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 |
| 2 | colonoscopy prep | Bloating, nausea, chills | I had the generic Trilytely and used the orange flavoring. The first 3-4 doses went down OK, by the time I was at #10 (I believe there would be 16, 8oz doses in the 4 liters), I came close to upchucking. I stopped at 11 doses after 3 hrs. The "action" took about 2 hrs from 1st dose, and it was mostly over an hr after last dose, and things were running clear. I sucked on lemon slices between gulps. Next time I will insist on an alternative. It does the trick but is more ordeal than needed. Fleet-Phos worked fine last time, and was much easier. Supposedly, they will start prescribing it again soon, according to my pharmacist. The maker is adding something to it to avoid the problems that led to it not being in favor currently, which I was told was related to kidney problems after ingesting it (a small # of patients). | M | 54 | 1 days | 12/11/2006 | 5 | Colonoscopy Prep | None | Was on low residue diet for 1 day prior. Clear liquids day of prep. Started drinking at 4 pm finished by 7 pm. Bowel movements tapered off by 9 pm. Done this before and definitely prefer the PEG prep vs. the pills. You get it over and done with and can get a good nights sleep. | M | 51 | 1 days | 12/1/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | I got chilly because solution is cold and you ingest so much in such a short period of time. Dressed warm. Some gurgling from gas, but no pain. | I found other comments people made were very helpful. Prepared 3 days before procedure by eating very light, low residue diet (found lr diet menus on web - no fiber). Colonoscopy scheduled for Fri 8 am. On Thursday I ate very little, one soft boiled egg in early morn, one piece white toast around 11, everything else fluid. Consumed eight, 8 oz glasses water by 3 pm that day. (plus some homemade, no sugar,just juices jello) Started drinking Nulytely around 6 pm. Used straw and chugged exactly 8 oz every 10 min as directed. Covered tush with Burt's Bees Diaper creme. Only had to drink about 2/3 of jug before desired results came. Stayed up until 11:30 pm drinking water to make sure I didn't get dehydrated. Drank over 128 oz water beyond the 3 liters or so of Nulytely that day. Found I had to stay near bathroom, but not IN it the whole time. Found it really helped to prepare ahead with proper food and lots and lots of water. Colonoscopy is over, no tushie soreness, comfortable tummy | F | 44 | 1 days | 12/1/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | none | I used the generic for Nulytely called Trilytely which comes with 4 flavor packets -- I chose the cherry flavor because it smelled the strongest. The doc's directions were to drink a cup every 15 min for 4 hours. I drank the first four cups in one hour but after that I was able to drink only a cup every 30 min. It took me 5.5 hours to consume 12 cups (3 qts) but it did the trick and I happily poured the last qt down the sink. I weigh only 110 lbs -- obviously not everyone needs to drink the full gallon and you don't have to drink it in 4 hours. 3 qts in 5.5 hours did the trick for me. | F | 51 | 1 days | 11/28/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | mild cramping, anal soreness | It works but I don't want to do it again anytime soon. I used the cherry flavor. Took about 3 to 4 hours to achieve the end result. The taste, which is not great to begin with gets worse the longer you take it. I had to stop after doing about 3 liters of the stuff. Keep some flavored something handy to chase the stuff with(Jack Daniels would be nice). Hopefully I'm cleaned out good enough. Stay close to the john as you won't get much warning. This stuff is OK but there HAS to be a better way. | M | 55 | 1 days | 11/15/2006 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | nausea,constant gagging,vomiting,shaking | i started drinking Nulytely around 6:30pm for a colonoscopy test at 10am the next morn. I got the pineapple flavored packet. I think it actually made the flavor worse. It tasted so disgusting!! I don't know how i did it but I finished the first glass with minimal gagging. Then i tried to chug a second glass about 10 min later. I couldn't do it. I felt very nausated. I took a few deep breaths and tried to finish the 2nd glass sipping through a straw. Drinking it this way made it even worse and the after-taste lingered longer in my mouth. I managed to finish it and moved on to the 3rd glass. This was just too much!! My gagging reflux got more severe. Before the 3rd galss was finished I threw up every bit of it.I finally threw in the towel. I couldn't take 1 more sip of this gross crap. I burst