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 | None, it worked as it's supposed to. | When drinking it, I gulped it a cup at a time rather than sipping it and allowing myself to taste it. Honestly, I didn't think it was all that bad. | M | 51 | 1 days | 2/4/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy prep | Light-headedness, some bloating. | My doctor advised not to follow directions on the bottle. I took 8 oz every 20 minutes, and then took about an hour break about 3 hours in. It took a long time to finish (I finished about 2-1/2 hours ago), but I did not have any nausea, and actually I feel pretty good right now, except for being hungry. | F | 53 | 1 days | 1/28/2008 | 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 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Effects were as expected: within 1 hour began passing essentially yellow liquid. I didn't experience any nausea or bloating, but I had prepared myself mentally for this. The volume of liquid to drink IS very overwhelming. I did feel chilly, but it may be more as a result of not eating for 31 hours. | I prepared for the expected effects of Nulytely (generic) by eating my last solid meal at lunch time 1 day prior to starting the medication (NO dinner, only broth soup), 2 days prior to the colonoscopy. The next day, 1 day prior to the 11 AM colonoscopy, I took the 6(!) Ducolax as instructed at 8AM. I only had jello and gingerale for breakfast, also as instructed. By lunch the Ducolax pretty much cleaned me out of any solids in my GI tract. Felt like I was just waiting until 5PM to start the Nulytely, as I just wanted to get it over with. As advised by my MD, mixed the jug with VERY cold 1/2 Sprite 1/2 water up to the fill line. Within 1 hour, eliminating nothing but clear yellow liquid. I think I didn't have cramping as I had eaten very lightly the days leading up to the bowl prep medication. I finished about 2/3 of the jug. I stopped drinking not so much due to the unpleasant taste (tolerable using the Sprite) but it was just too much volume and I was only passing clear yell | F | 50 | 1 days | 1/27/2008 | 5 | Colonoscopy Preparation | chills, nausea, bloating | It is definitely hard to drink, but I think that any grown person can get through it. I also drank it REALLY cold and with a straw. I found myself freezing cold as well - dressed in 2 layers of fleece on top and bottom, and contemplated gloves!! | F | 26 | 1 days | 1/23/2008 | 4 | Colonoscopy | In the past none I couldn't cope with. | Tried MoviPrep in Nov 07. Same awful taste, just not as much BUT it didn't do the job by morning (was told to then do a water Fleets and get to the office an hour away - no way). Have used Nulytely for past tests. Sure it tastes awful, but if it works then I won't have to repeat a prep 2 months later. | F | 61 | | 1/21/2008 | 4 | Colonscopy Prep | moderate/severe chills, slight bloating, very mild nausea | It's a touch difficult to get the solution down (it has a strange, dense, salty texture), but I mixed mine with Crystal Light powder instead of the provided flavoring (the pharmacist said this was OK). By the time I started the Nulytely, I'd already taken four prescribed Dulcolax, so things were already rocking and rolling. I had an almost immediate BM after drinking just the first 8 oz. of the Nulytely. A glass every 10 minutes and by halfway gone (1/2 gallon), things are already looking pretty yellow/cloudy/clear. I did manage to have one slight "accident" while running for the bathroom, but it was minor. The worst thing going on currently (I'm about 3/4 through) is the chills. I am just FREEZING and shaky. Also, my bum is burning like on fire. Can hardly use toilet paper at all right now. BUT: this really was not bad at all. No pain or cramping at all. | F | 30 | 1 days | 1/17/2008 | 2 | colonoscopy | chills, nausea, vomiting | I agree that this is the WORST stuff to try and keep down - BLECK! I was shivering and shaking all the way through it the last time I used it (from refrigerating it), but the time before, I tried it without chilling it and that is WAY worse. Be sure and use a straw to bypass taste buds. Once the nausea and gagging begins, it gets more and more difficult to swallow - I was STILL vomiting on the way home from the colonoscopy from this. The BEST advice that everyone is giving here is to go on liquids/light diet a couple of days before the test. Remember, what goes in MUST come out and if it is mostly liquids, you will end up with clear results sooner. I have to have a colonoscopy every six months due to a history of multiple precancerous polyps, and next month I need to take this again as a prep for colon surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. I am NOT looking forward to it again, but am going to try sucking on limes or lemons between drinks. | M | 54 | 1 days | 1/12/2008 | 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 | 3 | colonoscopy | chills, vomiting, bloating | I am scheduled for a colonoscopy for tomorrow morning. I started my liquid diet today, took 4 dulcolax @ noon and started my Nulytely @ 2pm. It is now 4:30pm and I am not quite 1/2 way through