Drug Ratings for NULYTELYAverage Rating: 3.2 (377 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NULYTELY | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Chills, mild bloating, vomiting, VERY sore bottom | I was on a clear diet all day and took two dulcolax at 4. I started drinking at 6 and was okay for the first 7 glasses. After #8, I began throwing up, but still managed to get down 3 more glasses. At 8, I took 2 more dulcolax, and then the real fun began. Chasing the glass with juice really helped me! I became clear very quickly, however because I had eaten mostly lime gatorade and green jello, had nothing but green juice coming out...so I kept drinking! The nurse this morning said I could have stopped after it was free of solid. So, word to the wise-no green jello on prep day. I did seem to have a little warning before needing to go and slept pretty well for most of the night (only got up 3 times). All in all, I had expected to spend all night on the potty and vomit for hours. While this medicine did its job, I would have greatly preferred the pills. I'm good to go for the next 10 years or so, let's hope for a much better prep by 2017. | F | 25 | 1 times | 10/15/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy | Barfed it up once about a third of the way through. | The taste is not bad -- like drinking cold, thick coffee with a medicinal aftertaste -- but the smell gets to you. After a couple of hours, I was spacing them out, taking a deep breath before each one, and drinking less and less per sip. That smell is the problem - the taste isn't fun, but its bearable. | M | 58 | 1 days | 10/1/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Chills | I used a sprinkle of Crystal Light Lemonade in my glasses and it was bearable, light flat lemonade. | F | 57 | 1 days | 9/13/2007 | 4 | Pre-colonoscopy | None of significance | Six years ago I had a terrible experience with Nulytely -- vomited half way through (and I don't "do" vomiting!) This time I used (generic) Trilyte & it actually went OK. Moderated my diet for 2 days beforehand - clear liquids the day of prep. Used Trilyte without any flavoring -- it wasn't that bad -- much better than the cherry flavored Nulytely. Took it somewhat slower than prescribed - 15 to 20 min. much of the time. Sucked a lemon after some of the doses. 5 hrs start to finish. You can do it! | M | 54 | 1 days | 9/3/2007 | 4 | Colonscopy | I did not experience any side effects. No cramping or bloating | I mixed the Nulytely with room tempature water the night before and did not add any flavor. When I had to start drinking it I mixed 8ozs with a little bit of Crystal Light lemonade flavor and shook it up real good and drank it cold with a straw. I mixed up my next 8ozs and placed it in the freezer to get it really cold. It did not taste near as bad as I was expecting from many of the postings. It was like flat lemonade. Very tolerable but I really don't want any lemonade for a while! Just keep a positive attitude and you will do fine. | F | 50 | 1 days | 8/28/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Aggravated hemorrhoids | While it wasn't fun spending 8-9 hours in the bathroom over two days (I drank half in the evening and the other half the next morning), the Nulytely wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. My only real discomfort was initiated by the magnesium citrate laxative used to get things moving - that stuff really stings coming out. Plain Nulytely has even less flavor than tap water, if that's possible. The clinic suggested sucking on lime wedges before and after each drink, and that really helped. I found it also helps psychologically if you break each cup down into two four-ounce servings and swig them one after the other. Also, distract yourself from thinking about the next dose. I set a kitchen timer for 10 minutes and read a good mystery novel. For sore butt, try washing off with a shower hose instead of using TP or wipes. | F | 60 | 2 days | 8/28/2007 | 4 | Prep for Colonoscopy | Nausea, abdominal pain, intestinal pain, severe bloating, cramping | I used Trilyte. I used the orange flavor. I let it chill. After 2 liters I was afraid it wasn't going to do anything. After the 3rd liter the bloating was severe as well as the nausea. I couldn't believe how sick it made me (I felt fine before starting). Finally 5 hours after my first glass the results started. | M | 44 | | 8/15/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Ok so I started to take it at 5pm after