into tears and felt like a big baby esp.knowing that some of my co-workers had managed to complete this process. I have been having a lot of problems with my bowels and other issues. Hopefully ther | F | 29 | 1 days | 11/7/2006 | 5 | Prep for Colonoscopy | Absolutely no side effects. | Based on what I had read on this site, I was very apprehensive about taking Nulytely. I had my supply flavored with pineapple. I followed the instructions to the letter and had 8 ounces (1 cup) of well chilled Nulytely every 10 minutes. One cup at a time I found to be very manageable. Based on input from others, I had expected the taste to be quite vile. In fact, it was tolerable. Granted, if someone served this to me in a barroom, I would definitely not order another. My suggestion for anyone who has to take Nulytley would be to make sure you limit your intake to no more than ONE CUP every ten minutes. | M | 65 | 1 days | 10/30/2006 | 5 | Prep for Colonoscopy | No side effects. I feared the worst but had no problems at all. | 3 days low residue diet and no mixing of starches and proteins in a meal. Prepared med in the morning. Fill container ½ full with HOT water and shake vigorously then fill to top and refrigerate. Light breakfast of scrambled eggs only. Was fairly well vacated prior to starting med. Immediate movements prior to med were more uncomfortable than those on the med. I was surprised. 1 pm. Start med, 8 oz every 12 minutes. Liberally applied Vaseline over a wide area and directly to the rectum. Good book and a Cell phone for diversion. Flow started in about 45 minutes. Med finished at 4 pm (3 hrs) and flow tapered and more or less ended about 5 pm. I carefully padded rather than wiped to prevent discomfort. I drank each cup right down and tried not to ‘taste’ it, like drinking water when very thirsty. Seems like this med is either a 5 or a 1 depending on the person. I had none of the problems the 1 ratings encountered. | M | 56 | 1 days | 10/30/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | mild cramps, mild bloating, anal irritation (which might be from sitting around with a wad of TP stuffed up my butt, just in case I can't make it to the throne in time) | Lemon-lime is salty and displeasant but not as bad as expected. (But it would NEVER make it as a drink you'd choose to buy!). 3 liters in 2 hours got me to the desired result. Take a deep breath and chug it chilled with nose pinched. It kicked in around the first hour with little warning. At this writing (about the 4 hour mark) the bathroom trips are frequent (5-10 minutes apart) and urgent. Think: firehose. I am now VERY curious what the rest of the night will bring. | M | 66 | 1 times | 10/19/2006 | 5 | cololoscopy prep | none unexpected | drank the entire 4 litres in 2hrs 40 min. I knew it did the trick when my movement looked like the color of gatorade, works like DRANO. I think my younger days of heavy drinking helped here. The entire process is a breeze (no pun intended). For the guys: if you don't get a colonoscopy because you have a problem with someone probing your rear, get over it. It is worth it and puts your mind at ease. If you are approaching 50 and have others that depend on you then do it for them. This is a PAINLESS procedure. | M | 45 | 2.5 times | 10/18/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | little heart racing, some chills, bloating after 1st hour | I can't think of a worse thing to drink! It worked, but it tasted like oil/water. If I win the lottery, I will donate money to research for a colonoscopy prep pill that you take once and that's it! My test results were fine, and I hope I do not have to do this again anytime soon! I used lemon/lime, and my instructions said to finish the whole gallon in 3 hours...well in 3 hours I was half way through. I finished all in all, about 3/4 of the gallon. Instructions say that stool should be clear, and while a little cloudy...no solids, so I was done!!! My corona's with a lime may never taste the same.... | F | 50 | 4 days | 10/4/2006 | 2 | colonoscopy | Very nausious for many hours after drinking the liquid mixture. Flavor was not bad, but I was very sick. The colonoscopy took almost an hour as I'm petite and had the bad luck of having an extra long colon according to the doctor. Today, the day after, I have bloating and pain after eating my first large meal. The procedure itself was painful, and doctor stated that this was due to my size and the number of curves. One polyp was removed and craters were discovered in my colon. | F | 42 | 1 days | 10/4/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy | gagging, vomiting, nausea | Tried to finish the lemon-lime solution. I vomited after