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 |
| 4 | Colonoscopy | Desired: fecal evacuation Undesired: Severe nausea, chills | I was amazed by how difficult it was to swallow the solution. I achieved the desired result but was not able to finish the entire 2 liters. I stopped with about 1 more glass to go - just could not bring myself to take another mouthful. I did not experience much cramping. Elimination was watery as expected, but not painful. | F | 48 | 1 days | 5/22/2008 | 2 | colonoscopy | vomiting, gagging, chills, gas | This stuff was pretty easy to get down at first. After the thrid trip to the bathroom i was so nauseus, but no where near half way done with the jug. So i kept drinking. About halfway through I was having clear bowel movements, but I also started throwing up. | M | 19 | 1 days | 5/22/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | About an hour after taking the solution I started with the chills, bloating & nausea that everyone described. | I was very glad to find this site before my treatment. My Dr. didn't give me much info on how you will feel and what you can do to to prepare for this solution. She did recommend addding Crystal Lite Lemonade to the solution, which I recommend. After the first three cupfuls which went down pretty easy, it then began to get harder and harder to drink. Luckily I had read here to switch over to a LOW FIBER, liquid diet for the day before prep day. In between sipping the solution with a straw, I also drank hot tea (to help w/ the chills). Later on I also found that eating Citrus popsicles and some jello helped. I camped out in the bathroom for a few hours-- As for timing, I started around 4:30PM and estimate I was finished pretty much by 9PM. I drank another cupful until 10PM for good measure. Was able to sleep through the night w/out a problem. All systems go for my procedure for this afternoon. Here's hoping I don't have to do this again for 5 yrs!! | F | 51 | 1 days | 5/9/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Not bad at all - no side effects | After reading almost every comment on this site last night, I expected the worst, gagging, vomiting - I really thought this was going to be a miserable event. Well, thankfully I can report that this really was not that bad at all. Within 30 minutes of my first dose (8oz. every 15 minutes) I briefly thought I was going to throw up but started pooping instead. Going to the bathroom made me feel fine. After my 7th or 8th dose everything was coming out clear, almost crystal clear! HOWEVER, I still continued drinking the doses until the gallon was gone – like I said, it is really not that bad. Do not freak out and panic like I did reading everyone else’s horror stories – you can handle it. | M | 48 | 1 days | 5/8/2008 | 3 | colonoscopy | I ate very little for 5days prior to prep, prep started at 3pm with pills, 6pm with Nylytely. Mixed the drink that morning, but I can't drink cold, so I drank at room temperature. It went down like water, drank more than 1/2 jug. Poop started 1/2 hour after 1st swig, continued till right b4 procedure. They almost gave me an enema, but then decided I was clean. I was. When I got home, I had a long solid poop. Next time I will start earlier in the day. Diaper wipes were recommended on another blog - definitely worth it! | F | 52 | 1 days | 5/1/2008 | 5 | colonoscopy | none | I must say that I approached this with a certain amount of fear, after reading some of the comments. I mixed the solution in the morning, along with the lemon-lime flavor packet, and chilled it. My first cup was taken at 4:30 PM, using a straw and drinking the entire cup quickly. The viscosity was similar to water, and it tasted like a lolly pop. Happy surprise there. I took a cup every ten minutes. In truth, you do feel a bit full until it kicks in, but it was quite tolerable. After you are in full swing you must be careful. As there is no solid matter pushing to get out, you feel a slight need to go, not a strong need. Head off to the bathroom at once and all will be well. Yes, towards the end it gets old, and I spaced my last two cups at 20 minute intervals. The only tip I recommend is to eat lightly the day before, and fast the day of. No problem. | M | 52 | 1 days | 4/29/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy | No side effects. SUGGESTIONS: I do recommend using some wet wipes instead of toilet paper to help with the soreness to your anal area, [the flushable type}. I also found it handy to have some of the disposable underwear for those few times that I strayed too far from the bathroom.