Bet it is not covered by your insurance. Taste is also relative. At least Pharma is looking at the issue:
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Suflave, a new low-volume, lemon-lime flavored liquid osmotic laxative for colonoscopy preparation in adults, the manufacturer, Sebela Pharmaceuticals, has announced.

Suflave comes in a carton containing two bottles and two flavor packets. Each bottle contains 178.7 g polyethylene glycol 3350, 7.3 g sodium sulfate, 1.12 g potassium chloride, 0.9 g magnesium sulfate, and 0.5 g sodium chloride. One bottle and one flavor packet are equivalent to one dose.

Administration of both doses is required for a complete preparation for colonoscopy. After each dose, an additional 16 ounces of water must be consumed.

In a clinical trial, 94% of patients achieved successful bowel cleansing with Suflave, the company said in a news release.

Most patients reported that Suflave tastes like a sports drink and described the taste as "neutral to very pleasant." Most patients also reported that Suflave was "tolerable to very easy" to consume and indicated they would request it for a subsequent colonoscopy.

"Patients frequently struggle with the taste and volume of traditional bowel preparations — and fear related to the preparation can also negatively impact patient willingness to undergo follow-up colonoscopy if it is indicated," Douglas K. Rex, MD, gastroenterologist and distinguished professor emeritus at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, said in the release.

"I believe the palatable lemon-lime flavor of Suflave will be a welcomed option for patients — reducing preparation hesitancy and giving more people the chance to feel comfortable during preparation and getting a successful and effective procedure," Rex added.

Suflave will be available by prescription to patients in the United States in early August.

link; https://www.medscape.com/viewa...91682&uac=65325SY&im

I guess I will be too early. On 7/11/23, I have my initial appointment for a colonoscopy. This will be my second one. I had to find a new doctor as the first one couldn’t/didn’t knock me out and I had to experience it awake, which sucked!

I just used a bunch of miralax and Gatorade for my 2nd one and it worked just fine.
6 more years till the next one.

Figures they would finally come up with a palatable alternative to the swill that has been the standard after I no longer will be getting colonoscopies having eclipsed 75 years of age.

I'm going in about a week. They prescribed pills. A lot of fucking pills but I can take them with water instead of slime.

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Suflave

That stuff gives me diarrhea.

Yeah tried the pills once. They were still working over a week after my procedure.

I had my first colonoscopy last summer. Trying to drink that disgusting stuff was the worst part of the whole thing.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
I just used a bunch of miralax and Gatorade for my 2nd one and it worked just fine.

Worked fine for me also. Seems like cheap and easy solution, and the taste is OK. Why mess with it ?