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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | None | It was a piece of cake! No problem with taste at all (like Gatorade with no sugar). I kept it chilled. I measured out 8-10 ounces every 15 min, and drank it down I was cleaned out in less than two hours. I drank 4/5th's of the solution...I could have drank it all, but no reason too.. I read all of the horror stories from people on the site.......really people, suck it up, it wasn't that bad! This is coming from a 5 foot, 105 pound male that doesn't have a lot of space for all of the fluid. Positive attitude people. It was so much easier than most people lead you to believe. | M | 50 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X day | 1/12/2015 | 5 | Prep for colonoscopy for gi bleed | Gas and very slight but tolerable nausea | The stuff worked like a charm literally no blood with movements and took effect within an hour and a half. The worst part is the slightly salty, unsweetened Gatorade taste. And the rawness that accompanies the hospital tp but if you can do at home that's the way to go | M | 29 | 1 days 4 l | 3/31/2017 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Bloating and chills until I started eliminating. | Taste is not horrible to me - I don't have a strong gag reflex either. (actually the last three or four portions were horrible) Drinking a little warm or hot water after each glass helped me to relax and took some of the chill of me. It didn't begin working it's magic until I had drunk well over half the jug. This is my 3rd colonoscopy, the first time I waited until my bottom was sore to apply any ointment - big mistake. 2nd time I applied Desitin before starting and kept applying it until I was done. Desitin is very messy and got through my shorts onto my trousers. This time I used A&D ointment, baby wipes with aloe and put on some Depends. | M | 72 | 1 days 4L 1X day | 11/21/2014 | 4 | Colonoscopy | None | My doctor ordered it with Lime-Lemon flavor. The key was to get the taste out of my mouth after each sip by taking a small sip of White Grape Juice. And I also held my breath and drank it, as someone suggested on this website. I started drinking this at 04:30pm and finished it by 11:55pm. Initially I drank a glass of it every 10 to 15 minutes, but I had to take longer breaks as I was feeling full. | M | 38 | 1 days 1X day | 11/24/2014 | 4 | coloscopy | None | The posts complaining of all the horrors are misleading and greatly exaggerated. Taste like seawater dishwater etc.....really....alot of these posters sound go into writing fiction. The drink is nothing I would consume daily but its easy to drink and don't taste that bad Ive drank worse stuff. Damn some folks are wimpy cry babies...geez | M | 62 | 1 days 1 gal 1X day | 8/5/2014 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Stomach gurgled and I felt really full, but no bad effects from drinking a gallon+ over 3.5 hours. | After reading a bunch of the current reviews on Nulytely I came to the conclusion that we all react similarly, but each of us is different. The flavor packets add nothing from what I could tell and the liquid is more viscus than regular water, and slightly salty. This was not a pleasurable experience, but now it's over and it worked. Hallelujah, I'm clear at last! | M | 67 | 1X day | 9/8/2014 | 4 | Colonoscopy prep | Reading comments about cough drops made me think of peppermint oil, a small vial of which I have for a related purpose--it's a bit stronger than menthol cough drops. I put a dab of the oil on a finger tip, then applied to my tongue (middle to back) just before swilling the brew. It helped both getting it down and mitigating the after-ickyness. | M | 66 | | 9/11/2009 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | MAJOR gas/bloating before things started to process through. Rather painful. Took others' advice and added the 2 "tubs" of Crystal Lite lemonade flavor. Made the flavor a LOT more tolerable than the previous experience with similar (GoLytely) prep. As industrial strength radiator cleaner goes, it's as good as any. | M | 55 | 1 days | 8/10/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy | Strong need to use bathroom | Wow. That was like nothing I've ever experienced before. It worked, but shoosh... kind of a comedy of errors. First, I forgot about the appointment until the night before prep day. So I had an enormously huge dinner. Tip: Don't eat seconds of corn the day before using Nulytely. Whoa. I had to work on the prep day, so asked my wife to mix it for me at noon with warm water and then put in the fridge. I got home after work with a "Ooh, I wonder which flavor she chose for me" since I give her some vague "Surprise me" instructions. Well, she used them all. I'm not sure why exactly, but it's probably because I didn't properly recognize her last hair cut. So not only is my beverage du jour slimey and disgusting, but it's also "fruit salad" flavor. Lemons, limes, oranges, cherries and pineapple. Tastes ridiculously sweet. I was tempted to have my 2-year old daughter help me get rid of this, but her diapers are already messy enough. So I eventually choked it all down. The last several trips to the bathroom I didn't need to turn the light on as what's coming out of me is neon yellow. I hope that's the way it's supposed to be. | M | 40 | | 8/27/2009 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Bloating from the force-feeding | This is my second go-round with the "party mix". I ate very lightly yesterday and consumed liquids today. I mixed the formula with Crystal Light instead of the TriLyte flavors - at least the Crystal Light is intended to taste good - and refrigerated. The formula's texture and saltiness sucks - but the Lemonade's not bad. I have to drink 1 glass every 15 minutes to finish 8 glasses, plus another 3 starting at 4:30 am - I suggest taking small sips of water while drinking the "mix". At 1 1/4 hour, the "main event" began. All I can think of is bacon cheeseburgers. | M | 59 | | 8/30/2009 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Nausea, chills, discomfort, one pissed-off tummy | ATTENTION ALL WHO SUFFER THE DREADED NULYTELY (hats off to those who don't): I have found one of the two Holy Grails! And since so many people in this