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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| 1 | colonoscopy | vomiting, chills | This is my second experience with Nulytely. I don't know if I can ever do this again, and I'm supposed to have a colonoscopy every 5 years because my Mom had colon cancer (which she survived). I vomited up the entire 8th cup. I managed to get through about 3/4 of the jug. Hope the doc will still do the procedure. Everything seems to be running clear! | M | 55 | 1 days | 7/6/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | bloating, nausea | While this stuff did what it was suppose to, it's the awfullest way to have to clean your colon. I agree with hundreds of others that won't have the procedure done for the mere fact that drinking a gallon of this nasty stuff has to be done. I had the procedure done on 01 Jun and hardly made it through the gallon. Because of a very large polyp with no stem, I had to have another procedure done 03 Jul and thought I was going to explode by drinking that stuff. I have to have this done in 3 mo. again and my dr. won't give me the pills to take, so I'm going to take someone's suggestion and suck a lemon (I'm adding salt) before and after every glass, it can't be worse than what we have to go through. The flavors are horrid and to date, I don't want to smell or taste anything that has to do with lemon-lime or oranges. The other flavors are disgusting too. Thank you all for letting me and others know we're not alone in our disgust for this way of colonoscopy prepping. | F | 54 | 1 days | 7/5/2007 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Dizziness, nausea | Whoever invented this shit ought to be put to death. It is a horrible horrible thing. I would sooner die of rectal cancer than go through this again. Never again. | M | 41 | 1 days | 8/20/2007 | 1 | Colonoscopy | Chills, nausea, vomiting, uncontrollable bowels and bladder. | I would sooner stick needles in my eyes than EVER have to take that stuff again. I have had 3 colonoscopies because of polyps, and have had preps that were bad, but they seemed like a trip to Haagen Daz after experiencing the horrors of Nulytely. | F | 61 | 1 days | 7/3/2006 | 1 | colonoscopy | I could only get down a 1/4 of the gallon. The most horrible stuff I have ever drank. I used the lemon lime flavor - didn't make a difference. | F | 46 | 1 days | 4/14/2006 | 1 | Colonoscopy Prep | Chills, vomitting, and cramps. | I had the orange flavor. Let me tell you, no flavor can mask the taste of this stuff! It is horrible! I enjoy life but when drinking this stuff the thought of death sounded better than life! I vomitted it up after 2 glasses and then had to try to drink it again later and got nauseous after 3 glasses and then stopped! This is the worst drink I've had ever...tastes like chalk! And the doctor says I have to have a colonoscopy in 3 years again..yikes, they better find a better prep by then! | F | 30 | 1 days | 3/19/2006 | 1 | colonoscopy | major chills, nausea, gagging, bloating | Unable to finish last 1/3rd of container. I will NEVER take this medicine again. My second colonoscopy - first time was Golightly - I don't remember having this much difficulty getting it down. There HAS to be a better way. Just looking at the glass makes me gag and shake with chills. Used the Cherry flavor - tried sips of 7up in between gulps. It's been 4.5 hours. It's successful - things are moving, but I can't drink another drop - I don't care if they scream at me tomorrow for my colonoscopy - Don't recommend this AT ALL. I'll try another method next time. | F | 53 | 1 days | 3/20/2006 | 1 | colonoscopy | Soon after a colonoscopy procedure on 6.5.07 I became aware of fatigue and chest pressure with exercise. A primary doctor appointment was scheduled. A blood test revealed "renal insufficiency" with 2.2 Creatinine and 10.5 Hemoglobin levels. I next proceeded to a urologist and an ultrasound of kidneys, tract and bladder which revealed nothing unusual. A week later a nephrologists diagnosis was "acute not chronic renal failure" with some kidney self repair indicated by blood tests. The nephrologist questioned me on "what major medical event" had transpired since perfectly normal blood panels on 2.23.07. I had no major issues to advise and did not consider a colonoscopy as “major medical event”. The nephrologist suggested a prompt visit to a hematologist. A hematologist’s diagnosis on 7/20 was a acute kidney reaction to my colonoscopy bowel prep Nulytely (4 liters). I am now on a regimen of blood