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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NULYTELY | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | For a colonoscopy | HORRIBLE!!! Entire body is swollen. Can't even move ankles. Legs twice their normal size. My butt hole is inflamed & itches like crazy. Sores all over my mouth & lips. Even though I am high cancer risk I will NEVER do this prep again!!! | I started this @ 3:30 p.m. the day before & was up all night. It took over 10 hours & still could not do the last 2 cups. It even said not to but it down the sink. That should tell you how awful this is on your body!!! Very bad side effects. Started the prep Sunday & it's Wednesday & still feel bad!! Still swollen & problems with my butt. | M | 71 | 1 days 3-4 Liters 1X D | 4/25/2012 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | Projectile vomiting and slight fever (99.0). Prepared for other procedure in past never had such trouble BUT it cleared the colon even with only taken part of solution | Whats up with the vomiting/nausea? Never had it before, has the product changed? If so NOT an IMPROVEMENT! | F | 53 | 1 days 40000 1X D | 2/22/2012 | 1 | COLONOSCOPY PREP | Gagging, Gagging, Gagging Vomit, Vomit, Vomit Did I mention gagging and Vomit | Have had to take to take this 2 times and each time it was the same gagging and vomit after taking appox, 1 oz.. Went out to Walmart each time and found over the counter laxatives each time and took them. 3 Days before each test I went on a liquid diet broth, soda, beer, coffee. Each time was told I was cleaned out good. I would rather drink a gallon of someone's urine than this crap. Took 4 Bisacodyl pills a day for 3 days prion to test. That gallon may as well have been 500 gallons to me. | M | 63 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X D | 1/4/2012 | 1 | COLONOSCOPY PREP | VOMITING | SO MUCH VOMITING, I'M WORRIED IT WON'T WORK | F | 66 | 4L 1X D | 12/21/2011 | 1 | Back X ray | shivering, nausea, cramping | This is the most disgusting thing I have ever taken. I´m on my second liter (I have already thrown up) and nothing is happening here, no bowel movement, just nausea, big time. I want this to be over, oh please. | F | 35 | 1X D | 10/13/2011 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | Massive bloating. Pain. Chills. No evacuation. | At 9:30 this morning I had a breakfast of eggs, cereal, fruit. Nothing but liquid consumed since then. No bwl movement since three days ago and nothing still and it's now been SEVEN hours since I drank the first half gallon of this awful stuff. I was hoping to find a similar experience here but no one here seems to have had this problem. I'm becoming alarmed. Extreme bloating. Pain. Discomfort. Difficulty filling lungs due to fullness. I feel I'm going to explode like on movie Alien. Bad chills but those ended about two hours ago. I've eaten another 4 cups of jello since then. 12 midnight and I'm afraid to go to bed. Supposed to drink the other half at 4 AM but it will be impossible to fit anything else in my abdomen if nothing happens by then. If I survive, I'll report back. | F | 51 | 1 days 1/2 gallon 2X D | 5/11/2011 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | The expected ones | I'm having my first colonscopy tomorrow and was told that it was nothing compared to the prep. They were right! I've been drinking 16 oz bottles of the awful stuff for about 2 hours now. When I first started it wasn't too terrible, but it is getting progressively worse the more I drink. I can barely think about it without gagging. I'm supposed to drink the entire gallon by 8 PM...HA! Something that's helped a bit is taking a sip of Sprite right before chugging the stuff and then another when finished. I don't understand for the life of me why this can't be taken in pill form. I can't wait for this to be over! | F | 28 | 1 days 4000 ML 1X D | 1/13/2011 | 1 | colonoscopy | Chills, nausea, pounding headache, bloated feeling in abdomen. | Doing the "split" prep. half the night before and half the morning of. The night before it went down worse w/ each glass. Didn't start evacuating til 30 min. AFTER the last glass. Up most of the night. Massive headche in the temples, back of the head and neck. Chills. Started again in the morning and got 4 glasses down and just couldn't do it any more. NASTY NASTY STUFF. BTW, I used the Lemon Lime flavor pack. ugh. | M | 49 | 2 days 2 liters 1X D | 12/10/2010 | 1 | colonoscopy | projectile vomiting, pounding headache, chills | I am attempting to drink this. It seems to be having minimal effect to my lower GI tract. It feels like it gets as far as the mid-epigastric area and causing extreme nausea. I have never not been able to get to a toilet or trash