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 |
| 3 | Colonoscopy prep | intestinal growling, over full feeling, extended bowel movements well past when stool was clear, then followed by evacuating much gas when fluid was finally evacuated out. | Did what it was supposed to (along with the 3 Bisacodyl tablets at the start): it cleared the colon for colonscopy, which ended up giving me good news: no polyps. That's the good news. And while not pleasant to drink, it was tolerable. Five years ago I used Fleet Phospho-Soda for the prep, and I didn't feel nearly this bad. I am told the Fleet option is no longer used because of potential kidney side-effects, but the nurse told me today that if I remember to say five years from now how unpleasant Nulytely had been, there still may be some other alternatives. Basic problem with Nulytely was that I was evacuating clear stools for 5 hours after the last cup, even though various literature had said expect 1 to 2 hours, maybe 4. Then, after the 5 hours, I still had the urge to evacuate, almost all night, but there was nothing left but gas. And out it came, again and again. Meantime I had unpleasant intestinal feelings and sounds. Part of the difficulty may have been that under instructions from my doctor, I took all 4 liters, just piling down the liquid to evacuate, even though the watery stool was totally clear by about 3 liters. I have read elsewhere that if that is the case you can stop there, but my doctor's clerical person crossed out that language and said "finish entire gallon." So I did. And it just kept coming out and coming out, and left me feeling very poor. Again, though, the product did its job, and the result of the colonoscopy was good. | M | 60 | 1 days 4 liters 1X day | 6/3/2011 | 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 day | 5/11/2011 | 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 | 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 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | bloating, stomach gurgling, gas | Specifically, I was given the generic version, Trilytley, I'm sure it all tastes the same though, so don't worry about it. I didn't mix with the provided flavor packs and just refrigerated it the night before; also tried to slightly freeze two doses. Freezing is a bad idea, way too much stuff to drink cold. At first it's fine, barely tastes like anything. Around the 4th dose I started to have difficulty, it just tastes like thick salt water and the mental aversion starts kicking in. I started to suck on limes before and after chugs, which was ok. It took me about 4 hours until it started working, and up until then I was feeling really bloated and gassy and upset it hadn't worked yet. Once it did though, phew... what a relief, I was so happy. Also at that point I started mixing with lemonade Crystal Lite... holy god, I was upset that I didn't do this early. SERIOUSLY, IT MAKES IT TASTE LIKE NORMAL LEMONADE. At that point I was chugging the hell out of 16 oz portions with no problem, and my stool has already been mostly liquid at that point. The remaining toilet trips resulted in yellow discharge (which I partly attribute to the Crystal Lite coloring) with tiny flecks of waste. It's the morning now, only had two more small movements, and everything seems to have worked. I'm just dehydrated with a headache and cotton-mouth; so make sure you drink as much other liquid as you can stomach before midnight. Here's to hoping they don't find cancer or something in there this afternoon! | M | 28 | 1 days 3500? 1X day | 4/4/2011 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | Minor feeling of fullness after 11th 8-oz glass in two hours | Not bad at all! Added crystal lite;flavor was then no problem at all. Had no problems getting down the first ten doses; then it got a little tough but fortunately by then I really didn't need any more. | M | 61 | 1 days 3 ltr 1X day | 2/24/2011 | 4 | Lightheadedness, slight blouting. Not much nausea and No vomiting or cramping! | Best taken cold and I mixed it with the pineapple powder. It wasn't bad tasting yust too much,.. A CONSIderation should be taken with the patients weight. Since I only weigh 113 lbs a full gallon is unnecessary torture! | F | 65 | 1 days 8 onzes 6X H | 1/22/2011 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | None, other than the intended effect | Was slightly nervous before taking this. I bought a whole bunch of items described in other reviews, such as chicken broth, baby wipes, lemonade, etc, in preparation, but ended up only using the lemonade. It's really not that bad if you start the liquid diet a day earlier, and pass stool normally before taking nuly tely. I only needed a third of the 4L to clear me out, though I am only 120 lbs at the moment. Some of the other reviews really helped out. | M | 20 | 1 days 4L 1X day | 1/20/2011 | 4 | test prep | I am a scheduler for a GI doctor and to better explain how you will feel taking this solution, i try it myself. There is always going to be some discomfort taking any kind of colon prep. As for the taste, there is not much we can do for that. Its a sodium based solution and will taste nasty no matter what. We tell our patients to drink the solution with a straw so the taste will go straight to the back of your throat. | There is a pill form called Osmoprep that can be takin with cation. It is made of sodium phosphate and if not used with large amounts of water will damage your kidneys. we recommend drink an eight ounce glass of water with each pill. The best prep that just came out is called Suprep. It consistes of only two sixteen ounce glasses followed by 2 glasses of water each. Our patients rave about this prep and it is completely harmless to your kidneys. | F | 24 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X day | 1/17/2011 | 4 | Mild bloating | My father died of colon cancer at age 51, so at 53, I just completed my third colonoscopy. The previous two procedures were prepped with Phospho-soda, which I found so offensive that I simply couldn't complete the prep for the second procedure, and thus that test wasn't too effective or conclusive. I was very apprehensive about the NuLytely but I found it much easier to ingest than the Phospho-soda (which made me gag repeatedly) and I was completely clean for the test. I did take suggestions from this page about keeping the liquid cold, biting into a lemon or lime before and after each dose or a quick sip of Sprite, all of which were helpful in my case. I know everyone