I took my reglan tablet at 4pm. The stuff tasted gross even with the flavor packet, I chose Pineapple. I don't think I could ever drink another pineapple drink again. Ok so I drank every 10 min, then around 7:30ish I thought I had a little gas but when I tried to expel it splash I had diarea, ran to the toliet and it just shot out, like a fire hydrant. It is so nasty. It doesn't drip it shoots out of you. I still have about a 1/3 to go on the prep but ew I dunno. | M | 29 | 1 times | 8/14/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy | Chills, nausea | I wish that I had read this website for some hints before I started drinking this stuff. First two cups went down ok, then I started gagging on each sip. 4 hours into it with 1/3 of bottle left and bowel movements are clear so I am done. If I have to do this again, there has to be another way to cleanse the colon. | F | 52 | 1 days | 7/31/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Bloating, nausea, some cramps, chills. | I drank half the bottle starting at 11 a.m. and finished at 12:30 p.m. Began evacuation about 1 p.m. and now at 4 p.m. I have mostly clear yellowish water coming out. I still have the other half of the bottle to drink - not sure I will finish it since it seems like I am pretty well cleaned out. I did not consume much in the way of bulky foods this past week due to my stomach being so sore, I think that helped. Also, the first time I had a colonoscopy I did the Fleets Phospha Soda and it was way worse than this - I got VERY sick and weak. Should the last half of the bottle be worse I will post again. | F | 50 | 1 days | 7/29/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | Chills after about 5 or 6 glasses because drinking so much of the chilled solution. | I opted for the generic, Trilyte.Don't know if there is a difference. The tips on this site helped a great deal.I opened each of the flavor packets and chose the one that smelled the most palatable to me.I added warm water and the powder was pretty easy to dissolve after shaking.The dry powder smelled like glue. The mixed solution with the lemon/lime packet smelled just fine.Rinsing my mouth with white grape juice after each glass helped with the taste, which wasn't that bad - it was like drinking mineral water. A sip or two of ginger ale once or twice helped the gas in my stomach from drinking so much so quickly. If you are looking to make this prep easier, start eating lightly and eliminate solid food the night BEFORE the prep - mine was a morning procedure on Day 3 so on Day 1 I stopped solid food and went to clear liquids from dinnertime on.I only had to drink about 2/3 of the jug - about 2 1/2 hours - because my movements became watery more quickly than if I had been eating norm | F | 59 | 1 days | 7/19/2007 | 4 | colon scope | Chills | Got the whole bottle down in about 3 hours. No problem in cleaning out the system. Tried the pineapple flavor pack. Take my word, don't use this flavor pack if you ever want to enjoy tropical fruit again. | M | 59 | 1 days | 7/10/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Very "full" feeling. Mild cramps. Windex blue colored liquid after about three hours. | I breaks down into about 16 eight ounce glasses, the first ten were not that hard, it was a real slog to get that gallon down. I am wondering if the gallon is appropriate for everyone, we all weigh differently and the instructions from the gastro indicated a three hour difference in onset. I chose the lemon-lime flavor packet and while it changed the odor, it didn't make it taste like lemon-lime at all. Flavor was slightly salty and texture was oily. I can't help but wonder if using beef or chicken bullion wouldn't be a better flavoring, since those are salty and on the allowed list. | M | 38 | 1 days | 7/9/2007 | 4 | NONE | I went on a liquid diet for a whole day before. And for a day prior to that I ate only wild/brown rice, broccoli and broth. There wasn't a whole lot to "clean out". The last thing you want to do is eat heavy 36-48 hrs before this process. I prepared the Nulytely the morning of with hot water so it mixed good then topped it off with tap water. I drank the stuff cold and basicaaly gulped it down standing over the sink. two hours later the clean-out started. I was finished in a total of 3 1/2 hours. I drank 80% of the bottle because I knew I was cleaned out. Afterall, I hadn't eaten much for the 48 hours prior. My physician commented "your prep was excellent-we got a good look at everything" | F | 52 | | 7/2/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | chills | it tastes terrible and is pretty tough getting the last 1/4 gallon down but works fantastic (though my anus is pissed at me). It does exactly what it is supposed to. Quit whining, drink it and move on. Some of these posts make it sound a lot worse than it is. Suck it up......there are harder things in life than drinking this stuff. | M | 37 | 0.25 days | 6/18/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy | None | The taste was horrible to begin with. I used the orange flavor pack and drank the nulytely through a straw. I put it into a mug and would drink continuously until I finished the cup and then pour another one. This seemed to be the easiest way to drink it. I weigh about 125 lbs and only had to drink a little over half of the bottle to achieve the final results. Thankfully, it was not as bad as I thought it would be. | F | 23 | | 6/1/2007 | 4 | Colon Surgery Prep | I've been on it for over 2 hours and nothing yet. The gag reflex hits after each and every glass full now. I am freaking everytime my timer goes off. I'm afraid I'll have a pavlovian effect and gag whenever I hear a bell go off. I am not looking forward to the poopin' part, and can't wait to run clear. I'm having surgery tomorrow so I very concerned about getting completely cleaned out. My directions say it should be over by about 2 p.m. as I started at 7:30 a.m. Doc gave me a pill to take before starting so help with cramps, bloating and nausea - hah, good luck with that. | Added the cherry flaor since I don't drink much of anything with that flavor to turn me off for life. | F | 50 | 1 days | 5/22/2007 | 4 | prep for colonoscopy | constant cramping, slight nausea, bloating, raw behind | wow. that was pretty terrible. ok, nobody told me to eat lightly a few days prior to taking nulytely, so i looked at them as my last meals until after the procedure and ate a lot. bad idea. i assumed it would taste bad but i had no idea. people said it would taste like salt water. ...yea...salt water from hell, maybe. it's terrible. i opted not to put any flavor in it, so as to not make me hate any flavor for the rest of my natural life. starting at 4pm, i drank 4 8 oz. glasses, 20 mins apart and got my first result a little over an hour after i started taking the solution. after the 4 glasses i couldn't choke down anymore. i would honestly gag when i put the cup up to my face. using a straw and holding my nose helped but NOT enough. i stopped for about 3 hours, but still had results. after the 3 hours, i chugged 3 more glasses with sips of kool-aid and of course gagging in between. that was enough to get results the rest of the night and become clear. (clear = no more solids, cloudy/c | F | 22 | 1 days | 5/6/2007 | 4 | Colonoscophy Prep | Minor chills | I opted for the TriLyte with the flavor packets.Instead of using a flavor packet in the whole 4 liter bottle, I opted for just sprinkling a little bit in each glass. The whole packet in the jug would have been not wise, if indeed it tasted terrible. Then I would be stuck drinking it with the flavor packet that was not the right choice. The Trilyte was not bad at all. It was a clear flavorless liquid. Took about an hour to work. My test is at 1:00 pm, and I started drinking my prep at 6:00 AM. One more glass to go now, and it really wasn't all that bad. For variety I sprinkled in some Chrystal lite, and the last glass I probably won't use any flavoring at all. Not bad...good luck | M | 55 | 1 days | 4/19/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Slight chills. | I was dreading the prep for my colonoscopy. After having done it, I have some really useful tips. The day of the prep, I drank a glass of water every 20 minutes about 4 hours before I started the Nulytely. This helped TREMENDOUSLY in not feeling bloated or nauseous during prep. What also helped is drinking a sip or two of ginger ale after drinking each glass. It takes away the taste and makes burping easier which greatly reduces bloating. Also, I walked around outside in the sun after each glass in the first hour or so, before it kicked in, and that helped with chills and eased any tummy discomfort. Honestly, it is not that bad and it was worth it to be healthy. Just make sure you drink a lot of water before you start - that will help so much. Good luck and just do it! | F | 42 | 1 days | 4/12/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | No side effects. No nausea, no vomiting, no