recepticle if I've had to vomit (which is a very infrequent event), but i was about 10 feet from my bathroom and the vomiting was explosive and uncontrollable-all over floor, walls...disgusting. | F | 54 | 4000 liter 1X D | 11/21/2010 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Extreme Shaking felt like I was freezing, Had dry heaves, Terrible after taste. | It was terrible, I was supposed to drink four liters only got through 2 and a Half leaders I started getting dry heaves evry time I did that my back was hurting The Flavor packs did not work, I was shaking so bad I finally just Had to stop I could not drink any more, So I told the Doctor I drunk it all He did the test only found one Polyp Did a Biopsy and took it out told me to call in ten days for results But my stools were clear before I couldn"t drink anymore. The Doctor said Do it again in 5 years. | F | 54 | 4 Liters 1X D | 8/17/2010 | 1 | colonoscopy | nausea, chills, bloating, cramps | I am only half way through my 2 litre of nulytely as I write this. I am considering chucking the other half. My BM's already look like urine. This stuff is completely killing me. All I want to do is go to bed and it's 7pm!! I feel like it's given me the flu. I have almost vomited a few times and am not even sure I will be able to get through the second portion of the prep without vomiting. This stuff is so nasty, I mixed pineapple with cherry and the drink doesn't taste bad (as long as it's refrigerated), but it makes you feel horrible while you're drinking it.. I don't know how to explain it other than that. I wish there was a different way they could do this that wasn't so barbaric. | F | 29 | 1X D | 4/11/2010 | 1 | colonoscopy | chills, runny noise, cold. | KILL ME. I've had numerous colonoscopy's and haven't done the Nulytely in years. This is by far the worst of the preps. I've vomitted twice and I'm in hour 5 with a little more to go.....and nothing's happening yet. For all you who say just do it...try it then you have a right to comment! Hopefully I'll be ready to go by 9am, if not, like my opening says, kill me. | F | 43 | 1 Ltr 1X D | 3/25/2010 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Disgusting taste and texture. Supposed to drink 4 liters, starting with half the day of prep at 3 p.m., then the remaining 2 liters the morning of procedure at 3 a.m. I drank about 1 liter, and threw it all up. HOrrid stuff. Also got bad chills. | I realize that whatever is in the compound in this prep stuff that moves your insides out pretty much has to be horrid. BUT, it seems that if we can get a man on the moon we could make this stuff a little more pallitable. This was my third colonoscopy. the other two used fleet phosphomax, which was a breeze, and the first was golytely, which was disgusting but did not make me puke. I spoke with one of the folks helping with the procedure and he said the problem with these solutions is if one person out of 100,000 has a problem, the stuff is yanked off the market. And so several better preps have fallen by the wayside. If you have to have this procedure, you may have to drink this stuff, and I sympathiZe and wish you good luck. | F | 59 | 1 days 4 litres 1X D | 2/16/2010 | 1 | colonoscopy | Nausea, headache, vomitting, loose stools, severe stomach pain | I wouldn't give this to someone to torture them. This is the worst experience I have ever had in my life. When I drank that stuff it felt like I was poisoning myself. Within a few hours I had a headache, nauseated and bloated. Started throwing up around 6 hours later and that was after not even getting half of the stuff down. I tried to continue drinking, because my appointment was early the next morning, but couldn't. I threw up for two days, and almost a week later I still have stomach pain, nausea, and difficulty eating. I haven't been able to work, can finally get out of bed without feeling like I'm going to pass out, and the Dr continues to deny that I somehow reacted to this medicine. Of course they couldn't do the procedure, and so they want me to reschedule. We'll see if I can eat again. This stuff should be banned, I can not imagine ever inflicting this on anyone. | M | 47 | 1 days | 1/30/2010 | 1 | For colonoscopy | I got very sick the morning of the procedure. I threw up several times and have been nauseated for about 7 days now and have had a headache every morning when I wake up. Also, I haven't had a good appetite. The thought of drinking Nulytely causes me to gag. Also, certain smells brings on the gagging. I can't eat certain foods now because of the way they taste. | F | 65 | 1 days | 10/29/2009 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | nausea | first off make sure you read up on tips before you take the prep. Im doing the prep