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 | prep for a colonoscopy | chills, vomitting, overall discomfort | It truly was the worst tasting drink I have ever had. I was able to get two glasses down before vomitting. It tasted like ocean water with a bit of flavoring. I would rather take an oral medication with tons of water than do the Nulytely again. | F | 40 | 1 days | 3/3/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy prep | None. I drank the entire jug (the pharmacist called it the 'party pack') 8 oz. at a time over a 4 hour period. I had two mild, not really very urgent yet very copious movements over this time period. I feel fine. I'm confident the colonoscopist will have a clear view tomorrow morning. | It all went pretty much as planned. I was prepared for the worst after reading these comments, but was pleasantly disappointed. I had the cherry flavor, and the taste was OK. It has a bit of a unpleasant oily texture to it going down, but I found it tolerable. | M | 51 | 1 days | 2/14/2006 | 5 | colonoscopy | chills, ring around my butt | This wasn't as bad as expected. I've had worse diarrhea from eating my mother's cooking. I would recommend staying close to the bathroom, though, unless you can run really fast (no pun intended.) | F | 52 | 1 times | 2/8/2006 | 4 | colonoscopy prep | mild chill, nausea, vomiting | After reading posted comments, I was very apprehensive about drinking the Nulytely. My apprehension was unwarrented. The taste of the liquid is not very good, but I have had picnic lemonade that was worse, so I just thought of it as bad lemonade. Bowel movements began about one hour after I started to drink. I had done a very light diet (mostly liquid) for three days before, so there was little residue remaining. When I had about a quart left, I decided to try to chug it just to get done. This was a mistake, as I then threw up a lot of it. My recommendation: eat lightly on the days before the prep, adopt an easygoing attitude, and don't be as worried as I was. The overall experience was not at all as bad as I anticipated! Relax. The colonoscopy can be a lifesaving test, well worth the slight inconvenience. | F | 59 | 1 days | 1/25/2006 | 1 | colonoscopy | Hear Ye Hear Ye--Experience of a lifetime. It gutted me out like a dead fish. I have never felt so refreshed. I feel sorry for my toilet. I found that the orange flavor tasted like the old 50/50 bars. It had a refreshing flavor and a velvety smooth texture. Delish....YAAAA RIGHT, I had the gun to my head ready to pull the trigger, I would rather drink cyanide | M | 52 | 1 days | 1/23/2006 | 1 | prep for colonoscopy | Absolutely the worst thing I have ever tasted in my entire life. I have a very strong stomach and I can drink just about any combination of alcohol, etc (sorry, still in college!) and not throw up but half-way thru this jug of hell-juice I lost it. I vomited profusely 3 or so times and stopped drinking the evil stuff. I will never ever come within 5 feet of this stuff again. | Gave me chills, sweats, shaking, crying, vomiting,... disgusting orange flavor. | F | 18 | 1 days | 1/13/2006 | 5 | Colonoscopy | None | Didn't have any problem. | M | 48 | 1 times | 1/9/2006 | 4 | Colonoscopy preparation | none | This is the 2nd time I have had to have a colonoscopy, The first time I used Golytely and it was terrible. I gagged and couldn't finish it. This time I tried Nulytely because I understood it had less sodium content and used flavoring. It tastes bad too but not nearly as bad as Golytely. I got the 8oz glasses down without much effort and felt the effects in about 40 minutes. The lemon-lime flavor was ok. | M | 53 | 1 days | 12/30/2005 | 1 | Colonoscopy Prep | Awful taste with the "orange" flavor recommended by the Nurse. Gagged the whole time & finally had to stop abou 2/3 finished. Cramps & vomiting -- for hours. Impossible to "quickly drink 8 ounces." There MUST be another way to prep for this! | F | 56 | 1 times | 11/7/2005 | 4 | Colon Prep | None | Great Stuff, drink it all the time... | M | 23 | | 10/24/2005 | 3 | colonocsopy prep | chills, feeling like I was going to vomit, total loss of bowel control, | My doc prescribed this with dulcolax for colonoscopy prep, and the first 30 minutes were not bad. The next two hours were progressively worse, until at one point I was dizzy, chilled, cramping, and nauseous; I was not sure which end of my body should be on the toilet. After an explosive bowel movement, the dizziness and nausea passed, but uncontrollable stools continued for another six hours. The prep was much worse than the procedure. | F | 49 | 1 days | 10/1/2005 | 3 | colonoscopy prep | chills, nausea, cramps | It was worse than the actual colonoscopy. Hard to get the vile stuff down. | F | 49 | 1 days | 8/17/2005 | 4 | Clonoscopy | Mild bloating, slight nausea, no cramps, some chilling at first until liquid warmed up. | Not as bad as expected after reading other comments. Boated for the first few glasses but OK after the first bowel movement. After some experimentation, found the best method was chugalugging. More