[I was literally "running" to the toilet.] :( That way I didn't have to worry about laundering them, just give them a toss in the trash. I didn't experience any cramping or nausea. :) | Since I tend to have a sluggish bowel, I got to have a 2 day prep! So all you one-dayers quit whining! Day 1 was definately the worst as far as wanting to eat.Prior to day 1, I ate light so that hopefully there wouldn't be so much in my colon. On day 1, I took 1 bottle of the magnesium citrate oral solution,well chilled, and then let the fun begin. On day 2, in the morning I took another bottle of the mangesium citrate oral solution,[chilled improves the taste]. About 3 pm I started the Nulytly, which i mixed the day before with the cherry flavoring and then chilled for 24 hrs. I took it about 9 ozs at a time & used the suggestion of using a straw. The taste wasn't as bad as I had imagined after reading everyone elses' previous posts on here, although it's nothing I would want to add to my diet on a regular basis. I just took the jug to the bathroom with me along with a measuring cup and straw so I wouldn't have to keep running back and forth. Make yourself as comfortable as possib | F | 50 | 1 days | 4/22/2008 | 4 | COLONOSCOPY | CHILLS, BLOATING, GAS | I ATTEMPTED THE POWDERS (LEMON LIME AND CHERRY) BUT GAGGED ON FIRST ATTEMPTS. I USED CRYSTAL LIGHT AND IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN DRINKABILITY. I TOOK THE STOOL SOFTENERS AN HOUR BEFORE I STARTED DRINKING, AND NATURE TOOK OVER ABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER FIRST DRINK. AFTER THREE HOURS OF SERIOUS DRAINAGE, I WAS CLEANED OUT AND WAS ABLE TO SLEEP FOR SEVERAL HOURS. AS SOMEONE WHO IS ACCUSTOMED TO BEING CHAINED TO THE BATHROOM FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF VIOLENT ACTIVITY, THIS WAS NO DIFFERENT...OTHER THAN HAVING SERIOUS CHILLS. TODAY'S PROCEDURE WENT FINE, AND I ONLY HAD DRANK ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE PRODUCT. IF YOU ARE A VETERAN OF IBS, THIS SHOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. GOOD LUCK! | M | 42 | 1 days | 4/21/2008 | 3 | To make me poop/Colonoscopy | Tastes like rubber and salt water. | To make it taste better or in my case to be able to drink it without gagging...mix 8oz nulytely into large 64 oz glass fill with apple juice......MUCH BETTER | F | 30 | 1 days | 4/16/2008 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Experienced some chilling while taking it - just bundled up to ward it off | In the past I've taken Fleet - yuck! This stuff is much better. I chilled it w/o any flavor packets, putting it in the freezer for about four hours. I drank it through a straw, and didn't think it tasted like much at all. I sucked lemon wedges in between drinks. I finished the full amount on schedule, and was pretty clear about 2/3 of the way through. It helped that I went through with a low resid diet for three days, and an all liquid diet the day of the prep. | M | 58 | 1 days | 4/1/2008 | 2 | Colonoscopy Prep | Chills, vomiting, stomach pains, bloating | I had a liquid diet on the day before the colonoscopy and even had an EAS shake for breakfast (basically no fiber). I took four Ducolax tabs at 3pm and started the Nulytely at 5pm (prepped at 7am and refrigerated while at work) About 6:40pm and 1/2 through the container I started vomiting - basically what I had drank back up. I waited 20 min and started again. I did not have a bowel movement until 9:20 and I had finished the sol. at 8:20. By the time my movements became almost clear it was midnight and I couldn't drink anything else to encourage my bowels to flush out more. Although I thought I took it easy on the two days before the day before the surgery - next time I think I will do a liquid diet 3 days prior to the colonoscopy. As for the flavor - I chose lemon lime but I am used to that type of flavor in stuff like Airborne. The taste was nothing going down - coming back up was absolutely terrible. | F | 24 | 1 days | 4/1/2008 | 4 | colonoscopy prep (trilyte) | Chills from drinking so much refrigerated fluid | the dr. prescribed Trilyte and the pharmacist recommended the lemon lime flavor pak so that's what i did. My orders were to eat nothing but clear liquids after waking and begin drinking the trilyte at 12 pm 8-10 oz. every 30 minutes so (of course) i chose to cut the interval to 15 minutes and chugged 10 oz in my favorite beer glass every 15 minutes using the oven timer until the jug was half empty then went to 20 minute intervals for the last half which made the time around 4pm....took effect after the first 3 chugs and a time or 2 after the last one...could have been worse i guess but now i'm looking forward(NOT)to getting up at 5 am to give myself tap water enemas before i'm off to the scope-o-RAM-a. Hope this helps...the flavor paks seemd more of an aftertaste than actual flavor