Preparing for your Colonoscopy- Standard Miralax Split Dose Preparation 

I could not sleep due to hunger and found the sleeping with a hot bottle of water on my stomach allowed me to sleep. Good luck to all.

I’m a RN and this is an excellent tool!! This should be shared over and over again…..kudos!! You made this super simple for anyone to understand.

As a nurse who works in an ambulatory care facility, I found this to be an excellent presentation. This should be shown to all patients. Thank you.

This video is fantastic and much clearer and more detailed than anything my doctor provided or I have seen. Thank you for creating this very comprehensive and simple to follow guide to colonoscopy prep!

I want to thank you so much for such an easy way to do a prep. I didn’t vomit this at all and I was able to evacuate. The way my Dr wanted me do it was 128 Ounces of fluid mixed with the MiraLAX. That’s impossible for someone like me who has interstitial cystitis, and it was going to affect my bladder in a negative way . Sometimes the doctors are only concerned with their own practice and they’re not concerned with the patient’s other disabilities or capacity for holding this product. This is such a blessing thank you thank you thank you.

I have my procedure at the end of the month (3/29). This made it very simple to understand. I appreciate you and good luck to all who will be doing this procedure and have found this video with clear and precise instructions.

Best video on this topic! Thank you for making it easy to understand. Some people were too annoying to listen to, you weren’t :)

I just had my colonoscopy today. Thank you for this video. I followed your instructions. I mixed my Miralax with Gatorade. It was not bad at all. Everything went very well.

Thank-you! Hands down this is the best information video on colonoscopy prep that I have seen.

The instructions vary from practice to practice. I was instructed to take 4 Dulcolax tablets not 2, and was told to drink 64oz. of Gatorade/ Miralax, not 56Oz.

Thank you for making this so so easy. I was so anxious and nervous, I went back and watched this like 10 times lol thank you!

Gatorade with prep made me vomit. This time I used Vitamin Water, much gentler on my system.

I was told 64 oz or Gatorade and 238g of miralax and the 2 dulcolax tablets. Then at 4 drink 8oz of mixture every 20 minutes until gone and then proceed to clear liquid

My bidet came in handy

I can't tell you how incredibly helpful this video is. I am having this procedure done and the 11 page instruction that was given to me was a source of frustration and intimidation . Having a concise and well written script and great articulated video helped me tremendously as I am a visual learner. Thank Stephanie and Riverside for putting this together. Have a wonderful day.

Thank you so very much for making this video!! You made it much easier than the instructions provided to me by the healthcare provider’s office!! 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾

This is a great video and easy to understand! I used this prep two days ago and found it to be much better than my last prep. I was told to use 4 Dulcolax but I followed this video and only used 2. It was so much better for me! I got really sick in the middle of the night the last time time I prepped. I got extremely nauseous and could not stop going to the bathroom. My heart was also racing and I wanted to go the ER in the middle of the night! I wasn't able to get the second half of the Gatorade/Miralax down at all (threw it up) but my colon was cleaned out anyway. This time, I was so scared and worried that I would be horribly ill again, so after watching this video I decided to do the 2 Dulcolax. I took 2 at 6 pm. At 7 I started drinking the first 32 ounce of Miralax and unflavored Pedialyte. I only got about 2 glasses down. I then decided to mix the Gatorade with Miralax since the unflavored Pedialyte was not tasting too good. I think I managed to get one glass of the Gatorade down. I got nervous because I was not urgently going to the bathroom like the last time. I then took a Zofran but I really didn't notice a change except that I got really tired and did not want to drink anything. I just wanted to go to sleep. I was going to the bathroom but it wasnt an urgent type of feeling as the last time. At 10pm I got nervous (I'd probably gone to the bathroom 10 times at this point) that the prep wasn't working as good and i called a doctor on call and asked if I should take another Dulcolax. i was told since it was getting late, to just try to go to sleep and then wake up at 3 am (I had to be at the hospital at 9 am) and drink the second half of the prep as best I could. So at 3 am I started the second half. I think I managed to get 2 glasses down within 2 hours. I did go to the bathroom at least ten more times if not more. Everything looked clear and I thought if I am not cleaned out, I don't know what is! So for me, my intestines seem to be overactive and things move fast through me. I took the 2 Dulcolax and probably only half of the prep and over a slower amount of time since I did not feel well and it worked fine for me! My prep quality was excellent! I have heard though that some people take the 4 Dulcolax and ALL of the prep and it does not work! Everyone is different! I would recommend the first time you do the prep to follow the prep's instructions and then see how you do. After that you can tweak it to work for you. In my case my bowels move fast so what I did worked great. Next time, I will skip the Pedialyte and use Gatorade. I think I had a severe electrolyte imbalance the first time I prepped and got worried and made sure I drank all day before the prep. By the time I started my prep this time I think I was just full and sick of drinking and so tired! I did not sleep at all during the night and had been awake for maybe 30 hours. My colonoscopy was yesterday. Good news is I had no polyps this time so my next is in 5 years! Any questions, feel free to ask!

Thank you for this video 🙏🏾 you made it easy for me, now im ready for my test next week 😊

Thanks I feel way more calm about this now. I was used to the giant jug & was concerned about this new way of doing things.

