NULYTELY Reviews (POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (411 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NULYTELY with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NULYTELY | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Colonoscopy prep | Mild bloating; chills | ...(continued from below)... medicine they don't like? You tell them they have to take it because it will make them better right? Well, that's the same thing with Nulytely. If you have to have a colonoscopy for the sake of your health, then you need to take a colon cleanser to ensure the safety of your test. To people coming here for advice about Nulytely here are my recommendations: 1)follow a low-residue diet for several days before the prep and drink lots of water (this will help things start faster which will minimize the bloating which I found to be the worst part; 2)use a soda you like as a chaser (this will help mask the taste and also help you burp which will relieve some of the pressure); 3) don't listen to the 1-ratings on here. There is no question that this is not a pleasant prep, but it is nowhere near as horrible as some of these people make it out to be. I can't believe the people saying they will not get a colonoscopy WHICH COULD SAVE THEIR LIFE just because they don't | | 2/3/2007 | 1 | Don't believe the 2.8 rating - that RN that say's it not bad put her 5 star rating in twice (and I have to wonder if she REALLY drank this)... Be sure to read all of the comments before you try downing this horrible stuff. | | 3/20/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | chills, ring around my butt | This wasn't as bad as expected. I've had worse diarrhea from eating my mother's cooking. I would recommend staying close to the bathroom, though, unless you can run really fast (no pun intended.) | F | 52 | 1 times | 2/8/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | I used the lemon-lime flavor. It tasted better than I expected it to taste. I drank the whole jug of NuLytely, and the effects were mild. | From many comments I had read, I thought this would taste horrible, but that is not the case. | F | 63 | 1 days | 4/5/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | I got chilly because solution is cold and you ingest so much in such a short period of time. Dressed warm. Some gurgling from gas, but no pain. | I found other comments people made were very helpful. Prepared 3 days before procedure by eating very light, low residue diet (found lr diet menus on web - no fiber). Colonoscopy scheduled for Fri 8 am. On Thursday I ate very little, one soft boiled egg in early morn, one piece white toast around 11, everything else fluid. Consumed eight, 8 oz glasses water by 3 pm that day. (plus some homemade, no sugar,just juices jello) Started drinking Nulytely around 6 pm. Used straw and chugged exactly 8 oz every 10 min as directed. Covered tush with Burt's Bees Diaper creme. Only had to drink about 2/3 of jug before desired results came. Stayed up until 11:30 pm drinking water to make sure I didn't get dehydrated. Drank over 128 oz water beyond the 3 liters or so of Nulytely that day. Found I had to stay near bathroom, but not IN it the whole time. Found it really helped to prepare ahead with proper food and lots and lots of water. Colonoscopy is over, no tushie soreness, comfortable tummy | F | 44 | 1 days | 12/1/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | chills, nausea | This stuff does the job, but taking it is a nightmare. They gave me a lemon flavor packet which basically did nothing. On the evening before my procedure, I had to drink eight-8 oz glasses (with 10 minutes between glasses). Then I had to repeat the same procedure at 3:00 the next morning. 16 glasses in all and felt like I was going to vomit several time. I chased each drink with Sprite and that seemed to help. I did NOT breath while drinking and that seemed to help as well. Good luck and if there is something else you could ask for, I would try. | F | 45 | 1 days 1 gallon 8X day | 8/8/2012 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | No side effects. | I was expecting this colon prep product to be disgusting. I wouldn't want to drink it everyday but it wasn't as vile as it had been made out to be. I opened all the flavor packets, smelled them and decided to use the orange. Not sure how much if any the flavor packet aided in my ability to drink this product. I used a cylinder measuring glass and a straw. Was able to down the required dosage in 2 1/2 hours with no problems. The next morning I had to drink a 10 oz. bottle of magnesium citrate. Now that was gross. Both had the desired effect of cleaning out my colon. Survived the colonoscopy, a polyp was found and removed. The procedure and prep aren't on my list of favorite things to do but I'm relieved that I did it and won't have to do it again for 5 years. | F | 62 | 1 days 2 litres 1X