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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| 4 | colonoscopy prep | nausea, vomiting, mild chills | Well, I puked. Twice. But I'm a puker, so it's to be expected, and the stuff still worked (they sure give you enough of it). After the second vomiting incident, I came up with a brilliant idea: LEMON JUICE! I'd already used the orange flavoring, but it wasn't really helping that much. The lemon juice provided just enough of a pucker to mask the salty/soapy-ness, and I could add additional squirts as I needed to. It's looking like I'll have a few more colonoscopies in my lifetime, so I'm happy I've come up with a "solution" that works for me. | F | 25 | 1 days | 10/17/2007 | 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 | 2 | Colonoscopy Prep | Bloating, Cramping, Heavy-Feeling, Drowsy, Just plain didn't feel good. | Tossed in the pineapple flavoring and filtered water the night before and chilled @ 4 Degrees C overnight. Ate oatmeal breakfast, soup and bread for lunch, with a half a blueberry muffin. Lunch was @ 1215, had two natural BMs once in the morning and once in the afternoon. So I was kinda empty anyway. Drank Trilyte Solution, 1 8oz cup every 10-20 minutes. Got almost all of it down(1.5 cups down the drain!) before i started getting massive water cravings. Some residual solids and then it was straight hose action, out me bum! I've never experienced anything so awkward. They come at even intervals, I drank 2 cups of water and a half cup of apple juice, followed by more water throughout the night. It's 9pm now and I started @ 4:15, so it was ~5 hour "experience". Not recommended, this can't be good for anyone. REALLY wish i would have been told to do a juice/water only fast 24 hours before taking it. | M | 24 | 1 days | 10/4/2007 | 4 | colonoscopy | Barfed it up once about a third of the way through. | The taste is not bad -- like drinking cold, thick coffee with a medicinal aftertaste -- but the smell gets to you. After a couple of hours, I was spacing them out, taking a deep breath before each one, and drinking less and less per sip. That smell is the problem - the taste isn't fun, but its bearable. | M | 58 | 1 days | 10/1/2007 | 3 | Colonoscopy/Endoscopy Prep | Mild chills/gas/no biggie | The last time I did this (5 yrs. ago)I thought I would die of pain. This time I was much more prepared. The key is the low fiber/liquid diet ahead of time so you are not plugged up or too full of poop before you start. Oh, and I drank two nice sized cups of very warm boullion and ate a little jello right before so I was hydrated, had a little salt and sugar on board before starting. I used the Trilytely, added lemon/lime, and about another teasponful of sacharin until it was kind of sweet. Used Tucks wipes and zinc oxide between explosions and my butt was just fine after all the pooping. This time was a piece of cake compared to the last. | F | 60 | | 9/30/2007 | 3 | colonoscopy | I started taking the drink around 6pm on Sunday if you want to call it a drink. Not a good experence for me I drank about 6 8oz cups and then it happened it all came right back out but not the way it should have. I continued drinking it and yep you guessed it, it happened again and I was almost done. I was not happy about this I put alot of effort into the prep and had almost no results for it. now I need to start all over again but I will do it because the other alternative is not one that I want to chance with the side effects. Hopefully it will be better.....I will let you know. | F | 34 | 1 days | 9/24/2007 | 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 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Chills | I used a sprinkle of Crystal Light Lemonade in my glasses and it was bearable, light flat lemonade. | F | 57 | 1 days | 9/13/2007 | 4 | Pre-colonoscopy | None of significance | Six years ago I had a terrible experience with Nulytely -- vomited half way through (and I don't "do" vomiting!) This time I used (generic) Trilyte & it actually went OK. Moderated my diet for 2 days beforehand - clear liquids the day of prep. Used Trilyte without any flavoring -- it wasn't that bad -- much better than the cherry flavored Nulytely. Took it somewhat slower than prescribed - 15 to 20 min. much of the time. Sucked a lemon after some of the doses. 