right now and im wishing i had a lemon wedge and some 7 up. Just the smell of this horrid bottle and i am gagging. There is a pill though and its called osmo prep i was told it works after i bought this lovely container. my procedure is in the morning and i have half 1 liter left. I am nineteen and i am not wishing for anymore of these god awful containers ever again. Good luck to those who are about to take it... time to drink up :) | F | 19 | 1 days | 10/26/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | mild chills & nausea; took one gasX capsule and held nose when drinking 8 8oz glasses with lime slice chaser & lots of liquids as well but NO CLEANSING just four small bms despite 2 stool softeners and one enema to try to get things going | I remember my mother had eight feet of her colon removed at one point and I think I must have similar extra long & wrinkly colon as well since this stuff isn't having desired results wish my doc only charged me $30 for not being able to have procedure I think it's $150 instead, but I did prep as he requested, why is it my fault it isn't working? | F | 56 | 1 days | 10/5/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | Stomach pain, nauseau, strong urge to vomit | This should be illegal. No one should be made to ingest this stuff - cruel and unusual punishment. It did the trick but NEVER again. They say every 10 years - not on your life. I agree with the person who said "NuLytely or die - a tough decision." | F | 65 | 1 days | 10/1/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | throwing up, gas, major nausia. | I got so sick from this my colon didn't empty all the way. The doctor had to "clean" things out with water. This was my second time having to use this. I couldn't choose another way of doing it. Believe me, if I have a choice if I have to do it again. I'm NOT taking it!! | F | 36 | 1 days | 9/26/2009 | 1 | Yes, this is my first experience. | Nausea, vomiting, bloating, and did not go running non stop into the toilet like most people. This is pure hell. | The person who invented this liquid is masochistic. He should be tied to a chair and given five liters of this vile liquid, Crystal light or not, it does not make a difference, so that he can experience the horrible suffering he is inflicting on those who have to drink it. | F | 53 | | 9/18/2009 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | I experienced extreme nausea while attempting to drink the prep. I had a colonoscopy approx. 12 years ago so I knew to expect this. I had consumed 3/4 of the bottle and after 3 hours still had not gone to the bathroom! I was on the verge of vomiting and refused to drink any more. TO make a very long story short--I took the laxatives as directed also. I finally started to have some movement but not what should have been happening. At 6:30 am --an hour before I was expected to arrive at the hospital I still had not gone enough. I called th e doctor and we had to cancel the procedure. I was out $30 which I had to pay out of pocket. | I had even taken laxatives the night before I started clear liquid diet because I take narcotics on a regular basis for chronic pain and was concerned that if I did not keep up my high fiber regime what might happen. I wish that my saga ended there! I was sick all that day but still never experienced clear liquid bowel movement. I slept all of that day and night--highly unusual for me. 3 weeks have gone by and I have not been right since! I still am not having regular bowel movements even though I have increased my fiber intake and have taken bisacodyl every day and then every other day. A week ago I had diarrhea for several hours but still not significant to clean out all that was in me! I have refused to use this prep again! But I am still concerned that my bowels are not back to normal. I never expected anything like this. My prep 12 years ago was with golytely which made me vomit but did the job! Has anyone else had an experience like this? I would love to hear from you if you have! | F | 53 | 1 times | 9/11/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | With Half-Lytely -- Projectile vomiting after the first two glasses. Tried again and had projectile vomiting after the next two. When I called my Dr., he asked me why I didn't like it! He said, "you don't like the taste?" I told him it was slimy and he didn't seem to understand my problem. I am switching doctors and will go with a different regimen. | If you tend to gag easily, don't take this stuff. Believe me, I tried to tough it out. I rinsed my mouth out with tiny bit of Peppermint Schnapps after each glass with no luck. I tried to hold it back, I really did. I'm not a whiner but that stuff was, as one person said it, "full hose out me mouth!" | F | 