You made it so easy. You are amazing. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️

i love love love this video....thank you....giving you credit ma'am...your video is the one I have chosen out of the lots i scanned through for my 1st patient teaching assignment as a nursing student. THANK YOU

but what if after drinking the first bottle of the miralax, waiting 4 hours still have no feeling want to go poo??

Is this prep as effective as other ones? For my first EGD and colonoscopy, my doctor gave me GaviLyte. The taste made me almost throw up every time I drink it. If I have to do this prep again in the future, I’d like to request doing this prep if it’s an equally good alternative. The fact that it’s tasteless would be a HUGE help for me.

I wish all the medical people would get on one page. Just had a colonoscopy today, 11-28-23. The prep was nothing but clear liquids for a full 24 hours, take 2 laxative pills at 2pm or before, then at 4pm or at least 2 hours after the pills. Dump the entire bottle of Miralax in 64 ounces Gatorade and start drinking. Eight ounces every 15 minutes until gone. Absolutely nothing by mouth after midnight of 7:30 am appointment. I started drinking at 3:30pm and was still blowing and going at 10:30 pm. As I was coming out from under the anesthesia my B. P. dropped. They all ran in circles for about 30 seconds, then said "that is better" . About a hour latter they sent me home. the spousal unit drove.

My dr has been trying to get me to get a colonoscopy..i hate her..

I am having my procedure next week. I was going to use the Sutab tablets. But, I am going to use the Miralax Gatorade mixture after seeing this video.

Gatorade and ducolax have food colourings that trigger serious asthma attacks in me. Not good. It might be an idea to mention alternatives for people like me.

Can you mix it in something that isn't poisonous Gatorade? I always find it odd that the medical community never talks about nutrition or avoiding corn syrup etc... Nothing against the video though! It's helpful!

I was told to start at 12 noon with the 64 oz miralax 8oz every 15 min until done then at 4pm 2 dulcolax because I have my appointment at 8am and lived 30min far away

I’m wondering why there is so much variation for the Miralax prep from practice to practice. My instructions are to use 64 oz of liquid with my 1st round of Miralax and then 32 oz of liquid prior to the next dose of Miralax. 4 Dulcolax in total, 2 each before drinking the Miralax prep. But I see many here have followed the instructions here and it worked well. Has me scratching my head.

Great video. This is a very easy prep that nobody needs to fear or be apprehensive about. It tastes like ... Gatorade. Easy to drink and no nausea or other unpleasant symptoms.

I wish I had had this option, I had drink the deadly gallen 😢I couldn't do the entire gallon, I was so sick 🤢

Keep the Miralax Prep it Dehydrated me so bad that they could not find my veins for the IV and I had to Cancel my Colonoscopy So I have to wait 6 months to get my Colonoscopy

No matter what pre colonoscopy evacuation procedure you use, you can be guaranteed of one thing. You will experience a quantum leap in both physical and mental internal body warfare known only to those who have experienced it

Excellent presentation! The best of all the ones I've viewed. Thank you.

low residue diet the day before is far easier for patients and outcome is identical. this is outdated information; sadly common still.

Use a funnel to avoid a mess with the miralax going into the Gatorade. Also, I buy the generic miralax. Much less expensive for the same ingredients. And I prefer no sugar Powerade.

Thank you for making this video, it's very helpful.

so if my arrival time is 9am I have to get up at 4am to start drinking this????? crazy

Great video!!! Easy to understand . Thanks so much.

So, I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy in a couple of days. My instructions are slightly different for one it prescribed the Miralax to be mixed with 64 ounces of Gatorade, as opposed to 56 ozs. It does not instruct me to take 2 Ducolax tabs at 4:00 PM which I happen to have. I do appreciate the mixing hack for splitting the doses though even though I had to buy a large bottle of GA, as my local market did not have 32 oz bottles in stock. I will measure the doses accordingly between 2 large pitchers I purchased during the Summer from QVC. Ty for this tutorial.

I scored a 9 out of 9 on my prep using this method! Thank you✌🏻

With all the technological advances out there, this feels monumentally archaic and downright brutal…. Can’t we do better than this? We’ve got shuttles to the moon and artificial intelligence, this seems more like leeches and bloodletting …. Jeesh!!!!.

Thank you for the video. It was the best and easiest instructions!

Thank you so very much for this wonderful info!!

The Miralax mixture is tasteless but I didn’t care for the thick texture yuck

I have a question regarding the 6 PM MiraLAX Gatorade, can i just do that earlier in the day like after 12 PM rather than at 6 PM? I just don’t want to be up all night with the runs and would rather have it go on for the day so that way after I clean everything out, I can go right to bed and sleep hrs after. My usual bedtime is around 9 PM so that’s why. I just don’t want to be up all night cleaning my bowels out even more.

Nobody explains "Ever" when your suppose to Sleep......Unless your sleeping on the toilet.......

Thank you for this video. I am not a patient but this video really made clear my prep instructions, which are very similar to Riverside. I am going to share this with my GI doc. Perhaps they can do something similar.