5 hrs start to finish. You can do it! | M | 54 | 1 days | 9/3/2007 | 4 | Colonscopy | I did not experience any side effects. No cramping or bloating | I mixed the Nulytely with room tempature water the night before and did not add any flavor. When I had to start drinking it I mixed 8ozs with a little bit of Crystal Light lemonade flavor and shook it up real good and drank it cold with a straw. I mixed up my next 8ozs and placed it in the freezer to get it really cold. It did not taste near as bad as I was expecting from many of the postings. It was like flat lemonade. Very tolerable but I really don't want any lemonade for a while! Just keep a positive attitude and you will do fine. | F | 50 | 1 days | 8/28/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Aggravated hemorrhoids | While it wasn't fun spending 8-9 hours in the bathroom over two days (I drank half in the evening and the other half the next morning), the Nulytely wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. My only real discomfort was initiated by the magnesium citrate laxative used to get things moving - that stuff really stings coming out. Plain Nulytely has even less flavor than tap water, if that's possible. The clinic suggested sucking on lime wedges before and after each drink, and that really helped. I found it also helps psychologically if you break each cup down into two four-ounce servings and swig them one after the other. Also, distract yourself from thinking about the next dose. I set a kitchen timer for 10 minutes and read a good mystery novel. For sore butt, try washing off with a shower hose instead of using TP or wipes. | F | 60 | 2 days | 8/28/2007 | 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 | 5 | Colonoscopy | Bloating | Doctor prescribed 4 Dulcolax followed by Trilyte with instructions to drink a minimum of 2 litres. I followed a low-residue diet for 24 hours before taking the Dulcolax, and then just clear liquids. Used the Citrus Berry flavor in the Trilyte, but honestly it worked best by drinking it fast through a straw while holding my nose with my other hand to bypass as much taste sensation as possible, followed by a mouth rinse and a sip of cold gingerale. Not pleasant, but doable. Drank about 3 litres until the 'effluent' was clear. Kept Desitin on my bottom - wiped with baby wipes, not much irritation. My experience was no where near as horrible as others. | F | 50 | | 8/15/2007 | 4 | Prep for Colonoscopy | Nausea, abdominal pain, intestinal pain, severe bloating, cramping | I used Trilyte. I used the orange flavor. I let it chill. After 2 liters I was afraid it wasn't going to do anything. After the 3rd liter the bloating was severe as well as the nausea. I couldn't believe how sick it made me (I felt fine before starting). Finally 5 hours after my first glass the results started. | M | 44 | | 8/15/2007 | 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 | 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 | 4 | colonoscopy | Chills, nausea | I wish that I had read this website for some hints before I started drinking this stuff. First two cups went down ok, then I started gagging on each sip. 4 hours into it with 1/3 of bottle left and bowel movements are clear so I am done. If I have to do this again, there has to be another way to cleanse the colon. | F | 52 | 1 days | 7/31/2007 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Bloating, nausea, some cramps, chills. | I drank half the bottle starting at 11 a.m. and finished at 12:30 p.m. Began evacuation about 1 p.m. and now at 4 p.m. I have mostly clear yellowish water coming out. I still have the other half of the bottle to drink - not sure I will finish it since it seems like I am pretty well cleaned out. I did not consume much in the way of bulky foods this past week due to my stomach being so sore, I think that helped. Also, the first time I had a colonoscopy I did the Fleets Phospha Soda and it was way worse than this - I got VERY sick and weak. Should the last half of the bottle be worse I will post again. | F | 50 | 1 days | 7/29/2007 | 3 | T1 diabetic digestion sucks | Type 1 brittle, juvenile diabetes, (45 yrs.) prep did not fit into my diet, meds, shots! NO simple sugars (juices) Taking Insulin, checking blood glucose each 2 hours 24/7. HTN, no salt. Lung problems O2 3L. Bad heart valve, potassium Dropped! Horrid heart pain, muscle cramps, headache, clammy hands. Called 911 spent night in emergency. | Started prep 1 week prior to EGD/colonoscopy. great anxiety, took xanax .25mg prn. This needs better instructions explained simply; prep, post, possible reactions. My ideas; use a straw, (miss the taste buds on tongue), divide powder into quarters, mix in 4 containers, (use blender :) 4 different flavor packs helps (remember to each fourth of powder use 1/4 of flavor pack only!) prep; (even three days early), start with a nice soup (cabbage, yummm) before, (during even soups broth)and even after [http.//www.soupsong.com] has great broth warm and tasty. Use baby wipes not TP. I used natural Burt's Bees and my bottom smells of coconut!! Tosiepops or suck on hard (sugarless) candy it helps hunger too. I'm set for 6 am in the mornin'! GOOD LUCK, a positive mindset (and xanax) helps | F | 51 | 1 days | 7/29/2007 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | none!! No probelms. Smooth sailing | Started having liquids in the morning a day prior to colonoscopy. Began taking nulytely (orange flavor) at 6:00pm. Consumed 3 liters by 10:30pm, by which time I was having clear and light yellow BM. I guess I did not have nausea, gagging, vomiting, etc. because I took it at a slow pace i.e. did NOT take a glassful every 10 minutes. | M | 39 | 1 days | 7/20/2007 |