cramps, no chills, Kinda sore bottom (used Vaseline prior to and during prep along with baby wipes), no dizziness. I was expecting the worst, but was very pleasantly surprised. Stomach growls and don't take chances...it's NOT going to be gas - go to the bathroom and sit down to be safe! | I opted for the Orange flavor. The pharmacist gave me all 4 flavor packs so I opened them all up, smelled them,had a "yes/ no/maybe" pile and tasted them (pinapple and orange were the runners) Orange won. My Dr. recommended that I take Magnesium Citrate (the night before the day I started the NuLytely) around 5pm (green bottle). And that I start drinking the NuLytley at 1pm every 30 min. the day before the procedure. Different from what the package suggests but it works and you're not always dreading the time. A GOOD SUGGESTION: it was recommended that I put it in the freezer until it gets slushy. I barely tasted anything. AND, I drank it with a straw - it goes down faster and then I ate the icey part that was left. I poured each serving in a measuring cup and drank right out of that. Hope this helps. | F | 34 | 1 days | 4/2/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | none | I used the generic for Nulytely called Trilytely which comes with 4 flavor packets -- I chose the cherry flavor because it smelled the strongest. The doc's directions were to drink a cup every 15 min for 4 hours. I drank the first four cups in one hour but after that I was able to drink only a cup every 30 min. It took me 5.5 hours to consume 12 cups (3 qts) but it did the trick and I happily poured the last qt down the sink. I weigh only 110 lbs -- obviously not everyone needs to drink the full gallon and you don't have to drink it in 4 hours. 3 qts in 5.5 hours did the trick for me. | F | 51 | 1 days | 11/28/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | mild cramping, anal soreness | It works but I don't want to do it again anytime soon. I used the cherry flavor. Took about 3 to 4 hours to achieve the end result. The taste, which is not great to begin with gets worse the longer you take it. I had to stop after doing about 3 liters of the stuff. Keep some flavored something handy to chase the stuff with(Jack Daniels would be nice). Hopefully I'm cleaned out good enough. Stay close to the john as you won't get much warning. This stuff is OK but there HAS to be a better way. | M | 55 | 1 days | 11/15/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | little heart racing, some chills, bloating after 1st hour | I can't think of a worse thing to drink! It worked, but it tasted like oil/water. If I win the lottery, I will donate money to research for a colonoscopy prep pill that you take once and that's it! My test results were fine, and I hope I do not have to do this again anytime soon! I used lemon/lime, and my instructions said to finish the whole gallon in 3 hours...well in 3 hours I was half way through. I finished all in all, about 3/4 of the gallon. Instructions say that stool should be clear, and while a little cloudy...no solids, so I was done!!! My corona's with a lime may never taste the same.... | F | 50 | 4 days | 10/4/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy | gagging, vomiting, nausea | Tried to finish the lemon-lime solution. I vomited after consuming 90% of the 4 liters. I gagged on the solution at the tail end. Doctor prescribed "2 Ducolax tabs" for all patients. Probably done for those that could not finish the NuLytely. First watery stool in just 10 minutes! Stool reached a clear yellow color. I will insist on pills the next time. | M | 52 | 1 days | 10/3/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy Prep | Mild bloating until all of the solution was passed, mild nausea at the 2 hr milemark(see comments for explanation). | 09/29/06 - First, I want to thank all those who came before me and endured this process. It gave me a lot of ideas on how to avoid the worst of the prep. I hava a highly analytical mind so did a lot of thinking about what causes the worst problems with the test and how to avoid them. I got suckered into taking a colonoscopy screen when I went in for a general physical. The gastro office sent me a day-by-day diet and prep sheet, starting 4 days out. I immediately did a web search and found this site to see what I was getting into. The sheet said that on Test day -3 to and -2 to be on low fiber diet, on T -1 to be only liquid. T -2 and T -1, it said to drink the equivalent of a 2-liter of water. My test was scheduled