Suprep Reviews (Page 10)

Has anyone used the new SUPREP kit before a colonoscopy?

Would like any comments about taste, ease or side effects.

Thanks!

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That is a very good point, that everyone is different, and until you actually "take" a prescription drug, a prep, etc, you have no idea how you will react to it.
I know one thing...I have not felt "right' since having taken the Suprep, but since I am having thyroid problems, it's just possible that perhaps the Suprep was the straw (no pun intended :) that broke the camel's back. Next time, I will ask for the magesium citrate . Can't be any worse than the suprep, and I truly think that the culprit, at least for me, was the Sucralose.

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I used Suprep after reading all the blogs. I was surprised that I didn't have any trouble. It does taste like salty cherry cough syrup, but was OK. To my surprise I was able to keep it all down and when I felt a little light headed I just ate some not-red jello. I took it the day before and at 3 AM the next morning. There was less fluid required than some preps. I'd recommend it.

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I just used this drug for my Colonoscopy yesterday. I would NOT recommend it. For me it did'nt start working until the Doctor recomended me to add a bottle of Magnesium Citrate and that was 8 hours after the first dose and 3 hours after the second dose. The Citrate helped it to start, but in the end it did'nt really clean me out that well. The test was sucessful but the Doctor said he wanted me back in 3 years even though they did'nt find any poylps. The reason being because it made things a little difficult to see. I would use something else.

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Timing of doses

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I am having my first colonoscopy tomorrow morning. I am using the Suprep. Took the first bottle at 6 PM. It taste disgusting, but I didn't expect it to taste good. It taste like watery grape cough syrup to me. I drank it over a 20 min period, chasing each drink with Gatorade. It started working within 20 min, and 2 hours later I'm still going. No cramping, vomiting, ill feeling, etc. I did get the chills that many mention. They only lasted about an hour and a half. Overall, with nothing to compare it to, it's far from unbearable. The worst part to me is having to stay very close to the toilet for so long. I hope the second dose that I take at 6:30 in the morning flushes things out much faster. If it doesn't, they'll be performing the procedure on the toilet. ;)

Best of luck to all!

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You'll get through it just fine, and good luck. The elimination is pretty easy with any kind of purgative. Your butt might get sore, though. The colonoscopy itself is a breeze. I just couldn't take the artificial sweetener - it made me so nauseated. The manufacturer should provide an alternative option without it. I could have handled magnesium citrate. Anyway - best of luck to you, because if you can handle the taste without throwing up, then you'll get through everything else just fine. That's actually the worst part about the whole procedure.

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My procedure is at 7 am. My instructions are to take the 1st dose at 6 pm the day before, and 3 am the morning of. I questioned if i could begin the prep earlier the day before so i could take the 2nd dose earlier, and was told "no". i dont want to be up all night going and would prefer to get some sleep. Has anyone taken it earlier and deviated from the "Package instructions"?

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Seems like you should start the prep sooner! My test was at 10:30 am. The day before, I drank my first Suprep at 4:30pm and my second one at 5:00 am the day of the procedure. The second dose works within 20 min. By the time I left home to go to the hospital, I had stopped going.
Really very easy!! No problems with anything and both scopes were negative. Next one in 10 yrs!!!!

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Update:

Had my Colonoscopy and Endo this morning. Everything was A okay. :) I took the first bottle of Suprep yesterday evening as instructed. From 6 PM to about 11 PM I basically was anchored to the toilet. After that I was up every hour and a half for the rest of the night. I decided not to take the second bottle this morning. I was definitely "clean" after going for that long. With that said, I'm female, 5 ft. 2, 105 lbs. That very well could have played a role in requiring less of the prep. By this morning I had a terrible headache, and felt very lightheaded. The procedures were uneventful. The prep was the worst part. No two people will have the same experience, but for me, it wasn't as horrid as I had been told by others.

Note: The choice not to follow the prep as instructed can result in having to redo the test.