55 | | 6/3/2009 | 1 | vomiting, chills | Horrible, absolutely horrible. I will never do this again. It took me 7 hours to get it all down, while i threw up 3 times. People at my house can sit there and tell me to hurry up and drink another glass.. I wanted to throw them through a wall. There is no way someone can drink 8oz every 10 mins until its gone; THATS IMPOSSIBLE. When i finally had a bowel movement I pooped for like 30 minutes straight. I was on a clear liquid diet so it was hardly any stools. I feel bad for my toilet. I agree with the people that said the doctors should drink this once a year. My doctor acted like it would be easy to drink.. what a lie! | M | 21 | 1 days | 5/28/2009 | 1 | Colonoscopy | gagging, nausea, bloating, homicidal thoughts, explosive anal discharge | First off, let's dispense with the notion that there is any need or benefit to eating "a low-residue diet" on the days leading up to this. Maybe it will make you feel virtuous but... It does not matter what you ate – it's coming out. Every last bit. And then you will shoot neon-yellow water for several HOURS after the last fleck of solid matter is a dim and distant memory. All well and good, the good Doctor needs to see clearly. That being said, there is no excuse for this vile preparation. My friends in the UK take some pills, and then drink lots of water. Same wonderful effect. So why are we here in the U.S. comdemned to drinking quarts of urinal cleaner? Some type of Klingon rite of passage? Puritanism? Self-flagellation? And if that's not bad enough, find their web-site where they gush (heh) about how their wonderful product comes in "3 great-tasting flavors" and is "well-tolerated". Yeah, right. Mussolini was well-tolerated. Whatever you do, don't avoid the Colonoscopy! But please, Doctors, Drug companies, FDA people – can't we have this stuff mix in our bellies instead of in the plastic jug? Let's stop pretending about "great-tasting flavors" and "well-tolerated". I don't even want to know what point of reference you'd need to make those statements true. In the meantime, your doctor is going to prescribe this stuff; lucky you. Use a straw as far back in your throat as you can muster. This | M | 49 | 1 days | 5/5/2009 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | just an extreme urge to vomit | This is absolutely the most disgusting thing I've tried in my life. I am actually drinking it right now and I can't get myself to finish the last glass. It is not so much the taste itself but the texture is thick and does taste salty. I want to gag every time I taste it. I have to drink half the gallon today and the other half tomorrow morning and I am already extremely worried about the other half. I've been drinking it for two hours already and have only had one BM. Well it has to be done so Ugghhh...here I go again... | F | 21 | | 4/28/2009 | 1 | Colonoscopy Prep | Nausea. Violent vomiting (sore abs for days afterwards). | My first experience was a failure. I drank it quickly, 2 liters in 1/2 hour (lemon-lime). Going down, it wasn't great, but not completely horrible. I had it ice cold and chased it with apple juice to cleanse the palate which seemed to work very well. Then I sat and played video games for the next 2 1/2 hours waiting for it to work. During that period I gradually began to experience heartburn and started burping up tiny amounts of the now body-temperature and increasingly vile-tasting fluid. I distinctly remember thinking "5 years between colonoscopies may not be enough time to forget this taste" At the 2 1/2 hour mark I felt the intense urge to vomit and as far as I could tell, the entire two liters came up in three violent convulsions. The lemon-lime flavor is *much* worse coming up than going down. After that experience, there was no way I was even going to attempt to drink the second 2 liters...plus, I didn't think that would be enough to "cleanse" me. | M | 50 | 1 times | 3/12/2009 | 1 | Prep for colonoscopy | Body-shaking chills, gagging, nausea, vomiting | Dreadful stuff. Within a few minutes of drinking the first cup, I felt chilled. Over the course of the afternoon and early evening, I experienced episodes of shaking throughout the body. Despite crawling fully clothed into bed and piling on the blankets, I was unable to warm up completely until about six hours after I downed the last of the medication. The gagging started about one-quarter of the way through. By three-quarters the nausea was well along. I was unable to drink the last six ounces and later vomited at least eight ounces. Fortunately, I was able to ingest enough to allow for a successful colonoscopy yesterday. I have no confidence at all that I have the capacity to tolerate this again. | F | 60 | 1 days | 3/11/2009 