with the gallon. I vomited on my last glass which was about an hour ago. I chose the pinapple flavor and wouldn't recommend it. It taste like ocean water...I am not sure I can physically handle another sip of this nasty crap. Although it seems to be doing the job. | F | 29 | 1 days | 12/19/2007 | 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 | 4 | colonoscopy prep. | none. | After I read all the comments, I was prepared to expect the worst. I chose the Orange flavor, wasn't too bad. I didn't seem to experience any of the gagging issues that others reported, seemed to taste a little like Gatorade. I finished 3/4 of the jug in about 2 hours and 45 minutes - really didn't seem to need any more after about half was gone. I was advised to eat less than usual yesterday, which probably helped, and haven't eaten in almost 24 hours. | M | 53 | | 12/11/2007 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Rule out slow GI bleed | LOW BLOOD SUGAR!!Nausea, dizziness, dehydrated feeling, bloating, all over sick feeling, intense chills. | About halfway through the bottle I started with the shakes and nausea. Took my blood glucose measurement and I was at 53. No one told me that Tri lyte will mess with your blood sugars, so I didn't expect this side effect. I am a type 2 diabetic. I had to stop for about an hour at 3/4 through the bottle, this is the most disgusting, vile stuff. It tastes like dirty dish water. I've finished the bottle, monitoring my blood sugars every 15 minutes (serious rebound blood sugars) and I still am not completely clear. | F | 46 | 1 days | 11/25/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Felt slightly chilly, but it was a cold day anyway. | Not as bad as expected from reading the comments. Granted, it's not the best tasting stuff, but I'd have had a worse time if it tasted like, say, tonic water. At least it's not bitter! And I didn't think it was nearly as salty as ocean water. I used lemon-lime flavor and would probably pick that again. I do think the tips here helped--I ate lightly the eve of my prep and I made sure I was well cleaned out in advance (I use a magnesium drink powder called "Natural Calm" every night to keep regular, as my system tends to be sluggish otherwise. My usual dose is a tsp mixed with juice. So, the night before I started my prep, I took a double dose, and then did the same in the morning. The result was that I didn't have to wait long at all for the stuff to go through me and I was completely clear after only 1/2 jug of nulytely. It may help that I'm small (97 lbs). I did find that using a straw helped. And I started early and allowed more time in between (more like 25 to 30 min | M | 51 | 1 days | 11/16/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy | chills | horrible taste...we think we have come so far when it comes to medicine and we don't even have the ability to clean the colon any better than this! We haven't made much progress. | F | 49 | 1 days | 11/12/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy Prep | Initial bloating for the first 5 doses, unit the excreting started. Had a feeling of hyper-ness, like i was ingesting mass quantities of caffeine. Soreness on the anal area. I did not have the chills or headaches that were warned about. | I used the Trilyte with flavor packs, and I chose the orange flavor. I did not find it bad, like orange flavored medicine. It had a slight soapy appearance, like the glass had some soap residue, but not undrinkable. I was dreading this process based upon previous postings. I normally have a bad gag reflex, so I was concerned about vomiting and not being able to complete the purge. I was pleasantly surprised. I was able to get down the 8 oz every 10 minutes, and I started to excrete after 40 minutes. It took 3 hours to ingest the entire 4 litter container, and I continued to purge for at least one more hour, but with less frequency. I did some things to get ready for the prep. I practiced downing 8 oz of water every 10 minutes for one hour. I did this practice session twice in the week prior to the prep. I think this got me accustomed to the bloating feeling, and mentally prepared for the process. I also stood up while drinking and walked around the house during the whole process so t | F | 50 | 1 days | 11/12/2007 | 5 | Colonoscopy | None | I had no problems. I flavored it with the orange flavor. I thought it tasted pretty good. There was a slightly salty after taste that did not bother me at all. I drank it through a straw. I had no problem drinking the 4 liters. Don't stress about the prep. It all comes out fine in the end. | F | 60 | 1 days | 11/8/2007 | 3 | Colonoscopy | Chills, very sore anus -- no one warned me about the latter. Towards the end my teeth were chattering because I was in such pain. I am not sure if this had anything to do with the NuLYTELY or if it would occur with any similar-acting medication. | I used the cherry flavoring and I doubt I will have any kind of cherry flavored drink for quite some time. However the taste wasn't terrible -- it was having to drink so much of it! There has to be an easier way. | M | 51 | 1 days | 10/21/2007 |