consuming 90% of the 4 liters. I gagged on the solution at the tail end. Doctor prescribed "2 Ducolax tabs" for all patients. Probably done for those that could not finish the NuLytely. First watery stool in just 10 minutes! Stool reached a clear yellow color. I will insist on pills the next time. | M | 52 | 1 days | 10/3/2006 | 1 | colonoscopy | Chills, nausea, vomitting | The first glasses were tolerable (cherry flavor) but after the 8th cup, it was impossible to get my body to swallow it. I continued to try to gag it down until the vomitting started. At that point, the smell alone made me gag. I quit drinking it with about 1/3rd left. The directions are mixed as to whether you have to finish all of it.....I couldn't. | F | 50 | 1 days | 10/2/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy Prep | Mild bloating until all of the solution was passed, mild nausea at the 2 hr milemark(see comments for explanation). | 09/29/06 - First, I want to thank all those who came before me and endured this process. It gave me a lot of ideas on how to avoid the worst of the prep. I hava a highly analytical mind so did a lot of thinking about what causes the worst problems with the test and how to avoid them. I got suckered into taking a colonoscopy screen when I went in for a general physical. The gastro office sent me a day-by-day diet and prep sheet, starting 4 days out. I immediately did a web search and found this site to see what I was getting into. The sheet said that on Test day -3 to and -2 to be on low fiber diet, on T -1 to be only liquid. T -2 and T -1, it said to drink the equivalent of a 2-liter of water. My test was scheduled for 3:30pm on a Friday. The whole point of the Nulytely solution is to clean you out. The less time you have the drink the stuff, the better. What goes in normally takes 24-36 hrs to come out the other end. The Nulytely solution causes things to go about 25-30 ti | M | 56 | 1 days | 9/30/2006 | 4 | colon probe | a weird feeling of not being myself/anxious | i USED LEMOn lime< went down ok< remember to shake it good let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours, use a measuring cup, down it fast, 10 oz at a time every 10 mins and don't forget to shake the jug before every 10 oz glass refill then u won't have as many side effects. | M | 30 | 1 days | 9/28/2006 | 4 | Colonoscopy | Nothing out of the ordinary that can be described as out of the ordinary by taking the product..Nothing unexpected..Having one's colon cleasned by any method is never the most pleasant experience...This was not that bad. | I have a very sensitive GI system...This product was easier to deal with and consume than GOLYTELY..For those who have rated the product as a 1, I am not on the "take" from the company that produces the product,getting a "kickback" from the pharmacy industry for giving it a 4, or receving a special treatment from my gastroenterologist! | M | 60 | 1 days | 9/25/2006 | 1 | Colonoscopy prep | Nausea, chills, dizziness, head ache, motion-sickness like feeling. | I could hardly finish about 2/3 of the solution. At first it seemed tolerable, but after two thirds my gag reflexes prevented me from drinking another drop. The soapy, salty, saliva-like taste was just too much for me to finish. I started getting a bad head ache, then felt this horrible nausea and chills, and I knew that if I had one more drop I would just throw up. I called the doctor and explained. He asked if there was any solid matter and about the color of the water coming out. Since I started the day fasting there were no more solids coming out, and the water was brownish yellow. The doctor said I would be just fine and that I could get rid of the rest of the stuff. THANK GOD! | M | 41 | 1 days | 9/18/2006 | 3 | Colonoscopy prep | vomiting, chills, gag-reflex, and bloating. | I was nervous about taking this medicine. I had cherry flavored nulytely and it tasted like salty tums. Everytime I had to drink it I would gag. I overcame the gaging with some juice as a chaser. Within 15 minutes of consumption I had to go to the bathroom. After 5 hours the process was complete. I know there are other medicines out there that taste far worse, but the taste should be improved. | F | 23 | 1 days | 8/20/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy | slight gagging, slight bloating | metal taste. I chased it with Gatorade. It worked, but it took me a while to get it all down. At the end, I started chugging less than 8 oz. It took 5 1/2 hrs. I would do it again, if I had to. I don't think the rating is whether you liked this procedure, but rather whether the product worked. In my case, it did work. Not that big of a deal. | M | 51 | | 8/7/2006 |