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | 1 1/2 to 2 hour delay before any action, then was still working way past bedtime. Horrible gas and cramping pains. Became nauseated after drinking about 2/3 of the liquid (which I mixed with 2 little buckets of Crystal Light pink lemonade mix at my doctor's suggestion). There was no way I could have finished it all. It has now been 6 days since the colonoscopy and 7 days since the prep and I am still suffering from loose stools, gas, stomach and gut pain and tenderness, and a horrific amount of burning, stinging and itching around my anus. | This mixture should come with warnings and directions about using petroleum jelly around the entire area as another respondent mentioned. In addition, it is ridiculous to assume that everyone would require the same amount of this mixture. I, for instance, am a 64 year old woman who weighs 118 pounds. I should not be expected to need the same amount of prep as a man who weighs 300 pounds. | F | 64 | 1 days | 2/23/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | They should bottle this nasty stuff as an exfoliator. I have fairly tough hide but this made my backside look and feel like a piece of beef steak. It did not matter what I tried it hurt. It hurt to walk or sit. I was even using 20% benzocaine. This lasted for 48 hours. My gut area was so sore after the cleanse. I also looked like I was 4 months pregnant. I could not sleep because of the pain. It will be a cold day in H... before I would use or recommend this stuff! My doctor is going to get an ear full also. | F | 54 | 1 days | 2/11/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | headache nausea | Worst stuff in the world. Never again will I go that route of torture. | M | 41 | 1 days | 1/27/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | nausea, bloating | I won't take this stuff again. I ate almost nothing solid yesterday, but after 3.5 hours, all I am is sick. Right not, I swallow a bit and puke it back up. Gotta be a better way - don't use this method. | M | 49 | | 1/4/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | nausea | Slimey substance--I managed to get through it and I STILL wasn't cleaned out enough--I have go through this AGAIN! I followed the instructions--I have never disobeyed doctor's orders, but I will not take this particular prep again. | M | 46 | 1 days | 12/28/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | nausea, bloating, chills | So very uncomfortable to drink! I couldn't finish it-only got thru half the gallon. Luckily I was cleaned out by then. I had to suck lemons/limes, drink cola, hold my breath, and eat bites of jello in between drinking the vile stuff. Using a straw really helped. Try some other prep if you can. This worked but I would never do it this way again. | F | 49 | | 11/26/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy at 33 for unknown issue | Drank 70% of solution with no results. Peed a few times and that was it! Either the medicine doesn't work or it has diagnosed my problem for me. | M | 33 | | 11/4/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | bloating, hoarseness, red rash | I drank 3/4 of Nulytely cold as directed. Horribly sweet. After 4 hours of taking it, I noticed hoarseness and red rash. Took Benadryl. Up most of the night pooping. Diapers are indeed an option. Next time I'll take pills and Mag Citrate. | F | 61 | | 10/29/2008 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Chills, headache, nausea, cramping, bloating | This is my 3rd colonoscopy (follow-ups), and this stuff is horrible. "Dittos" to the worst you have read here, although I didn't vomit. I won't bore you with repetitions. I did the prep yesterday, and had the procedure today, and grilled the doctor on "why".....here is "why": Apparently, some sample of folks had kidney issues with some of the other evacutive preparations, and this stuff is supposed to be easier on the kidneys. Although he blithely admitted the stuff was bad, he dismissed it (as doctors will, if something makes their job easier). I bluntly told him I was a vocal advocate to my friends on the benefits of colonscopy, and previously equated the entire procedure as nothing much worse than having a tooth filled. I told him this stuff will scare people off of what they need to do by the horror stories told by others. I also told him I WOULD NOT take it again....he needed to find something else in 3 years or I wouldn't be back. He ignored | M | 52 | | 10/20/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | After reading all the postings I called my Doctor & told him I didn't think I could do it so he suggested I get "fleet phostho-soda" over the counter. | My doctor suggested I take "fleet phostho-soda" (2 1-1/2oz bottles) 1 