day | 7/6/2013 | 5 | none | much easier to take if you heat it and add bullion | F | 47 | 1 days | 12/25/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | chills, bloating, cramping, mild nausea | Not as bad as I expected. The morning of the prep, I prepared the Nulytely with HOT tap water and instead of the flavor packets, used lemon Crystal Light. Starting drinking around 4pm; it did not taste bad at all but I still chugged it. Drank a glass every 10 minutes until I started to feel uncomfortable then slowed to every 15. When I started to feel very bloated and nauseous, I took a one hour break from drinking (as per the directions from the pharmacy). After that, the side effects subsided and I was able to drink about 3.5 of the 4 liters in 4 and a half hours. Was done about 9pm and still had watery BMs until about midnight and woke up twice in the middle of the night to go. Also, still had to go a few times in the morning before the colonoscopy but it wasn't a big deal. As others suggested, I ate a low residue diet the day before the prep, and the day of the prep, I drank a lot of water. I had a glass of flat gingerale to help with the bloating. The chills went away af | F | 50 | | 2/9/2007 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | feeling very full, anal burning and discomfort but I put neosporin with pain relief on and that helped | I got the plain flavored and the went down fine. It tastes the tiniest bit salty but not bad. Nothing happened for the first 45 minutes and I was afraid it was not working. It really worked then after the 45 minute mark with explosive watery diarehea about every 15 minutes. My doctor said I must have clear or light yellow discharge for a full hour before I could stop drinking it and at about the 2 hour mark I was light yellow and no poo showing up with it. Then after about 30 minutes with only 30 to go my "discharge" went darker yellow and had bits of poo in it. GREAT! So I had to keep drinking and finally poured the last glass down the sink- I just don't want to do this anymore. I will drink myself into oblivion with apple juice and crystal light. The other truly bad thing is I am diabetic so that limits beverage choices quite a bit. | F | 40 | 1 days | 7/6/2006 | 5 | unexpected diarrhea w/blood | Some chills half way through cleansing, put a jacket on for comfort. No nausea, bloating or pain. Hind end will become sore, use a cream on anal area often. Remember the less stool you have to pass the easier the cleanout will be. Listen to your doctor. | Not nearly as terrible as this site suggested. Tastes like flavored mineral water.I used Lemon/Lime flavor. Took me 16 swallaws to make 8 oz. Had two bags filled with ice to keep mixture cold, followed by sip of 7-up, took 5 hrs to complete the whole bottle. Pacing helps move things along... | F | 67 | 1 days | 3/20/2007 | 5 | Colonoscopy | No side effects! | I read the comments on here days before my prep, and I wish I wouldn't have! I was dreading the whole thing. The day before my prep, I ate light and easily digested foods. The day of the prep, I was prescribed two dulcolax to be taken at noon, then start the Nulytely (I had the generic, no flavoring) at 4:00. I mixed it up in the morning so that it had time to get nice and cold. At 4:00, I was DREADING the first glass! I mixed Crystal Light white grape into the glass, and down it went. Tasted OK, no bad after taste like others had said. It had a slight "salty" taste, but the grape over-powered that. It started working after the 3rd glass. Had no problem finishing most of the gallon. Was able to stop with two glasses remaining as it had done it's job! Colonoscopy went just fine. Will not worry in the least about the next one! POSITIVE ATTITUDE!!! | F | 50 | 1 days 1X day | 6/21/2010 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | Mild bloating and chills | Started stressing about the prep 3 days before I had to do it. Got a lot of good tips from other comments. Didn't each much the day before and day of prep. Be sure to get baby wipes & vasoline. Used Crystal Light for flavoring. Really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Dr. prescribed 4 Docolex at 2:00 pm and a quart of water between then and 5:45 pm when I took an anti-nausea pill. Started drinking the potion at 6:00 pm - had to drink 2 litres that night and the rest at 4:00 am. The first 3 glasses went down pretty easy. Then they went down slower & slower. Took me 2 1/2 hours to get the 2 litres down. Was feeling a bit bloated but kept standing/walking to get it moving. Also took a sip of 7up after each glass to help with bloat. First bm shortly after 3rd glass and it relieved some of the bloating. The bm's kept coming but by 10:30 pm I fell asleep until the alarm went off at 3:45 am. Drank another litre and everything came out clear so I stopped. My last bm was at 6:30 am. Had the colonoscopy at 8:30. That was a breeze! Home