces of Golytely into a coffee mug and warmed for 1 minute. To that I added just a bit (a tablespoon or two) of the bouillon concentrate and I drank it like soup. I have a terrible gag reflex, but didn't gag a bit. It tasted like chicken soup! My advice, don't try to drink the whole gallon cold covering it up with lemon or lime. Work with what you have and add flavor (and temperature) that blends WELL with salty. Good luck! | F | 41 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 3 | colonoscopy | i was told it was going to be "not fun" .. i didnt know i'd be nauseated! i was misereable thinking about how to finish this damn thing, thinking, " who's brilliant idea was this ?!" i understand it's for my own good but ... and i am still in a little bit halfway done. i dranked it warm, not foreseeing the trouble. then i put it in the freezer to chill and cut up some limes. i will be having a weird experince next time we drink shots of tequila! so here we go... 3 gulps, a bite on the lime, repeat til finished ... im having a headache. | F | 41 | 1X day | 10/22/2010 | 3 | Horrible taste and even worse after taste. The flavor packets did no good at all. Added Crystal light to each glass. Was so full by the end of it that it's a struggle to continue to drink. | Hubby did prep yesterday. He couldn't CHUG it as recommended, he was a sipper which made it take forever. He seemed to have a more "controlled" purge. When I did this a year ago, it was a like a geyser, could barely get to bathroom in time (and some times didn't. It went on for hours). His experience, although still miserable, was less severe. Multiple trips to bathroom, but none to the point of having to be in a rush. Finished up almost the entire jug the first night, got up at 5:00am and finished the rest. Procedure went just fine, but he did get sick from anesethia after waking up. He does that all the time and we should have asked for the anti-nasuea meds up front. Good Luck to all the other Golytely drinkers ... | M | 62 | 1 days 4X H | 10/7/2010 | 3 | colonoscopy | nausea, gagging because of taste, headache, bloating, gas, anal irritation/bleeding | i gagged on the taste of it and had to drink it pretty much like i was taking giant shots. but they tasted bad. and would make me poo. i started getting loud belly rumbling and gas, and was thinking it would take effect soon. about two hours after i started taking it, i wasn't having any bowel movements yet, but i kept chugging away. i was instructed to drink half in the early afternoon and half at night. i got through two liters without any progression. then, it hit me. i had to sprint to the bathroom while also trying to clench my butt cheeks tightly together to avoid the fecal river that i knew was waiting to meander out of my anus and down my leg at the first chance it got. i reached the toilet and sat expecting a gentle flow of diarrhea as is usual with lesser laxatives. i was mistaken. the flood gates opened without me even having to give them a gentle nudge. i could feel it all draining from me, chunks and all, without me even helping it out. never before in my life have i had a piece of poop rocket itself from my anus. over the course of the next two hours, it went from poo to liquid. it also made my anus hurt considerably from the powerful barrage of bm's i was subjecting it to. i walked funny after each time. it felt like i was wiping with razor blades, and i started having some bleeding from having to wipe so much. i tried using baby wipes to clean the mess, but that only hurt worse. | F | 26 | 1 days 4 liters 2X day | 8/24/2010 | 3 | colonoscopy prep | All went well at the beginning. Mixed the solution with Crystal Light Lemonade. After about 1/2 through the gallon got sick of the taste, had to force the rest down. It did do what it was supposed to (clean out). Started prep at 11am, finished much later than anticipated 6pm. It came back with avengence around 11pm with nasseua and extreme headache. | F | 37 | 1 days 1X day | 7/20/2010 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Nausea, indigestion. light-headedness with first couple glasses. | Taste wasn't too bad. I used the cherry flavor packet. I'm not a huge drinker and had a hard time getting down 8 ounces every 10 minutes, especially the last few glasses, but did finish the jug. The nausea is lingering a couple hours after finishing -- hope it clears soon. | F | 51 | 1 days 2 liters 1X day | 7/18/2010 | 3 | prep for colon resection surgery | chills & shaky,lightheaded with slight headache,mild nausea, stomach overfullness/discomfort | Not a big drinker & HAD to find a way to get this finished so I tried many of the tips I read here to get me through.(while I laughed at some of the stories!) Used MoviPrep for my colonoscopy last month, and it was much worse that Golytely, so I guess I'm thankful the Golytely isn't as bad.....because I'm having major surgery tomorrow and I HAVE to get cleaned out! My tips: Use a LARGE/FAT straw. If you don't have one, go shopping and find one before you start your jug! It helps a great deal! I did plug my nose and that helped hide the taste. My hospital recommended getting my tongue cold with a popscicle, then drinking then putting the popscicle back on my tongue. That helped through several cups. Tried the cinnamon discs & hard candy for several cups. The Crystal Lite Raspberry Lemonade flavor also helped for a few cups. What I found that worked best of all was swishing some real maple syrup around in my mouth (it's quite thick & stayed on my gums & sides of my mouth) then drank the solution, and when I was done with the cup, there was still some of the syrup in mouth so I didn't taste the solution and the only aftertaste was the maple syrup! What a Godsend! I was running out of options and optimism! Thank heavens I had picked up that cute little bottle of Ben & Jerry's Vermont Maple syrup for a souvenier when we visited the ice cream factory in Burlington! Never would've guessed it would become a lifesaver for me! From previous experience, Invest in s | F | 55 | 1 days 4 liters 1X day | 7/12/2010 | 3 | Colonoscopy prep | bloating | I completely volunteered for this miserable experience since I would rather go through this than find out 10 years later I have colon cancer. My friend from high school had stage two colon cancer. I just found out two days ago my uncle has stage 4 colon cancer. Well the first six 8 ounce cups went down nicely then I felt full so couldn't drink it fast so I started throwing up the last drink not very much. I sucked on the lemon as recommended by someone else right before, during and after. I also used mouthwash and afterward. I did put the flavor packet that came with it not sure it helped much. I agree with everyone else that they need to come up with a better tasting product. | M | 41 | 1 days 1X day | 6/4/2010 |