bottle at noon mix with 1/2 cup clear liquids (sprite, gingerale,etc) & immediately drink 8oz clear liquids. The next bottle at 9pm & lots of clear liquids. He said it takes about 45 minutes to work. Sounds alot easier to me, I'll post again Thursday night after I start. Hope this helps | F | 53 | | 10/7/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | could not get much beyond the nauseous effects of trying to ingest it. | There is no way I can finish a gallon of water in an hour, let alone a gallon of this salty, thick goo. My colonoscopy was compromised b/c I was not cleaned out enough. I had a colonscopy 5 years prior and whatever they gave then was a breeze. I have since spoken with clients and friends who's colonoscopies were also compromised b/c they were not cleaned out enough as they could not stomach this stuff....makes me wonder how many more people out there are not getting an adequate colonscopy b/c of this stuff. As detailed in the directions, I swallowed 4 dulcolax 6 hours prior to beginning the trilyte. Never again!! I would seriously question your doctor about alternatives b/c once you've got it, you're stuck. | F | 51 | | 8/22/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | chills, extreme bloating, gagging | The texture is the worst problem. It almost might be palatable with a chicken soup flavor. No flavoring helped. I mixed it about 1:1 with apple juice. I bloated up like a balloon. I took almost half the package of GasX. I tried hard candies, ginger ale, and water in between gulps. Using a straw was somewhat workable--just having the stuff touch my lips made me gag. Fortunately I had diarrhea (who can say that!) earlier today. I've only had half of the stuff and I'm quitting. My stool is pretty clear but very yellow--don't know if it's bile or apple juice. I should have taken the pills. | F | 38 | 0.5 days | 6/3/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | nausea, chills, sore butt | Reminded me of Alka Selzer, but without the effervescence. It is 92 here today and I am sitting around in slippers and a sweater over my pj's. My butt is raw and I am about 75% done with the stuff. Still pooping yellow liquid, though, although from what I'm reading on these posts that doesn't mean I'm not clear. My procedure is at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow (it is now 7:30 p.m.) and I can't wait for it to be over!!!! | M | 55 | 1 days | 6/2/2008 | 1 | Had no CHOICE! | Nausea, Desired Diarrea, Nausea, gagging, nausea. | I must not be a grown up after all since someone here posted that "It is definitely hard to drink, but I think that any grown person can get through it." I just wasn't able to complete it. I left about 3 cups over (maybe 4?). it was just too much and my gag reflex kept spitting it back out. Another person pegged it with "a jug of elephant semen". I still got the runs, they're not clear yet though. I sincerely wish I had known what I do now, cause I'd have had no problem eating yogurt and juicing for 4 days opposed to this TORTURE! I mean the goal IS to get the gut cleared out. UGH! | F | 45 | 1 days | 3/19/2008 | 1 | colonscopy | throwing up | this stuff tastes like oily dish washing liquid...i just started and was gagging on my 2nd glass. GREAT! i used the lemon lime packet although i dont taste any lemon lime at all. It doesn't actually taste bad...its the oily soapy consistency that is making me want to loose my cookies...but i'm determined to finish this as i sure as heck do not want to go thru this again. | F | 44 | 1 days | 3/10/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | nauseau, depression, convulsion | Yuck! Tastes like a jug of elephant semen. I am 2/3 through and each glass gets harder. I don't vomit easily, but I am about to puke all over this keyboard. I cannot believe that the medical benefits are worth it. "Never Again" has taken on a new meaning for me. | M | 50 | 0.25 days | 1/28/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | Slight chills for first 2 hours | Yucky stuff. Took it with the orange flavoring. Took it all in about 5 hours. I have a stoma so it was not as bad as some folks had it at the other end. Still a word of caution. The pouch fills up quickly at times so you don't want to leave home. For you stoma viewers, colonoscopy was easy with a 2-piece pouching system. | M | 70 | 1 days | 1/8/2008 | 1 | endoscopy and colonoscopy | My 16 year old daughter had to take this awful prep-- we followed the instructions to a T (me being a nurse) after 1 hour of the prep, she was crying, gagging and complaining of bloating and nausea, yet, being a nurse, I persisted in encouraging her to continue bravely on. She found that chewing gum after each glass decreased the nausea. after about the 7th dose, she