testing and a synthetic hormone, Arane | Difficult product to injest over required 4 hours. | M | 75 | 1 days | 9/18/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | EXTREME NAUSEAU, GAGGING and eventually when just LOOking at the cup i started gagging, and then after less than half a gallon i threw it all up. RIDICULOUS! | why does it have to be so damn much????? a GALLON? i threw up after less than half, and even that did the trick to empy the stomach out. spent all night reading magazines on the toilet... | F | 24 | 1 days | 6/14/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | That was horrible! I will never recommend this to anyone! | I now have the sorest butt I've ever had. The pain was worse than labor pains. Pharmacist never said to eat light, neither did the doctor. I had steak and a drink last night! I started out with 10 oz. of Magnesium citrate this morning. That started things flowing. Then all I drank of the jug mixture was about 3, 8-oz. glasses. I spent 5 hours on the toilet. I needed support as I have sciatica and have trouble sitting any length of time. It hurt so bad coming out that I was screaming. I've never been that uncomfortable and in that much pain at the same time! I felt better after using Prep. H Ointment. Never, ever again! EVER! I will surely scream obsenitites at my doctor while I am under tomorrow! | F | 52 | 1 days | 6/19/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | Bloating, nausea | It's been 3 hours and only a little of the horrible concoction left - and NO results! Staying near the porcelain room ..... | M | 64 | 1 days | 6/25/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy | vomiting, gagging and chills | I started taking it at 8:30pm and have only finished 3/4 and it is 3am. I gag after each sip, so I sip and then suck on a candy. It is horrible, this is taking forever. I don't know how I can possibly finish it. my procedure is in 4 1/2 hrs. Oh, I have also already vommited twice and I am freezing. I can;t do this again. | F | 31 | 1 days | 8/8/2007 | 1 | pre-colonoscopy | Extreme nausea, vomitting halfway through, cramping, exhausting diarrhea | I will NEVER use this product again and agree with the other rating here: each Gastro who prescribes this should take it once a year or recommend another drug | F | 49 | 1 days | 1/23/2004 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | At the time I used this medicine I had a bleeding hemmorhoid (which my internist actually examined). In addition my situation was complicated by a peri-anal rash (which he completely ignored) that was eventually diagnosed as a fungus or parasitic infection and successfully treated by a dermatologist. The | M | 65 | 1 days | 4/2/2005 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | This has to be the most disgusting, vile tasting liquid I have ever tried to drink. The pharmacy gave me the lemon lime flavor and it was only palatable when I chased it with some gatoraide. If I tried to swallow it without something to mask the flavor I vomited. | Avoid at all costs! | F | 42 | 1 days | 2/28/2005 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | Nausea, chills, general malaise. | This stuff is disgusting. It is not humanly possible to drink the whole gallon. And it hasn't worked that well either. I doubt my colon is clean enough for my procedure, but the doctor will just have to deal with it. I would NEVER use this product again or recommend it to anyone. I would rather take a pile of laxatives or have a dozen enemas than repeat this experience. It would be a pleasure to throw up. My body will not accept one more sip. | F | 51 | 1 days | 7/26/2006 | 1 | Colonscopy | Chills, vomiting and liquid diarreaha with absolutedly no control. My friend had a colonscopy done and just had to take magesuim caltraide. I had to do both. Their has to be something better. My husband is refusing to have this test using what I am using. I agree with the post all doctors need to take this one once a year! It is too much too drink. I just feel sick and I have cramps. | Awful! | F | 56 | 1 days | 6/12/2005 | 1 | colonoscopy | Chills, nausea, vomitting | The first glasses were tolerable (cherry flavor) but after the 8th cup, it was impossible to get my body to swallow it. I continued to try to gag it down until the vomitting started. At that point, the smell alone made me gag. I quit drinking it with about 1/3rd left. The directions are mixed as to whether you have to finish all of it.....I couldn't. | F | 50 | 1 days | 10/2/2006 | 1 | pre colonoscopy | vomitting, nausea, chills | Horrible experience. no way in hell could I finish this. I hope I had enough to be able to take the test tomorrow, after all this torture. I was able to get in 3/4 of this stuff, that tasted like lemon lime mucousy ocean water. I vomitted twice. I thought I was pretty hard core but this made me feel wimpy. | M | 50 | 1 days | 3/7/2007 | 1 | cleansing-pre colonscopy | I have spontaneous bleeding of bladder as a reseult of radiation treatment for prostate cancer. This condition is worsened by such things as aspirin (which I no Longer Take). Twelve hours after completing cleansing procedure I had a great deal of spontanous bleedilng of bladder. More than ever experienced before. this continued to a lesser degree off and on for a week. I believe, without a doubt, that one or more of the ingredientsaffected my bladder condition. | I will take another colonscopy only if the doctor agrees to use another cleansing agent. I know some doctors use other products such as Fleet. | M | 78 | 1 days | 6/21/2004 | 1 | colonoscopy | I am drinking this horrible drink right now. I feel like I am being tortured. I wish I would have found this site before maybe another one of the flavors would have been better. I am drinking the cherry and really struggling to keep it down. I can't believe with all the advancements in medicine they don't have something that tastes better. Drinking a bottle of Castor oil sounds better to me. | F | 49 | 1 days | 12/9/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | I was able to drink 5 glasses, it seemed like almost half the bottle, before I vomited them all up. I used the lemon lime flavor and chilled the bottle. I had to wait about an hour before my stomach calmed down enough to take more. And then I could only take small amounts. So it took me forever to go to the bathroom. After I finally started going, I tried taking the prep a bit faster, and drank 2 glasses in about 30 minutes. I threw them up again while eliminating. This stuff is the worst I've ever taken and I've used fleet, barium, and all sorts of other test preps. | Before you go home with this make SURE your have a plan B with your doctor, in the event you cannot take enough to go through with your test and you need something else. I have never been so sick and I consider myself to have a pretty strong stomach. I am supposed to have yearly tests but I will need to find a way to bypass this horrendous stuff. | M | 54 | 1 days | 12/10/2007 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | Slight chills for first 2 hours | Yucky stuff. Took it with the orange flavoring. Took it all in about 5 hours. I have a stoma so it was not as bad as some folks had it at the other end. Still a word of caution. The pouch fills up quickly at times so you don't want to leave home. For you stoma viewers, colonoscopy was easy with a 2-piece pouching system. | M | 70 | 1 days | 1/8/2008 | 1 | endoscopy and colonoscopy | My 16 year old daughter had to take this awful prep-- we followed the instructions to a T (me being a nurse) after 1 hour of the prep, she was crying, gagging and complaining of bloating and nausea, yet, being a nurse, I persisted in encouraging her to continue bravely on. She found that chewing gum after each glass decreased the nausea. after about the 7th dose, she vomited up the entire prep. I dutifully went out and bought 2 bottles of Mag nesium Citrate-- which she tolerated much better and voila, the next day the doctor said she had the best prepped bowel of anyone she had ever seen! (The pictures were fabulous- LOL) | F | 1 days | 12/16/2007 | 1 | colonscopy | throwing up | this stuff tastes like oily dish washing liquid...i just started and was gagging on my 2nd glass. GREAT! i used the lemon lime packet although i dont taste any lemon lime at all. It doesn't actually taste bad...its the oily soapy consistency that is making me want to loose my cookies...but i'm determined to finish this as i sure as heck do not want to go thru this again. | F | 44 | 1 days | 3/10/2008 | 1 | Had no CHOICE! | Nausea, Desired Diarrea, Nausea, gagging, nausea. | I must not be a grown up after all since someone here posted that "It is definitely hard to drink, but I think that any grown person can get through it." I just wasn't able to complete it. I left about 3 cups over (maybe 4?). it was just too much and my gag reflex kept spitting it back out. Another person pegged it with "a jug of elephant semen". I still got the runs, they're not clear yet though. I sincerely wish I had known what I do now, cause I'd have had