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Having first colonoscopy tomorrow afternoon. Drank 1st bottle at 4 pm. Wasn't the greatest taste in the world but also wasn't the worst. Slight bloated/ nauseaus feeling but went away in about 10 mins. Even though I normally drink watef at night, the amount needed was not bad.

Got on toilet about 25 mins later and stayed on for about 2 hours. Had a couple more trips after that.

Took 2nd dose at 9:30 (only got 3/4 down then had enough knowing I had to drink more water).
Same outcome as first time ( about 2 hrs in bathroom). Will wait up a little longer to see if it has stopped all the way.
Worst part is pain in rectum, (could be due to hemroids). Cortizone 1% did relive some of this. Also, not due to go to Dr until 1:15 tomorrow and am already starving.
All in all, wasn't as horrid as I expected. --- 43 y/o male

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Did first colonscopy yesterday. Prepped using Suprep. Guzzled the 16-oz Suprep-Water mixture then quickly followed with some rinse. Did that twice, of course. It was tolerable. And it was a heck of a lot easier than the gallon of salty stuff my wife used for her prep earlier this year. She'll be requesting Suprep next time too.

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Ridiculous!!! It's beyond insane to have you get up to take the stuff!! My appt. is at 7:00 a.m. and instructions were for 1st bottle at 5:00 p.m. and 2nd at 9:00 the evening before procedure.

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I Just had my first colonoscopy using Suprep. The test was a walk in the park. However, I was never worried about the actual test, it was the prep! I've returned to these posts to help send some comfort out to anyone that like myself who needed some reasurrance. I needed to read and understand that I would be ok using Suprep. Last week I must have read at least 40 posts from 2 different websites looking for someone who had a good experience w/ Suprep. I found at least 18 posts reporting how well things went and in addition many helpful ideas as to how to drink it with more ease. I've compiled the best ideas I found from all the posts that helped me. It's a good idea to go to the store a few days before you start your prep, and supply yourself with some clear juices, According to the directions, it can be anything clear as long as it's not red or purple.
This is the list of essentials:
1. Cottenelle w/ Aloe toilet paper.
2. Flushable Fresh wipes w/ aloe. 3. One sm bottle of Peppermint extact. (dab a little on your tongue after you've finished your first dose, you won't have an after taste and you'll be able to drink the required 32oz of water) with ease.
4. Nestle's Pure Life w/ lemon flavored water.
5. A book of matches.
6. Air freshener that will neutralize the air that you breathe.
7. One straw (one very important tool).
8. Lemonlime Gatorade.
9. one sm. container of vaseline, store brand will work just fine, just dabbed a little on where it hurts.
First of all it was a good idea to have a light breakfast 2 days prior to my appt. I ate a boiled egg and 1 pc. of toast, drank a cup of Swanson's broth for lunch. For dinner I had a bowl of chicken noodle soup. One day before the appt. I drank one cup of tea in the morning. I continued to hydrate myself with water, and clear juices such as Ocean Spray's white cranberry with peach, (that flavor is so good). At 11:30am I drank a cup of broth. I didn't feel hungry. About 2 hrs before starting the prep, I refrigerated the first dose. I cont. to drink water until about an hour before I was to start my first dose. Since I knew I needed to be thirsty in order to drink the prep in a quick fashion. (the faster you drink it the better off you will be!) Before you are about to drink your first dose, be sure to have the straw, the peppermint and a bottle of lemon water ready and next to you. Add the required amt of water to your first dose, do NOT mix it with a spoon! Use the straw, stirring it a few times with the straw. Best advise was for me to remain standing as I drank it. Now drink, drink, drink with the straw, You'll taste the grape flavor, it's not too bad, catch your breath, relax you'll do fine and cont. dinking until you finish. As I got down to the bottom, about 2inches of medicine was left to drink, I noticed the taste, a little bitter, so after each additional slurp, I chased it with a sip of lemon water, (that was very helpful). Once I finished, I then dabbed a drop of peppermint on my tongue w/ my finger. Now I was able to cont. drinking the required 32 oz of water, alternating with the lemon water. And that was it, I was done drinking the prep and the first of the hard part was over. Then in about 25mins the cleansing began, and was over and done for the day within 2 hours. In between the toilet visits, I drank plenty of lemon lime Gatorade to replenish my electrolytes, and fluids I had lost. Later I went to bed around 9:30pm, slept about 5 1/2 hrs and got up and repeated everything, except, I made one mistake, I mixed the second dose with a spoon instead of the straw. The spoon mixed it thoroughly, blending the bitterness all through, tasting the bitterness and only a hint of the grape flavor with every sip, and beginning to feel nausea, and having much difficulty getting it down even with chasing each gulp with the lemon water. Once I drank it to about 3/4 of an inch of the dose left in the bottom of the glass, I was feeling more nausea, and I said to myself, "I am not finnishing that, I am not drinking no more!" "ugh!" And I didn't. I waited approx 3hrs until I was all clear, and I gladly dumped it down the drain rinsing the drain thoroughly with a drop of bleach, to kill the smell. I drank the required 32 oz of water. My appt was at 11:30 am. I stopped all liquids by 9:30am and I was fine and ready to have the colonoscopy. I wish you all the best. Don't worry, you'll do just fine! It's just a cleansing.

