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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 | colonoscopy | nausea, severe bloating, nausea | I didn't use the NuLytely, I used the generic version, but with the same results according to everyone else. I mixed part of the orange flavor packet with half of the pineapple packet, and now what I am gorging myself with is a lightly tropical flavored oil/water. Disgusting! The taste itself really isn't that bad, its like slimy water. and the fact you have to completely fill yourself up with it makes the nausea very very bad. I agree with another poster- If I ever win the lottery, I will do whatever I can to make this not suck as much. | F | 31 | 1 days | 3/5/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | Loud explosive Bowel Movements | My husband almost fell over when he heard me take a dump! LOL This worked great, but my anus/rectum got sore. Great tip to use wet wipes and vaseline. It tasted tolerable, but not great. Just open the windows, spray perfume, matches, whatever you have to do because your bowels will be moving!!!! | F | 51 | | 2/26/2009 | 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 | 4 | prep for colonoscopy | I was surprised at how cold I felt. Also, it took 2 and a half hours to start to work. I am still cold and still drinking this stuff. I started having a hard candy inbetween doses and that helps. | F | 52 | | 2/15/2009 | 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 | 4 | Colonoscopy for routine physical | No real bad side effects. I'm glad I had visited this site beforehand. Best tip was to slather Vasoline all around your anal area - it REALLY prevented soreness. Do it at start & after EVERY time you dab with a moist towelette (not toilet paper); do not wipe every time you defecate, just if you need to get up to go get more of the solution to drink. Chew gum - it helps! | Overall, cleansing not as bad as I had feared. I feared selecting a flavor (4 liters) I couldn't stand. Husband suggested I make 4 one-liter preps so I could use different flavors in each. Get an electronic kitchen scale that weighs in grams. Carefully weigh out all of the dry powder from the Trilyte container. (Trilyte=Nulytely) Divide the total number of grams of powder by four and carefully measure out exactly one/fourth of the total amount into each of four ziploc sandwich bags. Taste test each flavoring to select flavors you want to use. I used 1/4 tsp flavoring per pre-measured bag of Trilyte powder and shook well to mix the dry powders. Open a 1 liter bottle of water and pour about 1/3 of it into a clean cup. Use a dry funnel to pour the Trilyte/flavoring powder into the water bottle. Close the bottle and shake very well to dissolve all the solids. Reopen the bottle and pour the water from cup back into bottle to have a full liter. (Not all of the water will fit because the T | F | 58 | | 2/9/2009 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | First colonoscopy as I had managed to procrastinate getting it done for 5 years. All in all not quite as bad as I had expected. I was mildly nauseous but never vomited. The diarrhea was intense...and you really need the baby wipes. In fact, "patting" was way more helpful than wiping per se. I mixed my Nulytely with lemonade Gatorade which was not so bad. Used straw to avoid any "texture" issues. Starting at 1 in the afternoon w/four ducolax, at 2p with the magnesium citrate (which was nasty!) and then at 5:30 or so w/the Nulytely. I was still "clearing out" through the night in dribs & drabs. When it was the worst and I was feeling sick to my stomach, I just kept reminding myself that there was NO WAY I wanted to go through this again. That little mantra helped more than anything else. The procedure itself was unremarkable...and nothing to worry about. | F | 60 | | 2/3/2009 | 5 | Pre-surgical procedure | HUGE Bowel Movement | Did not experience any negatives at all. It Just cleaned my colon out. I took a massive BM after taking it. It was soft and took alot of baby wipes to clean my anus. Being a female,I don't really enjoy pooping but this was different (in a good way) to have an empty bowel | F | 32 | | 2/2/2009 | 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 | 5 | Surgery/Doctor's Orders | Mucho BM | Whoa Nellie! Might as well have given me Liquid Plumber for my colon! I never knew how much crap I had in me until I took this. I parked my buns on the "Throne" for a while and emptied "the contents" of my colon Overall,Nulytely was an ok experience | F | 46 | | 1/22/2009 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Sore anus | I didn't eat anything major the day prior to prep day and nothing at all on prep day. The taste wasn't great, but not everything is going to be a cherry pepsi. I used the cherry flavor packet and didn't have any problems with vomiting or nausea. After about an hour I was wondering if the stuff was gonna work when it hit me! Not sure I've ever run that fast in my life. The only tip I'd leave for others about to take this stuff is to get a good book or your ipod video or something to entertain yourself, take the solution with you and park in the bathroom for a couple of hours. I was dumb enough to go to and from the bathroom and wipe each time, by the time i was done things were a little irritated and there was a bit of blood on the tissue. Don't wipe every time! | M | 24 | 1 days | 1/22/2009 | 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 | 5 | Colonoscopy | No side effects | Huge thanks to many helpful suggestions posted herein. I had a very good experience with NuLytetly. No side effects, no nausea, etc. I ate only broth for 4 days prior, and then on "game" day I didn't need any stool softeners. Rather than mixing the entire 650 ml powder into 4 litres of water, I just mixed a 40 ml scoop of powder into each glass of liquid, for a total of 16 glasses. This way, I could vary the taste with each glass, which really helped, esp. near the end. My first two glasses were into pure apple juice, and so it tasted exactly like AJ (yummy). The next 2 glasses were in pure Gatorade (also yum). Then I switched to different flavor crystals in water, cuz of so much sweetness on an empty stomach. The taste of NL in pure water incited gagging, so I avoided that by quickly adding flavor crystals. Orange & lemon-lime crystals best hid the NL. A straw, bubble gum, Desitin, baby-wipes, and cornstarch were great ideas that made t easier for me. So di | M | 52 | 1 days | 1/19/2009 | 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 | 4 | Sigmoidoscopy prep | Bloating | So glad I found this page, as it has great tips. (My clinic gave very little information.) Best tip is to mix it with 2-3 packets of Crystal Light (enough to make about a gallon). The taste became a non-issue. (Was like thick, salty lemonade.) Another great tip is to go at your own pace. I started slowly, taking half a glass every 20 minutes. I experienced some bloating but this subsided once I started excreting. Thanks to this page, I also knew to go on a liquid diet yesterday, so it only took about ten bathroom trips before it was clear liquid. Had VERY MILD nausea briefly because of the bloating but I found burping helped immensely. I started to get really full near the end so I only drank 3 liters. I feel for those who had horrible experiences with this. Mine couldn't have been easier. | M | 31 | 1 days | 1/19/2009 | 4 | Rectocele | None | Although I wasn't crazy about the taste (I used pineapple flavoring) it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I made it the night before and put it in the fridge to make sure it was cold. I gulped it down, an 8 ounce glass 10 minutes apart, and within 2 glasses I was on the potty. | F | 50 | | 1/18/2009 |