no problem eating yogurt and juicing for 4 days opposed to this TORTURE! I mean the goal IS to get the gut cleared out. UGH! | F | 45 | 1 days | 3/19/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | nausea | Slimey substance--I managed to get through it and I STILL wasn't cleaned out enough--I have go through this AGAIN! I followed the instructions--I have never disobeyed doctor's orders, but I will not take this particular prep again. | M | 46 | 1 days | 12/28/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | headache nausea | Worst stuff in the world. Never again will I go that route of torture. | M | 41 | 1 days | 1/27/2009 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | 1 1/2 to 2 hour delay before any action, then was still working way past bedtime. Horrible gas and cramping pains. Became nauseated after drinking about 2/3 of the liquid (which I mixed with 2 little buckets of Crystal Light pink lemonade mix at my doctor's suggestion). There was no way I could have finished it all. It has now been 6 days since the colonoscopy and 7 days since the prep and I am still suffering from loose stools, gas, stomach and gut pain and tenderness, and a horrific amount of burning, stinging and itching around my anus. | This mixture should come with warnings and directions about using petroleum jelly around the entire area as another respondent mentioned. In addition, it is ridiculous to assume that everyone would require the same amount of this mixture. I, for instance, am a 64 year old woman who weighs 118 pounds. I should not be expected to need the same amount of prep as a man who weighs 300 pounds. | F | 64 | 1 days | 2/23/2009 | 1 | Prep for colonoscopy | Body-shaking chills, gagging, nausea, vomiting | Dreadful stuff. Within a few minutes of drinking the first cup, I felt chilled. Over the course of the afternoon and early evening, I experienced episodes of shaking throughout the body. Despite crawling fully clothed into bed and piling on the blankets, I was unable to warm up completely until about six hours after I downed the last of the medication. The gagging started about one-quarter of the way through. By three-quarters the nausea was well along. I was unable to drink the last six ounces and later vomited at least eight ounces. Fortunately, I was able to ingest enough to allow for a successful colonoscopy yesterday. I have no confidence at all that I have the capacity to tolerate this again. | F | 60 | 1 days | 3/11/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | They should bottle this nasty stuff as an exfoliator. I have fairly tough hide but this made my backside look and feel like a piece of beef steak. It did not matter what I tried it hurt. It hurt to walk or sit. I was even using 20% benzocaine. This lasted for 48 hours. My gut area was so sore after the cleanse. I also looked like I was 4 months pregnant. I could not sleep because of the pain. It will be a cold day in H... before I would use or recommend this stuff! My doctor is going to get an ear full also. | F | 54 | 1 days | 2/11/2009 | 1 | colonoscopy | nausea, chills, sore butt | Reminded me of Alka Selzer, but without the effervescence. It is 92 here today and I am sitting around in slippers and a sweater over my pj's. My butt is raw and I am about 75% done with the stuff. Still pooping yellow liquid, though, although from what I'm reading on these posts that doesn't mean I'm not clear. My procedure is at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow (it is now 7:30 p.m.) and I can't wait for it to be over!!!! | M | 55 | 1 days | 6/2/2008 | 1 | Colonoscopy | gagging, nausea, bloating, homicidal thoughts, explosive anal discharge | First off, let's dispense with the notion that there is any need or benefit to eating "a low-residue diet" on the days leading up to this. Maybe it will make you feel virtuous but... It does not matter what you ate – it's coming out. Every last bit. And then you will shoot neon-yellow water for several HOURS after the last fleck of solid matter is a dim and distant memory. All well and good, the good Doctor needs to see clearly. That being said, there is no excuse for this vile preparation. My friends in the UK take some pills, and then drink lots of water. Same wonderful effect. So why are we here in the U.S. comdemned to drinking quarts of urinal cleaner? Some type of Klingon rite of passage? Puritanism? Self-flagellation? And if that's not bad enough, find their web-site where they gush (heh) about how their wonderful product comes in "3 great-tasting flavors" and is "well-tolerated". Yeah, right. Mussolini was well-tolerated. Whatever you do, don't avoid the Colonoscopy! But please, Doctors, Drug companies, FDA people – can't we have this stuff mix in our bellies instead of in the plastic jug? Let's stop pretending about "great-tasting flavors" and "well-tolerated". I don't even want to know what point of reference you'd need to make those statements true. In the meantime, your doctor is going to prescribe this stuff; lucky you. Use a straw as far back in your throat as you can muster. This | M | 49 | 1 days | 5/5/2009 | 1 | vomiting, chills | Horrible, absolutely horrible. I will never do this again. It took me 7 hours to get it all down, while i threw up 3 times. People at my house can sit there and tell me to hurry up and drink another glass.. I wanted to throw them through a wall. There is no way someone can drink 8oz every 10 mins until its gone; THATS IMPOSSIBLE. When i finally had a bowel movement I pooped for like 30 minutes straight. I was on a clear liquid diet so it was hardly any stools. I feel bad for my toilet. I agree with the people that said the doctors should drink this once a year. My doctor acted like it would be easy to drink.. what a lie! | M | 21 | 1 days | 5/28/2009 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | chills, extreme bloating, gagging | The texture is the worst problem. It almost might be palatable with a chicken soup flavor. No flavoring helped. I mixed it about 1:1 with apple juice. I bloated up like a balloon. I took almost half the package of GasX. I tried hard candies, ginger ale, and water in between gulps. Using a straw was somewhat workable--just having the stuff touch my lips made me gag. Fortunately I had diarrhea (who can say that!) earlier today. I've only had half of the stuff and I'm quitting. My stool is pretty clear but very yellow--don't know if it's bile or apple juice. I should have taken the pills. | F | 38 | 0.5 days | 6/3/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | light nausea | As pleasant as this could be. I sniffed the various flavor packets to see which one was the least offensive. Orange seemed less saccharine than the rest but I never really ended up tasting it as I took apple juice shots before and after every straw-in-the-back-of-the-mouth chugfest. First 3 glasses were a breeze. I recommend aiming for 20 minutes or so between glasses. Slow down as needed. Got progressively harder to drink as it went on. No effects until I was half done almost two hours after starting. I won't be finishing the last 16 ounces as a mild nausea set in at this mark and I've already had clear-to-yellow waterfalls for a while. Really not that bad, much better than the food poisoning-like experience I'd anticipated as there was no cramping or abdominal pain. | F | 26 | 0.3 days | 4/9/2009 | 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 | 1 | colonoscopy | nauseau, depression, convulsion | Yuck! Tastes like a jug of elephant semen. I am 2/3 through and each glass gets harder. I don't vomit easily, but I am about to puke all over this keyboard. I cannot believe that the medical benefits are worth it. "Never Again" has taken on a new meaning for me. | M | 50 | 0.25 days | 1/28/2008 | 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 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 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | nausea, abdominal cramping, chills | this stuff is absolutely vile. i couldn't even finish the prep, it was so disgusting. yes, it's effective. but it's not worth it. if i ever have to have another colonoscopy i will insist upon a different prep. the cherry flavor didn't do anything to mask how nasty this is. by the time i was 3/4 finished with the gallon of this horrible stuff, i was in tears and shaking. bad bad bad. | F | 46 | 3 times | 9/12/2004 | 5 | cololoscopy prep | none unexpected | drank the entire 4 litres in 2hrs 40 min. I knew it did the trick when my movement looked like the color of gatorade, works like DRANO. I think my younger days of heavy drinking helped here. The entire process is a breeze (no pun intended). For the guys: if you don't get a colonoscopy because you have a problem with someone probing your rear, get over it. It is worth it and puts your mind at ease. If you are approaching 50 and have others that depend on you then do it for them. This is a PAINLESS procedure. | M | 45 | 2.5 times | 10/18/2006 | 4 | first-time colonoscopy prep | Anticipatory anxiety that either 1) medicine would not work in the allotted time, effectively