for 3:30pm on a Friday. The whole point of the Nulytely solution is to clean you out. The less time you have the drink the stuff, the better. What goes in normally takes 24-36 hrs to come out the other end. The Nulytely solution causes things to go about 25-30 ti | M | 56 | 1 days | 9/30/2006 | 4 | colon probe | a weird feeling of not being myself/anxious | i USED LEMOn lime< went down ok< remember to shake it good let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours, use a measuring cup, down it fast, 10 oz at a time every 10 mins and don't forget to shake the jug before every 10 oz glass refill then u won't have as many side effects. | M | 30 | 1 days | 9/28/2006 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Nothing out of the ordinary that can be described as out of the ordinary by taking the product..Nothing unexpected..Having one's colon cleasned by any method is never the most pleasant experience...This was not that bad. | I have a very sensitive GI system...This product was easier to deal with and consume than GOLYTELY..For those who have rated the product as a 1, I am not on the "take" from the company that produces the product,getting a "kickback" from the pharmacy industry for giving it a 4, or receving a special treatment from my gastroenterologist! | M | 60 | 1 days | 9/25/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy | slight gagging, slight bloating | metal taste. I chased it with Gatorade. It worked, but it took me a while to get it all down. At the end, I started chugging less than 8 oz. It took 5 1/2 hrs. I would do it again, if I had to. I don't think the rating is whether you liked this procedure, but rather whether the product worked. In my case, it did work. Not that big of a deal. | M | 51 | | 8/7/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | Nothing unexpected | Of course I would have preferred a Bombay Saphire martini, straight up, shaken, but Nulytely wasn't the worst thing I've ever had to drink. My trick was to drink it while staring at the food in the pantry and concentrating on the memories of tastes of all the goodies stored there. | M | 53 | 1 days | 6/27/2006 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | There were no side effects, but the bowel contractions continued to produce gas and liquid, for six hours after finishing the 3 Liters I used to clean out my bowel. | I started the prep at 3 PM. The taste is gross, even cold! I used it without flavoring, because all of the flavors contain Maltodextrin, which gives me gas. I drank an 8 ounce glass every 10 minutes until 12 glasses were swallowed. Since I fasted for the entire day, it only took 4 or 5 glasses to clean me out. | M | 63 | 1 days | 4/2/2006 | 4 | Surgery | The side effects were not that bad. It tastes awful and is hard to swallow. It worked for me after 4 hours and successfully flushed out my system in a short time. | F | 30 | 1 days | 3/23/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | mild chill, nausea, vomiting | After reading posted comments, I was very apprehensive about drinking the Nulytely. My apprehension was unwarrented. The taste of the liquid is not very good, but I have had picnic lemonade that was worse, so I just thought of it as bad lemonade. Bowel movements began about one hour after I started to drink. I had done a very light diet (mostly liquid) for three days before, so there was little residue remaining. When I had about a quart left, I decided to try to chug it just to get done. This was a mistake, as I then threw up a lot of it. My recommendation: eat lightly on the days before the prep, adopt an easygoing attitude, and don't be as worried as I was. The overall experience was not at all as bad as I anticipated! Relax. The colonoscopy can be a lifesaving test, well worth the slight inconvenience. | F | 59 | 1 days | 1/25/2006 | 4 | Colonoscopy preparation | none | This is the 2nd time I have had to have a colonoscopy, The first time I used Golytely and it was terrible. I gagged and couldn't finish it. This time I tried Nulytely because I understood it had less sodium content and used flavoring. It tastes bad too but not nearly as bad as Golytely. I got the 8oz glasses down without much effort and felt the effects in about 40 minutes. The lemon-lime flavor was ok. | M | 53 | 1 days | 12/30/2005 | 4 | Colon Prep | None | Great Stuff, drink it all the time... | M | 23 | | 10/24/2005 | 4 | Clonoscopy | Mild bloating, slight nausea, no cramps, some chilling at first until liquid warmed