Super concerned about not being able to take iron and b 12 for an entire week. Anemia is a real problem.

Perhaps I missed, how long does this take to kick in? If it take only a small portion of this is it for constipation? The foods that leave residue is great help.

This video is very good. Thank You 😊

Too bad the GI staff and doctor never told me anything.She just called in PG 3350 & the instructions read use as directed.Thank goodness I did some research a few days before I’m having the colonoscopy and endoscopy on Monday 6/17/24 @ 8:30 Am That’s Stewart health care system for you & Boston is supposed to be the city of Top hospitals .Carney hospital GI is a joke

So craz how prep isball different Mine took 4 dolcolax @ 9:30 am Mix 14 capfuls of miralax in 64 oz Gatorade @ 5 pm That's it..

I just had my colonoscopy my prep consisted of 2 bottles of miralax 4 bottles of thevzero 4 tablets of dulcolax 3 days before did the magnesium thing whole botyle. The prep was so horrible first pitcher nothing . Second pitcher at 800 in the evening and only 2nd pitcher did I start to go it was horrible. 2 bottles miralax? Horrible i couldnt breathe i still didnt hsve completely c k ear in t he morning . I wish it was done in 2 days. I was so sick from this prep. I have high blood pressure your method was awesome it would have been better for me

No one told me how to do prep so i did 2 cases of gatorade with a cap full of miralax.

Great clear and concise video. Thank you Stephanie.

This was the best info! Thanks

I'm going in for mine in an hour and they had me do 2 of the gatorade with 2 of the miralax! I am so sick to my stomach right now. One was last evening and the second was this morning. with the 3 pills earlier yesterday.

Is okay to drink orange Gatorade? I have an appointment tomar. And no I'm not mixing it. I just want Gatorade so I don't lose too much energy. I have to the Gavilyte - G solution

Can i follow this for, general detoxing?

Was told to take 2 doses. Mix 119 grams miralax in a 28 ounce Gatorade then again 3 hours before hospital arrival. Took 4 ducolax tablets and drank the first bottle of Miralax mixture, been 2 hours nothing happening.

Thank you for this video. My sister was diagnosed with colon cancer. This is the prep her doctor recommended. I will have my colonoscopy this Friday. My doctor ordered the jug prep 😮 I will be using this instead. All they want is a clean clear colon. This will do the trick.

This is almost exactly what my doctor instructed. A 9:00am procedure put me waking up at 3:45am to take second dose.

My colonoscopy is for 6 AM so what time the day before should I first take the Dulcolax and start everything?

Sad thing is people who need it the most can’t get the stool out easily and that’s why they need a colonoscopy, I have a hypertonic pelvic floor and it won’t work even with the laxatives and will most likely just cause hemorrhoids or something else from pushing but no opening

After adding 7 capfuls in 1 bottle, I had only 5 capfuls left for the 2nd bottle. Is it ok just to drink as is?

Thanks for you advise excellent explained

Tell the people there are pills and not that awful liquid. Why you think everyone should just automatically use the liquids is ridiculous.

Did not know you could take miralax. What i took two years ago was HORRIBLE!

My doctor is recommending 1 gallon of PEG 3350 liquid which comes to twice the dose in this video. I am confused is to why? Please respond.

Can we warm the broth?

What happens if you don't have zero Gatorade and use regular

My hospital had me drink 2 Gatorade bottles twice in a 10 hour period and oh the bloating pain I wish I only had to drink one twice like this hospital 😢

Ty

I have to put full 238g bottle of miralax in my bottle of Gatorade and I have to do this twice.

can i use a different liquid other than gatorade it makes me sick not the miralax. the gatorade salty taste make me want throw up

Don’t do Gatorade either. It has yellow five in it artificial dye.

Thank you nurse 🙏 happy New year 🙏

They also say nothing blue is this light blue Gatorade ok then?

So why does it say a 2 day prep when really it’s only a day prep and the procedure is the next day

I have left sided hemiparesis with some spasticity that affects digestive system, from a stroke. Would these instructions still apply to me, Or how can I find out what would be the correct instructions or if a different procedure would be better first Thank you!

5:45 pm Getting ready to drink my fist bottle of Gatorade 😝

👍Excellent! - Very clear! 🌴

QUESTION- if my colonoscopy is going to be done around 2:30-3pm what time do I begin doing this the day before? Day of? Im scheduled for Feb 27th .This video has made me feel better about everything. I was about to cancel my appt. Thank you.

My doctor said 510g of miralax.

Ive bought the Dolocax Stool Softner is that fine????

Thanks for the video.

I might do this just to clear out some sludge. lol

Great Video!!! I Was A Little Nervous. But With Video -Easy Peezy. Thank You Very Much. Now I Can’t Wait For My Scheduled Appointment.

Us a paper funnel!! For powder!!

Awesome video ❤

Very good - thanks

Hi i am going to have a colonspy tommorow i am 13 and 10 months old does it hurts ? I am really nervous please pray all for me

Won't the second bottle cause more diarrhea or trips to the toilet?

I would have to use the bottle of miralax !!

Cholesterol meds ok to keep taking?

CAn u eat bagles

Very helpful.

So, you are not going to call me?