vomited up the entire prep. I dutifully went out and bought 2 bottles of Mag nesium Citrate-- which she tolerated much better and voila, the next day the doctor said she had the best prepped bowel of anyone she had ever seen! (The pictures were fabulous- LOL) | F | 1 days | 12/16/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | I was able to drink 5 glasses, it seemed like almost half the bottle, before I vomited them all up. I used the lemon lime flavor and chilled the bottle. I had to wait about an hour before my stomach calmed down enough to take more. And then I could only take small amounts. So it took me forever to go to the bathroom. After I finally started going, I tried taking the prep a bit faster, and drank 2 glasses in about 30 minutes. I threw them up again while eliminating. This stuff is the worst I've ever taken and I've used fleet, barium, and all sorts of other test preps. | Before you go home with this make SURE your have a plan B with your doctor, in the event you cannot take enough to go through with your test and you need something else. I have never been so sick and I consider myself to have a pretty strong stomach. I am supposed to have yearly tests but I will need to find a way to bypass this horrendous stuff. | M | 54 | 1 days | 12/10/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | I am drinking this horrible drink right now. I feel like I am being tortured. I wish I would have found this site before maybe another one of the flavors would have been better. I am drinking the cherry and really struggling to keep it down. I can't believe with all the advancements in medicine they don't have something that tastes better. Drinking a bottle of Castor oil sounds better to me. | F | 49 | 1 days | 12/9/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | Soon after a colonoscopy procedure on 6.5.07 I became aware of fatigue and chest pressure with exercise. A primary doctor appointment was scheduled. A blood test revealed "renal insufficiency" with 2.2 Creatinine and 10.5 Hemoglobin levels. I next proceeded to a urologist and an ultrasound of kidneys, tract and bladder which revealed nothing unusual. A week later a nephrologists diagnosis was "acute not chronic renal failure" with some kidney self repair indicated by blood tests. The nephrologist questioned me on "what major medical event" had transpired since perfectly normal blood panels on 2.23.07. I had no major issues to advise and did not consider a colonoscopy as “major medical event”. The nephrologist suggested a prompt visit to a hematologist. A hematologist’s diagnosis on 7/20 was a acute kidney reaction to my colonoscopy bowel prep Nulytely (4 liters). I am now on a regimen of blood testing and a synthetic hormone, Arane | Difficult product to injest over required 4 hours. | M | 75 | 1 days | 9/18/2007 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Dizziness, nausea | Whoever invented this shit ought to be put to death. It is a horrible horrible thing. I would sooner die of rectal cancer than go through this again. Never again. | M | 41 | 1 days | 8/20/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | vomiting, gagging and chills | I started taking it at 8:30pm and have only finished 3/4 and it is 3am. I gag after each sip, so I sip and then suck on a candy. It is horrible, this is taking forever. I don't know how I can possibly finish it. my procedure is in 4 1/2 hrs. Oh, I have also already vommited twice and I am freezing. I can;t do this again. | F | 31 | 1 days | 8/8/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | vomiting, chills | This is my second experience with Nulytely. I don't know if I can ever do this again, and I'm supposed to have a colonoscopy every 5 years because my Mom had colon cancer (which she survived). I vomited up the entire 8th cup. I managed to get through about 3/4 of the jug. Hope the doc will still do the procedure. Everything seems to be running clear! | M | 55 | 1 days | 7/6/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | bloating, nausea | While this stuff did what it was suppose to, it's the awfullest way to have to clean your colon. I agree with hundreds of others that won't have the procedure done for the mere fact that drinking a gallon of this nasty stuff has to be done. I had the procedure done on 01 Jun and hardly made it through the gallon. Because of a very large polyp with no stem, I had to have another procedure done 03 Jul and thought I was going to explode by drinking that stuff. I have to have this done in 3 mo. again and my dr. won't give me the pills to take, so I'm going to take someone's suggestion and suck a lemon (I'm adding salt) before and after every glass, it can't be worse than what we have to go through. The flavors are horrid