up. | Not as bad as expected after reading other comments. Boated for the first few glasses but OK after the first bowel movement. After some experimentation, found the best method was chugalugging. More palatable if taken on the side with Crystal Light lemonade. Finished the 4 liters in about 3 hours. Started defacating after the 8th glass. Turned cloudy yellow after the 12th glass. Took about 25 to 30 bowel movements to completely evaculate the intestines. Next time I hope they either develope a tasteless version or in pill form taken with 4 liters of plain water. | M | 69 | 1 days | 7/25/2005 | 4 | colonoscopy | bloating, thorough blast cleanse...lol | started to evacuate after 90 min or so. This is like Liquid Plumber for the guts...Palatable taste w lemon-lime? Maybe the first 3 glasses...after that it becomes kinda salty and yucchy. Challenging to down the whole deal even w/in 4 hrs. | M | 39 | 1 days | 7/20/2005 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Minor chills. Feeling full/bloated. | My pharmacist also recommended lemon/lime flavor. Refrigerated for eight hours. I drank each 8oz glass as quickly as possible. Tasted like watered down lemon/lime Gatorade with a licorice aftertaste. Not nearly as bad as I expected. | M | 50 | 1 times | 1/7/2005 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | My pharmacist suggested that the lemon/lime flavor was the most tolerable of the choices. It did not taste good, but it also did not taste that bad. I did not have any problems with nausea or vomiting, or cramping. I followed the instructions, stayed in the bathroom a little over three hours, and was done. It was less of a nightmare than some of the postings here were leading me to believe. | F | 50 | 1 days | 10/4/2004 | 4 | COLONOSCOPY | Tonight is the night that I taken nulytely. I agree that it is horrible tasting.Also though I do feel like it did clean my colon out good enought o where the doctor will see what is causing my problems.So far I am ok with this medicine.Lets hope it helps see the problem. | F | 42 | 1 days | 4/6/2004 | 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 D | 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 | 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 D | 8/7/2011 | 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 D | 6/3/2011 | 3 | Abdominal Pain and Bloating | At first, it wasn't that bad, but after an hour and a half and no BM, I was about to explode. Finally the BM, and the nausea, the cramps, and finally puking. I made it through 3/4 of the hell water and said enough. This was worse than what got me here. For me, this was painful, and I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I'm not one of the lucky ones I guess, as some had no after affects at all. | M | 49 | 1 days 1 litre 1X D | 10/13/2010 | 3 | clean out colon | AS EXPECTED | First add crystal light to the mixture. It is better than the flavors that come with it. Get it really cold. Next use a thin wine glass . Crystal is best because it is thin. It really will make a bigger difference than you can imagine. Cut up a lemon and remove the seeds. Now bite the lemon and HOLD YOUR NOSE until you drink the glass. It will make a difference in getting it down. Then bite the lemon again. Return the thin glass to the freezer until the next dose.I hope that this helps you. | F | 55 | 1 days 30 1X D | 10/12/2010 | 3 | barium enema prep | bloating, overall fatigue | this stuff is not fun to drink, in my case i didnt have a lot in my bowels from the day before so i didnt need to drink the entire gallon before i was having the completely watery bm's. the stuff tastes really salty and i gagged a few times trying to chug it down. the flavor packets dont help much but im sure they are better than not using them at all. it definetly did what it was supposed to do though in turning your bowel movements to a pale yellow liquid. overall i would have to say that drinking this stuff for an entire day was the worst moment of my life so far. i know it says to drink 8oz every 20 minutes but honestly if you start to feel too full, just wait until you feel somewhat better to drink more because it will make you gag trying to down more of this stuff. good luck to anyone who has been prescribed this stuff, not a fun experiance. | M | 21 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X D | 8/31/2010 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Did not flush me out completely. Did not start going until after my 3 hours of drinking