responds/reacts differently, but in my case, this prep was easy compared to the previous tests. Not necessarily pleasant, but relatively easy. Best to all. | F | 53 | 1 days 4L 1X day | 1/17/2011 | 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 day | 1/13/2011 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Nausea and vomited one time (and no bloating, just a feeling of "fullness") | When I took the first drink I thought "Wow, this stuff isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be!" I was pleasantly surprised and chugged it down no problem. Well, by the 8 glass the salty lemon-lime taste was starting to taste more like soapy sour milk and I started to feel nauseous which eventually led me to throw up. My advice to others: if you feel like you're going to throw up don't chug it, just take a break. I kept trying to pound the glasses to meet the "drink an 8 oz glass every 15 minutes" direction and it didn't end up working for me after the 7th glass. Otherwise, I thought it worked well in the way that it completely cleaned out my system with a great amount of ease (I didn't experience any cramping). Nulytely was fine for me but its biggest downfall is definitely it's awful taste. | F | 22 | 1 days 8 oz 10X day | 1/8/2011 | 4 | colonoscopy | Not any unexpected | This stuff really isn't all that bad. The taste isn't pleasant but niether is my ulcerative colitis. I would gladly drink this regularly than have UC. Its kind of humorous peeing from your anus for a couple hours. I've had severe pain and black diarhea for 5 months from UC this stuff is easy. chugged it room temp every 15 or so. No prob. Man up you cronic complainers. | M | 27 | 1 days 4 liters 1X day | 12/20/2010 | 4 | prep for colonscopy | Side effects were minimal for myself. Just drinking the total amount is a bit overwhelming, can illicit a gag reflex by the third liter. | Best advice I received on this blog was to use fresh lime wedges to suck on before and after drinking the solution. Also if you eat light the day before your fasting day it makes it easier on you intestinal tract. During my fasting day I found chicken broth, tea with lemon and nonalcoholic beer to really help. Especially the beer since it was a clear liquid and got rid of the feelings of hunger. By midday I had a headache due to lack of caffeine, a cup of tea got rid of it in 5 minutes. Drank the Nulytely over a 3 hour period and finished almost all in the am, my exam wasn't scheduled until noon. BM ran clear by 9am. So best advice is buy no alcohol beer for the day before and use fresh limes to down the Nulytely with a water chaser. I was told I cleaned out perfectly and my test was completely positive, not even a single polyp. Was much easier than the last time with the small bottles and an enema that gave me intense cramps. | M | 50 | 1 days 4 liters 1X day | 12/18/2010 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Some bloating and a lot of nausea | The laxative effect was no problem. It started to take effect 2 hours after my first drink. I was a bit bloaty and crampy up till that point but nothing major. No pain or discomfort with bowel movements. The very rough part of this was the actual solution itself. I had to take the rest of the gallon starting at 11pm, and it was all I could do to not throw up. The stuff is vile tasting and the only thing that kept me from vomiting was taking sips of gingerale in between. It took me until 3am to finish the last dose. I actually left some solution in the gallon. One more drop of it would have been too much. It really upset my stomach on top of it. Keep it refrigerated! Towards the end I left it out and lukewarm intesifies its grossness. Other than that, no problems. | F | 28 | 1 days 1X day | 12/10/2010 | 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 day | 12/10/2010 | 4 | Colonoscopy | None other than what was expected. Slight bloating about halfway through. Stopped drinking for an hour and started again. | I added 8 of the Crystal Light lemonade water bottle packets and refrigerated it. Poured it over a couple of ice cubes and drank it with a straw. It really wasn't that bad to me. If I had added some tequila it would have tasted like a margarita. I'm a salt-a-holic anyway. I had to stop half way through because I felt like I was going to vomit. My reflux started acting up. I stopped for about an hour and started it back up again. I was able to get it all down except about a 1/4 inch left in the bottom of the jug. Colonoscopy came out fine today. A bit of diverticulosis but nothing else. Oh, and use baby wipes with aloe instead of toilet paper and grease your hiney with vaseline after each time you go. | F | 53 | 1 days 4 Liters 1X day | 12/6/2010 | 4 | COLONOSCPY | DIAHRREA | First 4 glasses were hard to drink, tried it with the flavor packets,ice cold. Almost gagged it back up. Drank it really quickly and got it all down. Then I read to heat it up and add beef/chicken broth to it and it went down SOOOO easy and tasted good. Started "dumping" after 1st drink, but that is why I am getting the colonoscopy done to start with. Not bad at all, I have 3 more glasses to drink tonight and then 8 in the morning. not sure I will need to finish it, as water is coming out already. | F | 39 | 1X day | 12/5/2010 | 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 day | 11/21/2010 | 5 | colonoscopy | A feeling of enormous bloat so bad I could hardly bend over. | I'm one of the rare people who enjoys taking enemas. So, I was very curious about taking Nulytely. I started taking the 8 oz. glasses of it every 10 minutes as directed. After about the 3rd glass, it felt like fluid that was not being absorbed and was moving around into my abdomen. After about an hour, it started to feel like a bloating sensation. After about two hours, it was a very uncomfortable bloating sensation and my abdomen was obviously distended. At that point, I felt like it wanted to come out of me, but I held it back because I was curious about what would come next. I finally finished all 4 liters at 2-3/4 hours. It was a tremendous bloating sensation. I could feel pressure on my esophagus and my anus at the same time. It was like a giant enema that went all through me from top to bottom. With a giant effort, I held it back for 15 more minutes. Surprisingly, there was no nausea. Using the toilet was a huge, continuing explosion. Needless to say, I was totally cleaned out! I did the colonoscopy without drugs the next day. | M | 62 | 1 days 1X day | 11/13/2010 |