and to date, I don't want to smell or taste anything that has to do with lemon-lime or oranges. The other flavors are disgusting too. Thank you all for letting me and others know we're not alone in our disgust for this way of colonoscopy prepping. | F | 54 | 1 days | 7/5/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | Bloating, nausea | It's been 3 hours and only a little of the horrible concoction left - and NO results! Staying near the porcelain room ..... | M | 64 | 1 days | 6/25/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | That was horrible! I will never recommend this to anyone! | I now have the sorest butt I've ever had. The pain was worse than labor pains. Pharmacist never said to eat light, neither did the doctor. I had steak and a drink last night! I started out with 10 oz. of Magnesium citrate this morning. That started things flowing. Then all I drank of the jug mixture was about 3, 8-oz. glasses. I spent 5 hours on the toilet. I needed support as I have sciatica and have trouble sitting any length of time. It hurt so bad coming out that I was screaming. I've never been that uncomfortable and in that much pain at the same time! I felt better after using Prep. H Ointment. Never, ever again! EVER! I will surely scream obsenitites at my doctor while I am under tomorrow! | F | 52 | 1 days | 6/19/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | EXTREME NAUSEAU, GAGGING and eventually when just LOOking at the cup i started gagging, and then after less than half a gallon i threw it all up. RIDICULOUS! | why does it have to be so damn much????? a GALLON? i threw up after less than half, and even that did the trick to empy the stomach out. spent all night reading magazines on the toilet... | F | 24 | 1 days | 6/14/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | OMGosh-it took 3 hours to have my first "gush". Now it's like Old Faithful, every 5 minutes there she blows. I can't finish all 4 liters. Hope I am prepped to their satisfaction because I just can't get anymore down. what kind of a sick-o invented this poop juice? | F | 52 | | 4/24/2007 | 1 | COLONOSCOPY | I would have preferred the pills, but since I am on pain medication, I got the liquid; I would suggest the pills, not the liquid if possible. I feel like I am going to puke. Don't even mention food. I feel heavy, weighed down like my limbs are extra heavy and I was getting a fierce headache, not that is passing on to other unpleasantries. | I started exactly an hour ago and had one semi soft bowel movement...I can't believe I am discussing this publicly. I sure as hell do not have any desire to eat, and I pray each time I go back to the bottle it will be lower than I thought; gelatinous salty would be a good example. Each time I rinse out my glass there are as many suds as my dish washing liquid. | F | 42 | 1 days | 4/22/2007 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Nausea, vomiting | This was almost like torture-- I know it's a necessary evil to get the procedure done, but PLEASE, in this modern day & age there has to be a better way. It was bad enough that I had to STARVE myself all day (and no more lemon Jello for me, EVER) but then to have to deal with this stuff was just too much. I should have guessed what I was in for when I handed the pharmacist my RX and she says "Oh, no, you poor thing." great intro. It did start to work within an hour, but I am barely a third of the way through that horrrendously large bottle, and there is NO WAY I can finish it. If that means I can't get my colonoscopy done then so be it, I just simply cannot "buck up" and drink it, it's physically impossible. I threw up several times and every time I go back to try again, I fail. | F | 36 | 1 days | 4/17/2007 | 1 | pre colonoscopy | vomitting, nausea, chills | Horrible experience. no way in hell could I finish this. I hope I had enough to be able to take the test tomorrow, after all this torture. I was able to get in 3/4 of this stuff, that tasted like lemon lime mucousy ocean water. I vomitted twice. I thought I was pretty hard core but this made me feel wimpy. | M | 50 | 1 days | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | Nausea, gagging, vomiting, chills | Impossible for me to use this product for colonoscopy prep. After reading reviews, I figured i'd give it a shot since I wasn't too worried about the taste. I was gagging from the first sip, not from the taste but the texture. Someone I managed half the bottle in two hours, and then vomited up what must have been a liter and a half of liquid.. so obviously this wasn't going to work for me. Probably not going to end up having the colonoscopy tomorrow. I'll have to find a new prep and reschedule. I do not recommend this product. | F | 24 | 1 days | 2/5/2007 |