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Clear liquids:
• Water
• Strained fruit juices (no pulp)
• Popsicles
• Ice
• Soft drinks
• Gatorade
• Clear broth or bouillon
• Jello
• Kool Aid
• Coffee or tea (no milk or cream)
2. Follow the schedule in the table below for your bowel prep. You may
need to get to the toilet right away. You will have many bowel
movements through the day. They will become very watery. The bowels
are clear or clean when there is only pale yellow fluid without flecks of
stool.
1:00 PM
Take 4 Dulcolax tablets with a drink of clear liquids.
2:00 PM
Mix the Miralax in a 64-ounce bottle of Gatorade or other
clear liquid of choice. Cap the bottle and shake the bottle
to dissolve the powder. Most people prefer to drink the
liquid chilled so you may want to place it in the
refrigerator.
4:00 PM
Start to drink the Miralax. Drink one glass every 10 to 15
minutes. Drink it quickly rather than sipping small
amounts because it does not taste that good. Finish
drinking the liquid in 2 hours. Be sure to drink all of the
liquid.
12:00
midnight
Do not eat or drink anything after 12 midnight. You may
gargle but do not swallow any liquid. Do not smoke after
12 midnight.
The morning of the colonoscopy
• Do not eat or drink anything until your test is done.
• If you are to take your morning medicines, take with small sips of water
only.
• Bring all medicines you usually take (in the original containers) to the
hospital with you.