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 |
| 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 | 2 | Colonoscopy | Nausea, vomiting, bloating, chills | I was very concerned about drinking Nulytely because I have a lot of problems with nausea in general and I am not a person that likes to down drinks or drink large amounts of liquid in a short time period. The biggest thing I'd do differently is I would eat a low-fiber/high liquid diet the whole week before and I would just not eat too much in general. My procedure was at 7:30 am. I had to do a split prep, one at 5 pm and one at 1:30 am. I decided to put the lemon-lime flavoring in and add additional lemonade crystal light. I think that was my second mistake--it was way too sweet. After six (6-8 oz. drinks), it hit me hard--I had not taken a bowel movement (3 hours later) and I started vomiting violently. I honestly think I was "filled to the gills", which caused me to throw up. After talking to my nurse friends, I decided to take a long break, even though I was less than half done. I did not find the bowel movements to be as unpleasant as drinking the prep. I only drank about three more glasses throughout night (about half of jug) and called my doc to tell them I could not finish. They did an enema before my precedure (not as bad as I thought). At 123 lbs, I think half the jug (2 L) was adequate. There wasn't hardly anything left before the enema. Overall, nasty liquid, horrible experience, and I hope I don't have to get one for a long time. They found four polyps so I'm glad I had it done. There has to be a better way to do this. Have fun cleaning your toilet afte | F | 30 | 1 days | 1/20/2010 | 5 | Colonoscopy prep | Chills. | Have been worried about the colonoscopy, still am, it's tomorrow. But the prep has been rather easy so I'm optimistic that I'll get through the exam as easily as others have said they did. I mixed the jug this morning around 10AM with the Pineapple flavoring. Started drinking the stuff around 3PM and then every 10-15 minutes since. Took about 3 hours for me to finally polish it off. Took about 2 hours before it started to "hit" me. Being scared of any medical procedure, it doesn't help when they tell you that it will start taking effect in 30 minutes to one hour because just before it started at the 2 hour mark, I was panicked, what if it won't work on me. So needless to say, the worry was for naught as I was soon going like a stopwatch, about every 10 minutes. Just enough time to get up, drink the next load and then head back to the bathroom. Worst thing so far has been getting the chills. I normally am always hot, wear shorts around the house even when it's below zero outside, have even taken the garbage out in my shorts when the snow is blowing, so was surprised by the chills. I thought I was imaging things until I read here that others have had the same ... helped calm my nerves. Of course, once it started then began to wonder, when does it stop. Sure beats the old ways of drinking cod liver oil or enemas. All in all, I found it to be a piece of cake. Speaking of cake ... could sure go for something to eat ... | M | 50 | 0.2 days | 1/18/2010 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Gagging after about 6 glasses; terrible gas | I was so nervous about having a colonoscopy that I didn't worry too much about drinking the drink until the time came. After starting the drink, my worry then changed to whether I would be able to finish it. I had a noon appointment the following day, which I was disappointed about having it be so late, but for me it was a blessing since I had to drink two liters the night before the procedure and two liters the morning of the procedure. I did okay with two liters until the end when I started to gag, but luckily I was done then until the morning. The same thing happened to me the following morning with the gagging, and I ended up drinking only one additional liter (three in total), and I was totally cleaned out. If I had to drink the entire four liters at once, I wouldn't have been able to do it and I would have had to cancel the appointment. I mixed the drink with the cherry flavor and it was terrible. There was not a lot of flavor and the smell was also terrible. Friends have mixed it with Crystal Light, and I think that would probably have been better. I have given the rating a 5 only because it did a good job doing what it was supposed to do, but there has to be a better way. As for taste, I would give it a rating of 1. | F | 50 | 2 days | 1/15/2010 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Nausea, bloating, vomiting, thoughts of suicide--just kidding! | OMG---I thought I could do this because I have a strong will. I am sad to say that I only could finish 1.5 liters-about half. I say half because I ended up throwing up the little more than half that I drank. It came premixed with orange flavoring, but I could not taste any flavor in it. I started off drinking it down pretty fast, but it gradually ended up subsiding to looking at the glass and trying to hold back my gag reflexes. I almost wanted to take a match to my tongue to dull the pain I had from drinking this. I just could not finish this thing. I tried biting lemons..it helped somewhat. I later saw other posts about mixing with Crystal light...I should of tried it. I ate light the night before and had a big grand slam breakfast early morning; the day of the dreaded Nulytel. I did not drink enough water during this day..I should of drank more; I was at work. At around 4, I took 4 ducolax and mixed my Nulytel. Before I started, I had a nice big, smooth BM. I started the chum drink around 6ish and started off well. I seemed so bloated and full and I tried to drink more, but I felt it was backed all the way up to my esophagus...I finshed about halfway around 9ish and decided to call it the night after throwing up from it and holding back my gag reflexes when I thought of it or stared at the full glass of it. I started off drinking it at room temp. and later chilled it and I think it was worse tasting when I did so. I did have some watery movements 3-4 times duri | M | 39 | 1 days | 1/14/2010 | 4 | Colonoscopy prep | Nausea from the taste, chills, bloating, delayed response. The most painful part was the havoc it wreaked on my hemorrhoids. | This was my 4th go with a "lytely" mix, and I'm getting the hang of it. Liquid diet the day before prep, and a light diet the day before that. 2 Dulcolax at 9pm the night before, three more