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 | colonoscopy | After reading all the postings I called my Doctor & told him I didn't think I could do it so he suggested I get "fleet phostho-soda" over the counter. | My doctor suggested I take "fleet phostho-soda" (2 1-1/2oz bottles) 1 bottle at noon mix with 1/2 cup clear liquids (sprite, gingerale,etc) & immediately drink 8oz clear liquids. The next bottle at 9pm & lots of clear liquids. He said it takes about 45 minutes to work. Sounds alot easier to me, I'll post again Thursday night after I start. Hope this helps | F | 53 | | 10/7/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy | slight bloating | Started very slowly; 4oz, every 15 minutes, first hour, fearing cramps, but none, not a one. Upped to 8 oz every 20-30 minutes and left it there as the one time I tried the 10- 20 minutes, I was a tad nauseous. This stuff is very tiresome to drink!Got halfway through the stuff before anything happened; about 4 hrs. But a good book and close to the bathroom and it's all going to be fine. Wipe gently and you might not have too much discomfort. | F | 51 | 1 days | 8/24/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | none | Works like a charm. Just follow doctors'/pharmacists' instructions, and make sure your toilet is working. | F | 54 | 1 days | 8/24/2008 | 5 | prep colobnoscopy | none | this was a breeze. I took lemon lime flavor-I also took at room tempertature so no chills-before AND AFTER EA. DRINK I sucked on lime and lemon wedges-the nulytely was almost tasteless -I drank hot broth or tea between drinks to ward off any possible nausea-I took fleet 2hrs prior to starting the Nulytely-this cleaned me out so the Nulytely every 20 min was almost clear from the start-started at noon-done by 7pm-only problem was a sore butt-even flushable wipes didn't help-had procedure this am-asleep-didn't feel a thing-I'm usually a wimp so want people to know-don't be afraid-it is easy. | F | 55 | 1 days | 8/22/2008 | 1 | colonoscopy | could not get much beyond the nauseous effects of trying to ingest it. | There is no way I can finish a gallon of water in an hour, let alone a gallon of this salty, thick goo. My colonoscopy was compromised b/c I was not cleaned out enough. I had a colonscopy 5 years prior and whatever they gave then was a breeze. I have since spoken with clients and friends who's colonoscopies were also compromised b/c they were not cleaned out enough as they could not stomach this stuff....makes me wonder how many more people out there are not getting an adequate colonscopy b/c of this stuff. As detailed in the directions, I swallowed 4 dulcolax 6 hours prior to beginning the trilyte. Never again!! I would seriously question your doctor about alternatives b/c once you've got it, you're stuck. | F | 51 | | 8/22/2008 | 2 | colonoscopy prep | vomiting | I started out alright, then at about the fourth glass I vomited what seemed to be everything I had drunk by that time. I slowed down and it seemed to be going better, then I tossed all of it again. By the time I was about half way through the jug I was vomiting every time I took a sip. After reading comments here, I tried sips of juice in between and that helped for about 4 ounces, then I lost it all again. I started this process hours ago and I still haven't passed anything, even after after taking the pill laxative. I'm sure tomorrow they're going to tell me that they can't do the colonoscopy. This product hasn't appeared to have worked for me. | F | 55 | 1 days | 8/14/2008 | 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 | 4 | colonoscopy | bloating | I had to drink 2 liters in the pm and 2 in the am. I gagged all through the first 2 liters, even throwing up. Repeat with the 1st liter in the morning. I got wise after reading this site and sucked on ICEBREAKERS SOURS before and after chugging. I HATE this stuff. It is disgusting. I am using the generic with no flavoring. | F | 29 | 2 days | 8/7/2008 | 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 | 2 | Colonoscopy Prep | Immediate vomiting after swallowing | I threw up immediately after every swallow of the mixture. I only managed to get down two 8oz doses, in a pattern of drink / puke / drink / puke / drink / puke etc., before I called the on-call doctor. I'm assuming I threw up the bisocodyl along with it, as I took that about 3 hours ago and the first bit of nulytely about an hour ago, and I'm still not feeling any "urge". The on-call doc said to give it