were done. Kept going following morning and after procedure. Some chills, no nausea or vomiting. Colonoscopy was worse! | So I took the generic, Gavilyte, which has the same active ingredients. The Doc told me to mix it up in the am on the day before my procedure. I was to drink the entire gallon (i think it was a gallon) from 5-8pm. Honestly, I did not think it had a weird smell or texture. I mixed each 8oz does with either 1/2 packet crystal light or with chicken broth. The taste was fine. Straws help. I started gagging a little bit into the 2nd hour, but I think if you drink a massive amount of anything you will gag. I finished about 8/10 of the bottle, as I just couldn't suck it all down in the time allotted. I had mild cramping and some chills, but no nausea or vomiting. I didn't start going until 8pm, when I finished the med. From there it went from 8 to about 11:30 when I went to bed. In the morning it continued, even at the surgery center. I never felt like I got completely clean though. When I woke up from the procedure, they said they had to flush me out since I did not get rid of all the matter. I was in a lot of pain from them pumping in air and taking biopsies. Literally I was in tears all the way home, until I got in my bed and let go of some gas. Ultimately, the med isn't as bad as many make it out to be! | F | 25 | 1 days 1 gallon 1X D | 8/21/2010 | 3 | colonoscopy prep | bloating for sure and at the end a little gagging but it works and that what they want. | was dreading the prep as most do. Could not finish 4 liters probably had 15 8oz glasses before gagging. Tastes like seawater. Was starving most of the time despite having chicken broth to dull the taste. Health pros now tell me if stomach is distended to wait a little longer to finish the stuff instead of trying to follow a 15 min wait. My colonoscopy found a bunch of benign polyps and the procedure was a breeze. It's the prep that I dread doing again in 3 years. Four liters is just too much and I was up to midnight and didn't get but 4 hours sleep for a 8am appt. I put this off for years but am glad to finally have it done with.....either results with benign or pre cancerous it is good to know as early as possible. | M | 62 | 4 liter 1X D | 7/7/2010 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Puking | Awful taste. As soon as I began the first sip I immediately threw it right back up. I tried to give it some time and try again, and eventually I threw it up once again. I eventually tried to mix it with Sprite and Ginger Ale and drink from a straw after sucking on a Lemon. It only helped a little. I'm only glad the day before prep I didn't eat after 4pm so I didn't have as much to get through my system. I would recommend a light diet the day before prep this way the prep isn't as bad. Used Dulcolax and an Enema to get my bowels cleaned and it was sufficient enough. Good luck to anyone taking this poisen. | M | 28 | 1 days 1X D | 2/17/2010 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Colonoscopy | No side effects | Taste bad, and 4 liters seems like way to much, but I was able to drink it down. The idea of using a lemon to cover the taste worked nicely. I drank down each 8 oz dose, squeezed a little lemon juice on my tongue. Whoever left that idea--thanks to you. I had my colonoscopy this morning. I don't take any meds to put me sleep. This is my third time and the pain was fairly intense compared to the first two times. I think the doc pumped more air into my colon than before. For those who are interested in going this route here is some info: the first few minutes, and the last few minutes of the procedure are the most uncomfortable. The time in between is not bad. The whole procedure usually last 15 to 25 minutes. When the pain comes I do deep breathing and know it won't last much longer. Pulps come out without pain. This time around I didn't have any pulps. The first two time I did. I focus on the TV and ask questions. The doc and nurses are happy to talk and answer questions. Usually their patience are asleep, so they get a kick out of having someone watch the TV and talk with them during the procedure. For those who are doing it for the first time. Don't be concerned. The prep is the worst part. My brother wouldn't get a colonoscopy and as luck would have it he got got colon cancer. Beat it, then it spread to his liver, beat it again. He just finished chemo. It aged him 10 years. This site is great. Thanks to whoever put it together. | M | 62 | 1 days | 