to me anyway...best wishes and again, it's really wasn't that bad | M | 54 | 1 days | 3/23/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy | bloating-Nausios-cramping | After reeading the comments on this board, I was worried. I must say, hal-way through the process, it's really not too bad. I've had better, but it's not all that bad. I would say, everyone is different, everone will respond to this differently, just drink it and take it easy for the day. It's not that bad. I rinsed my mouth out after each glass. Not fun, but not as bad as this site is making it sound. Remember, everone is different, just see how you react and stop reading. | M | 42 | 1 days | 3/20/2008 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Colonoscopy | Bloated, Nausea, Paced the Floors for hours. | I read all of these comments over the past month. The suggestion to chew gum after each swallow helped tremendously. My pharamist gave me no flavors. I added a bit of Sprite with each glass. I should have taken more Duculax instead of the 1. It was recommended that I take 4. Had I known how this would taste, I would have. I feel miserable but I am done drinking that stuff because I am clear. Eat lightly for several days, it'll help you. | F | 43 | 1 days | 2/21/2008 | 5 | Colon Prep | Bloating When you think you are through---you aren't. From 1st dose to last bathroom stop was 10 hours though last 2 hours weren't bad. Use Desitin or something on rear end---big help! | Mix with a cup or so of hot water to dissolve good. Then mix it with 3/4 water and 1/4 Sprite. (I used Sprite Zero). Chill. Pour into 16oz bottles and add 1 individual packet of Crystal Light On the Go Hydration lightly lemon. Keep very cold and close by. I kept an ice chest in the bathroom. It wasn't bad at all. I gag easily and had absolutely no problem. Took about 3 hours to work from 1st dose. 1 hr before starting took Magnesium Citrite in lemon flavor mixed with Sprite. Put in freezer 30 min then downed it. Amazingly not difficult at all. Was expecting the worst but this wasn't bad thankfully. | F | 56 | 1 days | 2/20/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Cold hands and body | Ate a clear liquid diet all day before starting the Nulytely at 5:30. Made the liquid the night before and refrigerated it--that's probably why I got cold/chills. I did not use any flavors after tasting a glass that had a little of the orange flavoring: The plain stuff was much more palatable. I held my breath and chugged (i.e. quickly swallowed) the entire 8 ounces every 15 minutes. Intestinal clearing started in about 45 minutes. I found that walking around helped get things moving, and after that, I didn't feel terribly "full". It really is a lot of fluid to consume--just keep psyching yourself up to get it over with. I also put some hand warmers in my pocket to help ward off the chill. | F | 41 | 1 days | 2/7/2008 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | bloating, mild nausea | Before taking this med, I found reading all of these comments to be immensely helpful, so that I could be prepared for the worst and plan as well as I could. I took others' advice to eat lightly (a "low-residue diet") for three days before, and I had only clear liquids the day of prep. I made sure to drink plenty of fluids before beginning to drink the Nulytely, and in between doses. I drank the prep with a straw, and made sure it was chilled. Drinking the first 2 liters wasn't too bad, but after the half-way mark, it got more difficult to drink without gagging. When I felt nauseated, I just increased the time between drinking doses, which helped (I started out at one cup every fifteen minutes, and when I couldn't keep up with that, increased to 30 minutes). Taking deep breaths to keep myself from gagging also helped. The nausea was only a problem while drinking the stuff, not in between, so it was relatively easy to manage. I started drinking the prep at about 3pm, an | F | 39 | 1 days | 2/5/2008 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Not bad at all. Lets just say, 'all that I expected', no more! | I am doing the prep as I type. Not a big deal at all. I used the orange flavor pack and it's not bad tasting at all. I would highly recommend it. It's doing what is expected. No cramping or ill feelings at all. I'm over half way through and the first 'result' was in less than an hour. I ate lite the day before and started with strained chicken noodle soup, just the broth, and continued to drink coffee, no cream of any kind, tea, water, jello throughout the day. I'm surprised as I was fearing the worse and thought it would be just HORRIBLE.. but it's not at all... ooppss... gotta go.........................! | F | 44 | | 2/4/2008 |