at noon. My body was already cleaning out. 7-8:30pm I downed 2 liters of the Hell Water, and unlike previous times, it took 2 hours for any results. But, much less painful and dramatic with the extra day without solids. My advice is like many others': stay in the bathroom, blanket (hot bath helps warm up), good book or laptop, perseverance. Tomorrow is pizza! | F | 41 | 1 days | 1/7/2010 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Slight nausea. | Awful tasting but it did the job. I used the lemon wedges as suggested and it did dull the taste a little bit. I also drank alot of Sprite. It took me a total of 5 hours to get down 3 liters. I couldn't bear to drink anymore after that. Thank God it was enough and I had the colonoscopy yesterday which went fine. | F | 43 | 1 days | 12/18/2009 | 5 | colonoscamy | None | I must have some Terminator blood in me, after mixing with Crytal Light, Citrus Splash, took 8 oz every 15 minutes.Started at 6 pm and done by 8:30 pm, really don't know what the big deal is ? | M | 59 | | 12/7/2009 | 3 | Colonoscopy prep | mild bloating, slight chills | Not quit as bad as I thought it would be. I put some in a 2 quart pitcher with a bunch of lemonade drink powder and that helped tremendously. | M | 22 | 1 days | 11/10/2009 | 5 | bowel prep | some bloating and fullnes | I had 8oz every 10 minutes. I had diarrhea within one hour. (Not the bad kind. It was no big deal.) I finished the 4 liters and ran clear. The taste was fine. (cherry) I will use this next time. | M | 34 | 1 days | 11/5/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy | none at all! | ok i had super fear after reading the comments here, said a prayer and drank my first glass (8 oz) scared to death, to my surprise it was not bad at all, i paced myself started at 1 pm and finished at 7 pm, first BM started after 5 glasses, now just yellow and clear. Thanks to a special friend named frank here, he was a great moral support for me and told me all along it would be a non event and it was, no cramping, no bloating, no chills, i threw away the lime wedges, ginge ale and just had chewing gum in between, you know if i had to drink it all tomorrow , i would , its no big deal trust me. if i can do this , anyone can, i am surprised at all the negative ones but to each his or her own, tomorrow is my colonoscopy wish me well. | M | 50 | 1 days | 11/3/2009 | 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 | 5 | colonoscopy | None | Not the best tasting stuff in the world, but not horrible either. The worst part is the salty aftertaste. My instructions were to drink 8-12 oz every half hour. I mixed it in the morning and used the cherry flavor packet (if I'd had my glasses on, I'd have used the yellow packet which was pineapple and not lemon). After mixing, I chilled it for several hours. I took it exactly as prescribed (every 1/2 hour) and used a straw to drink it. I found the best way was to hold my breath while swallowing - taking six or seven big sips through the straw. When I took a breath, I tasted mainly cherry and a slight salt after taste. It didn't make me sick or cause cramps and bloating. It did what it was supposed to do, but I could control my trips to the bathroom. I knew when I had to go, but didn't have any real sense of urgency. I started at 3PM and was "clear" by 8PM. I think people might get nauseous if they drink it too quickly, so I'd recommend drinking 8 oz rather than 12 oz on the half hour (if your doctor allows it). Talk it over with your doctor and see if you can have a little leeway on how much to drink. | M | 50 | 1 days | 10/3/2009 | 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 | 4 | Colonoscopy tomorrow at 10:40am | I stupidly decided to read about this stuff about an hour after taking the first 1/2 liter. Wow, this shiz is nasty. And the posts scared the crap out of me. However, I am only a 1/3 of the way through and I am done - meaning my movements are already clear. No cramps and only had to sit on the toilet 4 times. Plus I ate a HUGE meal today at 3pm. It is now 11pm and I started at 6:30pm (while getting a pedicure). I am in Colombia and the stuff they sell you already comes flavored so you have no choice. Had cherry - absolutely vile. But chased it with chicken broth - great advice! | I think this is an awful way to do this and if there are pills that exist for this out there, then the makers of this stuff should be shut down. Although my experience wasn't half as bad as many people on this site, I truly empathize with each and every one of you. | F | 29 | 1 days | 9/30/2009 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | None | OK this stuff is gross. I used all four flavor packets (I've got a sweet tooth), and the taste was not unlike lemon/lime 7UP. Of course it is thick and salty. I found that if I took sips, chased by a diet 7UP or a sugar free popsicle, it was tolerable. It took three hours to complete the entire 4 liter jug. That time included two successful, but not urgent trips to the john. By trip number three, at the end of the three hour ordeal, you know what, was clear. Industrial strength tp ( I used ultra strong Charmin "heavy doody"), and disposable wipes are recommended. I began by putting the drink in the freezer after mixing. At three is was prescribed that I take 4 Ducolax - I took 5. And at 5PM I began drinking the concoction from the freezer, almost like a slushy. I noticed that as the drink warmed it tasted grosser and saltier. After each sip, I would take a sip of 7UP or alternately a bite of the lemon flavored popsicle. This worked quite well for me. It is 10:52, I had another visit to the john at 10:30PM -again clear. I feel great, have played 5 hands of cards: gin; spades and hearts and I'm Looking forward to going to sleep. I'll probably have to go again- a little growling, but no discomfort. I think if there is anything to be learned from my experience, it is the importance of sipping as opposed to drinking the four liters. | M | 67 | 1 days | 9/28/2009 | 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 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | none | Was really a breeze. Reading this helped. Ate liquid diet only 3 days prior. Drinking the Nulytely was not bad at all. I hate artificial sugar, so added frozen organic lemonade syrup. Drank it out of a large 24 oz. cup with big straw. Drank it cold and fast followed by lime wedge. Had chicken broth too. Was nervous before...no need to be. Don't worry! | F | 50 | 2 days | 9/24/2009 |