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 |
| 4 | Colonoscopy | Chills , body aches , back pains, joint pain in upper body. My elbows shoulders arms were hurtin bad. Taste is horrible like being thrown in the ocean and you have to drink so you cant drown. That flavor pack is BS does nothing for flavor... Hope this works... Make sure you drink it chug it every ten -15 min. You will notice the more you drink and faster you finish te faster you will flush out everything . | M | 27 | 1 days Gallon | 5/10/2012 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | Runny nose, bloating, otherwise just the desired, anticipated results. | Took 3 hours of drinking every 15 minutes before first bowel movement - another 3 before completion. No where near the big deal I was expecting. Orange flavor, kind of bland and salty - not enjoyable, but not unbearable. | M | 52 | 1 days 30 MG 3X H | 4/30/2012 | 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 day | 4/25/2012 | 4 | colonoscopy prepgallon?unk | This stuff should be called "TurboPrep." I had read somewhere to use both Vaseline and baby wipes to ease the constant friction on your abused anal opening. Excellent ideas. Also, on prep day, my favorites are barely-formed Jello (gives you the impression you have substance in your hungry tummy) and LOTS of Popsicles. | I used the cherry flavor and chilled the stuff for two days. I swigged as much as I could stand at a time, and it wasn't too bad. I had to drink half of it the night before and the other half the day of the procedure. It certainly did the job. I wore a Depends to the clinic, as I was afraid of what Dave Barry called "spurtage," but didn't have any. I can't use the salty preps because I have kidney damage, so I suppose that this one was as inoffensive as any I've tried. I didn't have problems with vomiting. I had minor bloating,but let's face it - nobody feels exactly prime when they are facing this ordeal-by-scope. I don't know what the dosage was - it came in a gallon-sized bottle, give or take a little. | F | 64 | 2 days 1X day | 3/20/2012 | 3 | colonscopy | My first colonoscopy - so far not a great deal of fun. Used the orange flavoring which was not too bad. It is the salty flavor/smell that drove me crazy. Got 4 glasses down in about 75 minutes. It took me 10 to 15 min to drink each glass- so just constant drinking. I couldn't bring myself to chug it! Got thru 2 more glasses (half way there!) felt extremely bloated and on the verge of losing it. Tried to do another glass and lost it to gagging and vomiting. Terrible feeling when one literally blows all that hard work! Had been emptying and thinking I might be able to quit and not finish the rest. Now I lost too much of the fluid to get the job done. Felt extremely chilled and like a loser. Took a break for an hour. Drank 2 more glasses. Felt that urge to toss again so stopped and went to bed. Quit while I'm ahead mentality! Slept for a few hours, it is now 2 AM - I feel quilty about not finishing the jug and am not running clear yet. Just downed 2 more glasses. Have even | F | 57 | 1X day | 3/2/2012 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Vomiting because stomach was too full. | I had heard that one man couldn't stand to cherry taste of anything after cherry nulytely so I chose pineapple because I could stand to cut that out if needed. I also used a straw based upon another patient's comments. I found the straw super useful. I still had to taste the stuff (which seemed to taste worse the more I drank) but the straw put it closer to my throat so I didn't have to taste as much. The taste makes it hard to drink and I'm sure this would be true with any flavor but I think some flavor would better than no flavor. I found that after 3 glasses I immediately threw up because it was too much for my stomach. When I switched to smaller glasses this was no longer an issue. Don't get me wrong, the product works like it's supposed to but there is nothing pleasant about it. My procedure was two weeks ago and every once in a while out of nowhere I will get that taste in my mouth and it is gross. If I have to do it again I will see if I can take a pill instead. My main complaint is the terrible taste. If it tasted decent the trowing up and feeling too full wouldn't matter so much. Overall effective but gross/unpleasant. | F | 24 | 1 gallon 1X O | 2/28/2012 | 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 day | 2/22/2012 | 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 | 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 day | 1/4/2012 | 1 | COLONOSCOPY PREP | VOMITING | SO MUCH VOMITING, I'M WORRIED IT WON'T WORK | F | 66 | 4L 1X day | 12/21/2011 | 5 | Colonoscopy | None | This site was very helpful in preparing me for what to expect with the prep. Was reassured to see that few people here reported bad side effects. Few days prior I ate rice, pasta, low fiber meals, no meats. Stocked up on green apple hard candies, lemon jello, and chicken broth. Oatmeal for breakfast, and began clear liquid diet at noon. Mixed/chilled prep a few hours before drinking it. Did not add any flavoring to prep. Made a "checklist" broken into 15 minute intervals and checked it off after each cup I drank.The taste of the prep is not bad. Slightly salty, but I was expecting sea water. The consistency is somewhat gelatinous, but not unpleasant. Did not have to use toilet until I was close to the end of the first 64 oz. Next morning I had to finish another 64 oz. I took the jug out of the refridgerator and kept it out as it had gotten very cold. I also poured the 8 oz drink into a cup 15 minutes before drinking so it would warm up a little bit. The trips to the bathroom were frequent but not constant or so urgent that I found