forum help with their suggestions, I'll share my path to one fantastic solution. Kill the dragon that is the horrible oily/salty/demonic taste with a $3 drug store purchase that you might already have: generic oral pain relief gel. Orajel is a brand name, but the generic version works fine, as long as the active ingredient is 20% benzocaine. Squirt about a teaspoon or so onto the back of your tongue and squish it around in your mouth. Get it all over and under your tongue, on the roof, and as far back as you can. You want your entire mouth to be NUMB... and the first glass of hell goes right on down like air. No taste at all. Amazing. The drink washes some of it away, but I was sometimes able to get two glasses down (20 minutes apart) on one numbing session. Rinse and repeat! I have to do another colonoscopy in a year, so hopefully I can find the second Holy Grail by then: a cure for the nausea that comes with dumping that much evil into the stomach in that short amount of time. Enjoy! | M | 33 | 1 days | 6/9/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy cleanse | Nothing but a little "after-burn" in the tail-pipe. | Had no problem with this stuff. So many complain, I dont get it. Bunch of cry-babies. Drank every 15 minutes as instructed with no real horrible side effects whatsoever. Not that I would order this as a happy-hour drink anytime soon, but it wasnt all that bad. One person writes something bad, and the psychology of it effects everyone else. The texture was the only issue I had; a consistency of vegetable oil, but not the taste - it was just bland and tasteless. I added the lemon-lime flavor to fool myself into thinking it was a 7-Up, ..and all seemed good. Sucked on a few lemon drops between a few of the ingestions (as suggested by my nurse), but on the most part no big deal. My butt started burning after about 6 glasses of the stuff, and progressively got worse, so I had to find some relief somehow. Best I could come up with was a Neosporin+pain relief ointment product (though there must be something better). It worked though!!! Saved my ass!!! (excuse the pun). Though it was not a ful | M | 47 | 1 days | 8/3/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Bloating, occasional slight queasiness, kinda gross taste. Like Gatorade with a touch of anti-freeze added. Bloating went away after the product started taking effect. The queasiness was short-lived, occurring only after chugging the 8 oz. Worst side effect was watching the wife eat an heirloom tomato salad while I drank this stuff. | Mmmmm, PEG-3350, my fave! Fortunately I fell into the group with no major side effects so far - no serious urges to barf. The first 2 liters went down pretty easily, but it got harder to swallow after that. Lemon lime seemed to be the popular choice, but I would have preferred the single-malt scotch flavor (not yet available). I followed the recommended liquid diet all day, and after about 3 liters things were running clear. Drank two more cups to be sure. The Desitin advice was great; used it after every trip to the loo, with no major pain in the rear so far. | M | 51 | 1 days | 7/10/2008 | 4 | colonoscopy/endoscopy | nausea, projectile vomiting, stomach quivers | The taste wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but the hardest part after the 4th glass was making my mouth swallow. If I didn't let saliva build up in my mouth while I had the fluid in there, I would vomit it up. I did projectile vomit once, and I was very mad at myself-- I made a mess. I think it's impossible to "drink rapidly" unless you want to vomit every time. I would finish one 8oz glass in 1-2 minutes. The whole process took me from 5:15 to ~9:00 with many trips to the bathroom after 6. Don't wipe every time, the entire time I would dip the toilet paper in a water cup and pad for cleaning-- no soreness. I mixed Nulytely solely with room temperature spring water and only would rinse my pallet out with more spring water in between glasses after the ~5th glass. I recommend keeping your mind preoccupied as much as you can in between glasses. Don't stew in how much this sucks. | M | 24 | 1 days | 3/10/2009 | 4 | Colonoscopy | None | I read most of the comments on this list before beginning, and realized that I DON'T need to drink it every 10 minutes, NOR do I need to finish the whole thing. The point is to drink at a reasonable pace, where you get your bowels cleaned out, without getting too uncomfortable. To prevent chills, I made sure that the drink was only slightly cold. I took it out of the fridge about 30 minutes before starting. I ate very light the day before the prep, and on the day of, I ate a light breakfast, and nothing after. I used the orange flavor, and starting at 4PM, I took a glass every 20-30 minutes. It was much easier to close my eyes and gulp down the whole glass, than sipping it. Rinsing my mouth after the glass got rid of the flavor. After about 2 hours, the evacuations began. After about 6-7 evacuations, stool was clear. At this point, I was a little over half-way through. I decided to stop here, because my bowels were now clean. Evacs continued all night, and a little next mor | M | 30 | 1 days | 7/15/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Not bad at all - no side effects | After reading almost every comment on this site last night, I expected the worst, gagging, vomiting - I really thought this was going to be a miserable event. Well, thankfully I can report that this really was not that bad at all. Within 30 minutes of my first dose (8oz. every 15 minutes) I briefly thought I was going to throw up but started pooping instead. Going to the bathroom made me feel fine. After my 7th or 8th dose everything was coming out clear, almost crystal clear! HOWEVER, I still continued drinking the doses until the gallon was gone – like I said, it is really not that bad. Do not freak out and panic like I did reading everyone else’s horror stories – you can handle it. | M | 48 | 1 days | 5/8/2008 | 4 | Pre-colonoscopy | Gagging. Sore anus. | I'd like to thank all my brothers and sisters who came before me. I've been laughing like crazy in between runs to the toilet. It's good to know others have gone through what I'm going through now. I've vowed to complete the whole gallon. 90% done. | M | 38 | 1 days | 1/19/2009 |