a while and hopefully it will kick in, otherwise it's enema city for me. I've never had one, but right now that sounds preferable to any more puking! I gave it a 2 instead of a 1 because I'm assuming the inability to keep it down is my problem, not the medicine's... and it didn't actually taste that bad! (lemon-lime flavor) | F | 30 | 1 days | 8/3/2008 | 3 | Colonoscopy | nausea, vomiting | I wisely ate very lightly the day before - nothing with any signficant bulk. I suffer from IBS, and every few days suffer from diarrhea. Thankfully(!) that happened this morning, so I felt I had a head start on my prep. I began the Nulytely at 2:30. I had mixed it with the Lemon-Lime flavor packet the day before and chilled it in the frige. Taste-wise, it isn't bad - at least at first. It has a thick consistency with a salty after taste. I was fine for the first 4 glasses (I used a 10oz glass). Then, the nausea really hit. I vomited glasses 5 and 6. I tried having some orange jello every few sips. But I then found I did better by sipping some warm beef broth with every gulp. The warm savory flavor helped settle my stomach. I had to slow down the process - it took me 5 hours to get almost all of it down. I stayed upright pacing the entire time as I felt more nauseous if I sat. I had 2/3 of a glass left at 7:30 and I was starting to feel very nauseous again, so I decided to quit. My stoo | F | 52 | 1 days | 7/20/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy | none | M | 54 | 1 days | 7/18/2008 | 5 | Colonoscopy | NONE. | Well, despite my being worried from everyone else's comments, for me this was very easy. No side effects (nausea or chills). I was worried because it took 4 hours to work. Unlike the OTC fleet product, there were no cramps, no explosive events. Basically it was a mild urge every 15 minutes or so. Easiest cleansing ever. The taste was near neutral (even with flavoring), and the consistency was a bit slimy, exactly like MiraLax (which I've been taking). So wanted to add a positive comment here, it isn't awful for everyone. Take it and get over it (LOL). | M | 54 | 1 days | 7/18/2008 | 3 | I started the day with a liquid breakfast and at 9:00 AM took two Dulcolax. I started feeling bad about two hours later. At 2:30, the toilet trips began. Soon after 3:00 I started drinking the NuLytely. I passed so much yellow that my rectum became so raw that it started bleeding pretty badly. | The NuLytely certainly did its job, but I really am suffering from being so raw. | M | 56 | 1 days | 7/18/2008 | 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 | 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 | 5 | colonoscopy | none | I ate a low residue diet for 2 days and an all liquid diet on prep day. Made the trylite UNFLAVORED in the morning (flavors all smelled horrible)and chilled it. Took 2 ducolax at 2:15PM and started the trylite at 5:15PM, 8oz every 15 min. Drank it cold, in an 8 oz glass, through a big straw (MacDonald's)and sucked lime wedges before and after every glass. Made a BIG difference! Tasted like weak flat alka seltzer or weak bicarb of soda, almost tasteless, with a zing of lime. The consistency was NOT thick (like the horrible cherry golytely was 10 yrs ago); it was not bad at all - kind of refreshing on a hot evening. When I felt full after about 2 liters I stretched time to 20 or 25 min for a couple of times and then back to 15 min. After I started to go (walked around to get started)the bloating went away. It took the full 4 liters in 5-1/4 hours to get clear. Finished at 10:30PM, then up all night to go, and had procedure at 7AM. That was no problem. Felt fine afterwards and went to IHO | F | 69 | 1 days | 6/28/2008 | 3 | Preparing for colonoscopy | I'm only half way done and I've already vomited my guts out. It seems to be working, in that my bowel movements are pretty clear, but I'm looking at that second half gallon and wondering how in Hell I'm ever going to get it down. I'm taking a timeout in the hopes my stomach will settle. Dear me, I couldn't stand finding out tomorrow that I have to redo the whole thing because I couldn't get enough of it down. | So far, I've taken it for about three hours. I had to stop a couple of times because it was making me so sick. I'm ready, I think, to start up again and see how much more I can get down before I start vomiting again. | F | 61 | 1 times | 6/23/2008 | 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 | 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 |