Standard Bowel Prep
(for Colonoscopy)
Day Before Examination
1. Drink only clear
liquids* for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
2. 1:00 pm add 1 1/2
ounces of FLEET PHOSPHO SODA to 8 oz. glass of clear fruit juice (apple,
white grape)
3. Drink at least three
(3) 8 oz. portions of clear liquid* over the next three hours.
4. Repeat the procedure
described in #2 and #3 a second time, beginning at 6:00 pm (as second
dose of Fleet Phospho Soda and liquids.
5. Take 4 yellow pills at
10 pm. (Dulcolax, those given to you at our office)
6. Take nothing to eat or
drink after midnight the night before your exam.
7. Arrive at the hospital
at least one hour prior to scheduled time of the exam.
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*CLEAR LIQUIDS:
water, clear fruit juices
(apple, grape, cranberry, bouillion, plain jello. NO solid foods. Coffee
and tea allowed. |