9/2/2009 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Started taking the prep at 4:30p.m. tonight. have a quarter left and still not had a bm. I used a supposotory and got harldly anything out. I have been mixing the prep with countrytime lemonade powder. It's not so bad. Can't drink it fast I puke. Called the doctor he said drink it slow with 2 gallons of white grape juice with it. Believe it or not the grape juice taste far worst than the nulytely. I have to have a colonscopy because I suffer from chronic constipation. Looks like the nulytely is no match for my constipation. Doctor said it should budge and to do a fleet enema in the morningt. YEA ME!! I don't know if I got a bad batch or I am just really backed up. | F | 39 | 1 days | 7/22/2009 | 3 | Hella constipated for over 12 days | bloating, ab pain | I just downed a liter of this nasty stuff for the last hour. I'm only 4'10 and 80lbs, so I don't think it's even possible for me to finish the full gallon. I'm hoping and praying to get some results quickly so I don't have to drink anymore of this stuff. What works for me is eating gum and drinking chicken broth in between. It does mask that icky medicine taste left in your mouth. I need to see some action soon before I start vomiting. I sure as hell can't take another glass. | F | 28 | 1 days | 5/14/2009 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Gagging | Thanks to others' comments here, I was prepared. I did a low-res diet the day before and made sure I was stocked up on baby wipes. I took citrate of magnesium (so, so much worse than the Nulytely) at 12 and that started things moving right away. By the time I started the Nulytely, my BMs were already clearing up. I did find that the more I got myself worked up about how gross the stuff tastes, the more likely I was to gag--I did actually vomit twice. So stay calm, breathe, and it'll be over soon! | F | 30 | | 4/2/2009 | 3 | colonoscopy | none for me but my hubby (we scheduled both at the same time) has chills and it took a lot longer for it to work for him. he is in the shower trying to warm up. | it does not taste good that's for sure. my first drink i almost threw it up. i had to take sip of nulyely then a gulp of sprite. that did the trick for me. my hubby just chugged the stuff! Yuk!! | F | 51 | 1 days | 3/5/2009 | 3 | colonoscopy prep. | I felt cold, vomiting | I added orange flavor I was able to tolerate about 1/3 of gallon-then I started gagging and could no longer swallow it. I told Dr.-he said use 2 Fleet enemas and he was able to do the colonoscopy. I will ask for a different method next time. | F | 43 | 1 days | 1/21/2009 | 3 | Colonoscopy Prep | Mild nausea (no vomiting)and some bloating and cramping. | Instructions from doctor's office were different from label on container. I had to drink 2 quarts (8oz. every 30 minutes) beginning late afternoon prior to procedure and 1 quart 4 hours prior to procedure. Bowel movements did not begin as expected (1-2 hours after finishing first 2 quarts) but began in the middle of the night around 2am and continued until 7am the next morning so I ended up being up all night long before procedure. The drink is really unpleasant. I did not use flavor packs as they seemed to make it worse than just drinking it plain. The last quart is very hard to drink. | M | 56 | 1 days | 12/10/2008 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Hardcore nausia, horrible gagging just THINKING about taking another drink, chills | I just started drinking this at 5 (it's now 7) and I want to burn this medicine and whoever invinted it alive. I'm sitting here shaking just thinking about having to take another sip. I've tried EVERYTHING to make it better, and my mom went to the store to try some of the suggestions I've read. Right now I have it mixed with orange gatorade and it's not too too bad...still gagging and wanting to kill something though. I started wanting to puke as soon as I smelled the shyte. The chills came after cup 2 and the bloating after cup 4...I'm only a little above half way done...it's really hard to drink a full cup in 20 - 30 minutes...I tried chugging it but it comes back up. I've tried almost everything I've read here...the only thing that seems to be working is taking a sip and quickly gulping down some gatorade. No one told me to eat light the day before, so I have a feeling I'm in for a very, very long night...I'm giving it a 3 only because something that tastes this vile, this horrid ha | F | 18 | 1 times | 8/11/2008 |