by 9:45. Everything ok...good for 7-10 years. If I can do this anyone can!! | F | 56 | 1 days 2 ltrs 2X day | 9/9/2010 | 5 | colonoscopy | none | this was a breeze! started at 4pm, clean by 6:30pm mixed mine with Crystal Light White Grape worst thing was grilling burgers for the family and not being able to have one! | F | 44 | 1 days 8 oz 6X H | 10/6/2010 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | None | It did the job. I held my nose. Didn't put any flavoring packets in it. Drank 7up. Didn't taste bad at all. I bought things the people on this site recommended; lemons/limes, Country Time Lemonade, etc...didn't use any of them. | F | 47 | 0 days 1X O | 4/14/2011 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Nausea, gagging, chills | Nulytely did exactly what it was supposed to. It tastes awful, much like a thicker version of Alka-Seltzer, and was really hard to get down after the third glass. The first few were fine, but then my gag reflex kicked in and my body just did not want to swallow this stuff anymore. I made it through the whole prep though but came close to vomiting many times. I used the orange flavor packet which added a lovely orange SMELL to the liquid but zero orange flavor. I will note that on the instructions it stated that the product would start to work in 30 minutes, but for me it took about 3 hours to start working and finished after about 6 hours. | F | 37 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X O | 5/9/2011 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | Explosive bowel movements | I read through these comments the night before my own prep (today) and I want to assure everyone --- this is NOT that bad. It really, really isn't and I'm a huge baby about stuff like this. First of all - my biggest suggestion - a 16 oz plastic cup, a straw, ice and Flavor Splash Aquafina (Grape) worked just fine. The next tip: Do NOT let yourself taste the stuff. I never did. I held my nose each times and while you can tell the taste is salty and sweet at the same time, you will not gag. I mixed mine with Lemonade Crystal Lite and the lemon lime packet they give you and chilled it for a day. It really, really is not that bad. I would suck down two sips, then take a sip of the Aquafina. All I ended up tasting was grape. My first BM started approximaely 1/2 hour after I first started and after about 20 oz. Keep in mind --- these aren't continual bowel movements (which is what I thought they'd be). They're more like spurts of liquid which come out every 5-10 minutes or so, so you're not chained to the toilet like you'd believe. I used Balmex and Charmin Wet Wipes from the beginning. I got through 4/5 of the container, but stopped because since about 1:30 (I stopped at 7pm), my BM's were clear and bright neon yellow. It's now 9:19 pm and I'm pretty much finished. Just hungry. Do NOT let some of the prior posts scare you. It is just not that bad. | F | 33 | 1 days 2X day | 6/20/2011 | 5 | colonoscopy | A bit of bloating for about 30 minutes after drinking Nulytely. | The taste is just like salty water. No additives needed for me. I think if the taste had bothered me I'd have added chicken or beef bullion and heated it a bit. That would have "complimented " the already salty taste. But it really wasn't bad at all! | F | 55 | 2 days 1X day | 8/31/2011 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | It did what is was supposed to do. I didn't have any chills like the others described. Overall, this was a very easy medicine to take. | Don't hype it too much. It has NO taste to it. Seriously though-I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I read these posts a few days prior to starting to take this medicine and I tell you what...they had me all nerved up. I was dreading it all day. I got home and started to get my glasses all measured out and lined up since I didn't know what to expect. If it was going to make me a sick as everyone was saying, I wanted to be all organized with my doses measured out. I took a sip and it had ZERO flavor. Nothing. I couldn't even taste the 'salty' flavor some talked about. I actually was able to add a bit of beef broth to it, heat it, and drink it like no big deal. Long story short-Don't over think it. Drink it and stay home and just relax. | F | 29 | 1 days 1X O | 9/8/2011 | 5 | pre-colonoscopy | A little bit of bloating and stomach/intestinal gurgling | Taking this has been no big deal. I've had worse diarrhea with the flu. On the recommendation of others at this site, I added 2 packets of Crystal Light instead of using the flavor packet that came with it. One thing I do strongly recommend is that 2 or 3 days before you are scheduled to start the Nulytely that you cut back on your food intake and start with the clear liquids. This way you have less in your system that needs to get cleaned out and the whole process goes faster. | F | 50 | 1X day | 1/25/2012 |