palatable if taken on the side with Crystal Light lemonade. Finished the 4 liters in about 3 hours. Started defacating after the 8th glass. Turned cloudy yellow after the 12th glass. Took about 25 to 30 bowel movements to completely evaculate the intestines. Next time I hope they either develope a tasteless version or in pill form taken with 4 liters of plain water. | M | 69 | 1 days | 7/25/2005 | 4 | colonoscopy | bloating, thorough blast cleanse...lol | started to evacuate after 90 min or so. This is like Liquid Plumber for the guts...Palatable taste w lemon-lime? Maybe the first 3 glasses...after that it becomes kinda salty and yucchy. Challenging to down the whole deal even w/in 4 hrs. | M | 39 | 1 days | 7/20/2005 | 1 | Colonscopy | Chills, vomiting and liquid diarreaha with absolutedly no control. My friend had a colonscopy done and just had to take magesuim caltraide. I had to do both. Their has to be something better. My husband is refusing to have this test using what I am using. I agree with the post all doctors need to take this one once a year! It is too much too drink. I just feel sick and I have cramps. | Awful! | F | 56 | 1 days | 6/12/2005 | 5 | Bowel cleansing for colonoscopy | Mild chills; mild bloating; minor anal irritation | I'm an RN who has actually administered Nulytely to patients (and cleaned up after them) many times, so I didn't think I would be at all uncomfortable with this process. But after reading some of the posts on this site, I was extremely anxious about using this product on myself. I don't doubt what anyone has written here (people have different responses to meds), but I have to agree with those who wrote that | F | 28 | 1 times | 5/6/2005 | 5 | Bowel cleansing for colonoscopy | Mild chills; mild bloating; minor anal irritation | I'm an RN who has actually administered Nulytely to patients (and cleaned up after them) many times, so I didn't think I would be at all uncomfortable with this process. But after reading some of the posts on this site, I was extremely anxious about using this product on myself. I don't doubt what anyone has written here (people have different responses to meds), but I have to agree with those who wrote that | F | 28 | 1 times | 5/6/2005 | 5 | Colonoscopy prep | None | This was not anywhere near as bad as I expected. Got the lemon-lime flavor, and it tasted like...well, lemon-lime flavored water, with a salty aftertaste. I was thirsty when I started (6:30 PM), so I easily put down a glass every 10 min for the first 1 1/2 hours. Then I started to feel bloated and bored with the taste, so I slowed down. I felt less bloated after I finally defecated about 2 1/2 hours later (9:00PM). My stool was completely liquid diarrhea, without any solid feces or any gas. No nausea, no vomiting, no cramps, no discomfort. It took about 6 hours to finish drinking the 4 liters. It caused me to have about 6 quick bowel movements (about 45 min. apart) that evening. Although the instructions say to drink until the color of your diarrhea becomes yellowish-cloudy, I had to drink the entire 4 liters before my stool went from dark brown to just cloudy. I expelled clear liquid stool twice the next morning (6AM and 9AM), and had my procedure at 11AM. It, too, was a breeze. | M | 50 | 1 days | 5/2/2005 | 5 | colonoscopy | Mild chills | Not nearly as bad as others describe it. Strange texture, so just chug it down. Works quickly - no cramps, unlike that citrus laxative soda | M | 55 | | 4/15/2005 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | this is my second time trying to take nulytely. The first time, I started taking it, I vomited tremendously, I had severe stomach pains, I was shaking, had real bad cramps and chills. I also started diarreha and voiding all at the same time. I also experienced muscle weakness that entire day, I could not make it down stairs until my children call the doctor and notified them of my symptoms and they told me to stop the nulytely. From all the vomiting that I did, my whole body became very very very sore. I felt like someone had physically abused my body. My chest cavity was so sore that I could not even laugh or cough. This second time around with nulytely; well I did the same thing today, I still could not consume the whole entire laxative solution, again the vomiting started and the same things started to happen all over again, until I recommended another laxative (magnesium citrate). So I will not know my results until I go in for the colonoscopy procedure tommorow which happens to be 4/6/05. But I will never recommend the nulytely to anyone. That stuff is discusting. I have never never in my life tasted such bad vile liquid as the nulytely. I hope in the near future that they can provide a better laxative solution for anyone that has to take the colnoscopy prep. | I hate it, I hate it with a PASSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nulytely is a nightmare for anyone who has to take it. I never disagreed with a medicine before, but this is such a nasty,dissatisfing solution, I hope everyone can avoid. | F | 34 | 2 weeks | 4/5/2005 |