turning me into an unexploded bomb or 2) medicine would work by inducing unrelievable gut-wringing urgency that would persist through my ride to the appointment - neither occurred. === Mild chills, headache - alleviated with small cup hot coffee during first round. Brief annoyance at the frequency and persistence of evacuations after first round - eventually drank pint of ice water on theory it would clear PEG and give a couple hours respite between rounds | What worked for me: Take plain psyllium powder in pints of tap water twice daily for many years. NuLytely will be less intimidating. Eat a very big meal the evening before fasting - distend your stomach. Skip the flavor packets. NuLytely tastes mildly like sandwich bags dissolved in water. Use lime wedges. Drink it cool, not cold. | M | 52 | 2 times 64 oz 1X O | 6/3/2010 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | mild cramps, mild bloating, anal irritation (which might be from sitting around with a wad of TP stuffed up my butt, just in case I can't make it to the throne in time) | Lemon-lime is salty and displeasant but not as bad as expected. (But it would NEVER make it as a drink you'd choose to buy!). 3 liters in 2 hours got me to the desired result. Take a deep breath and chug it chilled with nose pinched. It kicked in around the first hour with little warning. At this writing (about the 4 hour mark) the bathroom trips are frequent (5-10 minutes apart) and urgent. Think: firehose. I am now VERY curious what the rest of the night will bring. | M | 66 | 1 times | 10/19/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | chills, ring around my butt | This wasn't as bad as expected. I've had worse diarrhea from eating my mother's cooking. I would recommend staying close to the bathroom, though, unless you can run really fast (no pun intended.) | F | 52 | 1 times | 2/8/2006 | 5 | Colonoscopy | None | Didn't have any problem. | M | 48 | 1 times | 1/9/2006 | 5 | Bowel cleansing for colonoscopy | Mild chills; mild bloating; minor anal irritation | I'm an RN who has actually administered Nulytely to patients (and cleaned up after them) many times, so I didn't think I would be at all uncomfortable with this process. But after reading some of the posts on this site, I was extremely anxious about using this product on myself. I don't doubt what anyone has written here (people have different responses to meds), but I have to agree with those who wrote that | F | 28 | 1 times | 5/6/2005 | 5 | Bowel cleansing for colonoscopy | Mild chills; mild bloating; minor anal irritation | I'm an RN who has actually administered Nulytely to patients (and cleaned up after them) many times, so I didn't think I would be at all uncomfortable with this process. But after reading some of the posts on this site, I was extremely anxious about using this product on myself. I don't doubt what anyone has written here (people have different responses to meds), but I have to agree with those who wrote that | F | 28 | 1 times | 5/6/2005 | 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 | 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 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 | Vomiting | For whatever reason, the patient information packet didn't explain the flavor packets other than to say don't mix and then chill them, so I didn't mess around with the flavor packets and drank it in the natural flavor... "mineral water" is what they call it. Anyhow, it wasn't that bad until the very last cup when I was too full to drink anymore and puked last three glasses up (I'm assuming three glasses - thats what it seemed like). Anyhow, my BMs seem to be quite clear and I called the doc on call and he said it was okay that I puked. Hopefully I'm done with this hot mess. | F | 24 | 1 times | 3/8/2009 | 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 D | 10/19/2011 | 3 | colonoscopy | dizziness, chills, nausea, cramping | The pharmacist told me to try a flavour I wouldn't mind ruining my enjoyment of, so I used the Pineapple. Drinking the solution reminds me of chugging a glass of whole milk (which I hated drinking) as a child; repeat ad nauseum. The flavour (sort of) masked the salty aftertaste, which (along with the thick texture) is remniscent of Pedialyte. Having been on clear liquids since waking, the transition to a nearly clear movement took only half the jug and 2 hours. I had to take a break after that, though, as I became too chilled to finish a full glass. | F | 25 | 1 times | 4/10/2006 | 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 |