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Very good post, but if you have an allergy to sucralose or sensitivity to it, none of what you posted will help. I did all of those things, and still had a very hard time with the prep. Sucralose is a poison to those of us who have an allergic reaction to it. In addition, I still say that it has something to do with body weight. No one in their right mind would think that it would take the same amount of anything to clean out the colon of a small, thin woman as it would to clean out the colon of a much heavier and larger person. Just common sense. I hope that those of you who know that you are allergic to sucraslose will pass on this prep and ask you doctor for another. No sense in tempting fate.

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Please, do yourself a favor and look at a website called "splendaexposed". That tells the tale about the dangers of sucralose.

The following is an excerpt from the site: splendaexposed.com

The Chlorine In Splenda
Chlorine is commonly found in nature, but almost always in combination with other building block elements. Chlorine's structure makes it very reactive and because it is so reactive, it is very useful to chemists, engineers and others involved in making things humans use every day.

The inventors of Splenda admit around fifteen percent (15%) of sucralose is absorbed by the body, but they cannot guarantee us (out of this fifteen percent) what amount of chlorine stays in the body and what percent flushes out.

So, do you feel lucky today as you sprinkle that yellow packet of powder in your tea? You will be alarmed once you realize how chlorine, this common chemical we’ve trusted as a “purifierâ€, is actually affecting our health in more ways than you know. Hopefully, this chapter will make you hesitate before you let your toddler take another sip of your diet cola.

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Having colonscopy tomorrow, my instructions from the Dr. were to take first bottle at 4pm and second one at 8pm same day.

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I used suprep before my procedure and I can say that it made the prep much, much easier! While it does not taste good, the small amount that you have to drink is quite easy to tollerate. I would recomend using Suprep to everyone!

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Finished cleanse last night. I had to drink first bottle at 2pm and second at 12am. Test is today at 10:15am. 12am cleanse kept me up till 2am. Suprep is much better than Golytely. It is much easier to drink and far less volume. I was glued to the bathroom throughout the cleanse. When I did try and venture out I was not able to make it back in time. I think depends undergarments should be enclosed in the prep kit!

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I had the same reaction! It was definitely the worst experience I have ever had! 4 days later - sitll had bad gas pains..not sure if it's the sucralose in it, other "low sugar" products with this in it has given me gas before and that combined with drinking gaterade (has it also) I think had doubled the effect.

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Do you know if I am able to continue eating jello and veggie broth AFTER the drink....up until midnight?

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