myself running to the toilet. I was worried that the morning dose would make it hard to get to the doctors office without pooping my pants, but I had no problem there. Colonoscopy went well - next one in ten years. I hope your experience with this goes well. Bottoms up! :) | M | 49 | 1 days 64oz 2X day | 11/27/2011 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Achieved intended results | I'm glad I read here before starting my prep. I added 1/2 pack of Crystal Light into each glass. It took me way longer to drink the gallon - I took 10-15 min. between glasses. I was given an anti-nausea drug to take before I even started. I had mag citrate first at 2 pm, then started the "gallon" at 5 pm and didn't finish until almost 10:30. The crystal light suggestion helped and I put my glass in the freezer between drinks. Was basically clear by 11 p.m. but this morning drank mag citrate at 4:30 am and was worried I wasn't cleaned out enough -- mag citrate finished the job. Not a horrible thing - necessary evil I suppose. Would probably ask for an alternative for next time. | F | 50 | 1 days "a gallon" 1X day | 11/7/2011 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Gagging, Nausea, Vomiting | The taste was absolutely terrible. I threw some of it up and barely got 1/3 of the entire dosage down. I used a straw and I chased with cold water and flavored cold water. On the plus side, I ate very little for two days before the prep. I started drinking it at 5:30 PM on prep day. I got results in just under 30 minutes and had clear, watery stools in under 2 hours. I kept trying to drink more since I had not been able to get much down. I was worried that even with the clear stools I might not have gotten enough down to be completely clean. Thankfully, I needn't have worried. The doc said my prep was excellent...I didn't tell him how much (really...how little) of the stuff I was able to drink. I asked about using pills next time and was told that they usually only give the pills to patients that request it.....really? If I'd known about the pills when I made the appt. I would've requested the pills! I am grateful that the colonoscopy showed I didn't have any serious problems. Good luck to everyone with their preps and procedures in the future! I don't have to have another one for 10 years. I won't forget to ask for the pills next time! | F | 52 | 1 days 4 Liters 1X day | 11/3/2011 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | 8 oz every 10 minutes. Slight chills from so much cold fluid. A little bloating. | Really could use some taste improvement but as long as it was around 38 degrees it wasn't too bad. Took almost 2-1/2 hours to start taking effect, causing a little bloating, but once it was working there were only 3 hours of occasional urgency feelings. Was clear at this point so went to bed and only got up twice during the night. Seems to have done what it was designed to do with only minor and acceptable side effects. Don't sweat it! You will probably have more stomach issues and side effects from the worry and anticipation than from the product itself. | M | 51 | 1 times 4 Liters 1X day | 10/19/2011 | 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 day | 10/13/2011 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Colonoscopy Prep | Extreme bloating and failure to eliminate for the frist three hours. Very uncomfortable | I have done a prep in the past but it was with pills and liquids. This did not start taking effect for three hours and it became almost impossible to put any more in my distented stomach. At that point I lengthened the time between glasses. It took me 4 hours to drink the gallon. When I finally did start eliminating, i never really felt any cramps or urges, just started to run out. It would have been better if I had known that this effects people in many differnet ways. All the instructions say you will start eliminating after one hour, or three glasses, so when three hours pass and you feel like you are going to burst, you wonder if this is normal. I did not find the taste as bad as having to take so much liquid in such a short span. I believe if you start eliminating sooner you don't get the uncomfortable bloat. And in the end I was not on the throne that much. Again, I would have felt better if I had been given more information. | F | 67 | 1 days 4 litres 1X day | 8/7/2011 | 4 | prep for colonoscopy | Some nausea and urge to vomit | I was prescribed Nulytely colon prep for colonoscopy; told to drink 1/2 of the solution late afternoon before and the rest early next morning. If I'd known how disagreeable the taste really is, I would have asked if there is an alternative, as I have a strong gag reflex and and had to hold back vomiting several times. It's the sickly sweet taste on top of the slightly salty that got me. Overall, it's not that horrible, because I was able to get it all down (if I can, almost anyone can!). Here's what helped: lime wedges to taste just before, during and after drinking the mixture (don't swallow any seeds or pulp); it went better when I switched from filling mini water bottles with the solution to 16 oz disposable cups with an ice cube (even though all instructions say "no ice").. the coldness helped me; banana popsicles to suck on when I felt the nausea come on-- the strong taste of the banana helped counteract it; and a straw is imperative! If I had to do this again, I'd try adding some Crystal Lite, even though I was told not to. This prep seems much worse than previous ones, hopefully better alternatives are on the horizon. The good news is it works really well, I'm cleaned out & feel fine-- on my way to the center in a few hours. | F | 60 | 4 liters 1X day | 6/24/2011 | 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 |