This stuff is disgusting! We have put man on the moon. Why can't we make this stuff taste any better?

It is your GI doc. They make tasteless preps such as gatorade and miralax.

No shit! I’m not sure if I’ll go through that again unless an issue arises. But at 62, no news is good news!

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It is your GI doc. They make tasteless preps such as gatorade and miralax.

I have had many going back to late 90's. The prep has gotten better over time, both in quantity and taste.

But.....

It may also be your insurance in conjunction with your Dr. During my last prep the regular stuff that you're probably taking (and that I typically took) was in short supply. The Dr. mentioned there were several alternatives, but I would need to pay for them out of pocket.

Of those he mentioned a $100 option that got good reviews from his patients. I'll never go back to the other stuff. No real taste issues, and much less to drink.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
It is your GI doc. They make tasteless preps such as gatorade and miralax.

You're kidding.....

What an asshole

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Originally posted by walker77:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
It is your GI doc. They make tasteless preps such as gatorade and miralax.

You're kidding.....

What an asshole

He does sort of specialize in that field

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He does sort of specialize in that field

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
It is your GI doc. They make tasteless preps such as gatorade and miralax.

THIS! This was try two and I wish it was the fist. They gave me StuTabs first, and they sucked. 15 minutes after the 'treatment, I was in the bathroom for the next 20 minutes violently throwing up. I ended up at the ER since even Norovirus wasn't that bad. Called the colonoscopy place the next morning, and they said it happens, and to come in for the Miralax. And bumped the procedure 24 hours.

Just did this shit last Friday - something called "Golitely" - 4 liters of that foul stuff. I tried doping it with Crystal Light but it made it worse.

I don't have to do it again for 10 more years, but wish it was 110 years.

I was given something like a 4 ounce bottle of prep solution that I had to drink and it was allegedly “cranberry“ but tasted like shit so I just chugged it. Then you drink 8 ounces of water every hour for the next like 12 hours.

I’d take that over having to drink a gallon or two of some sort of premixed solution.

The last 2 I had, tasted like salty lemonade and cleaned me out good. God Bless

I've never considered myself as rough and tough like most of you guys in the forum but I have found the prep and colonoscopy to be a relative piece of cake. If you think it is terrible I sincerely hope you never have to go through some of the procedures that often are needed in your later years. The prep I have been prescribed the last two times was Miralax and Gatorade or another clear liquid. I think I have had four colonoscopies and to me it is no big deal.

The aftertaste is severe. Get a lemon and cut it into eight wedges. Chug your stuff then suck a lemon. If you put a clothespin on your nose, chug, lemon, then you won’t really experience the unpleasantness of the prep.

Well, atleast drinking the prep. Wear sweatpants and position your American Rifleman by the can beforehand.

Pro tip - The prep drink tastes less bad if you use a straw. Really.

I used suprep in march for mine my insurance didn’t cover it so I paid the $100.It was much better than the miralax I used the last time. I wanted to throw up drinking miralax,suprep wasn’t bad at all.

Yeah, they said to use the miralax and ducolax stuff. Had it all laid out with timing and everything. Apparently the insurance wouldn’t pay for movi-prep or golightly (sp I’m sure). Didn’t enjoy the experience, but at least the drink wasn’t bad.

This is the stuff my doc prescribed. Two small bottles and lots of plain water:

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This is the stuff my doc prescribed. Two small bottles and lots of plain water:

This looks exactly like what they gave me, only mine is a different brand.

I'm sitting in the waiting room now, starving and dying of thirst.

Pro-Tip...Drink the "cleanser" with a straw and then have a Gatorade chaser. The straw allows the nasty stuff to pretty much bypass the taste-buds on the tongue.

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Originally posted by slosig:
Yeah, they said to use the miralax and ducolax stuff. Had it all laid out with timing and everything. Apparently the insurance wouldn’t pay for movi-prep or golightly (sp I’m sure). Didn’t enjoy the experience, but at least the drink wasn’t bad.

Yeah, I did the Miralax, Ducalax, and Gas-Ex for my prep. Wasn't pleasant but if you just suck it up and do it, it's over before you know it. I thought all the trips to the throne were worse than the drink.