Bowel Preparation with Oral capsules – Good for those who cannot tolerate Picoprep or Fleet
Posted on July 30th, 2009 in Bowel preparation, Colonoscopy | No Comments »
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLONOSCOPY
DAY BEFORE TEST
Have a light breakfast(but do not have any grain bread or anything with seeds in it)
12:00 Noon
Have a light lunch – (eg soup, sandwich). YOU MUST NOT EAT AFTER THIS
3:00 pm
Start taking the COLOCAPS BALANCE
Swallow down 5 capsules with a glass of clear fluids(eg water, black tea or coffee without mild, cordials, strained fruit juices without pulps, jelly, clear soup)
If morning procedure,
Continue taking 5 capsules every 15min until all 65 capsules have been taken
If afternoon procedure,
Continue doing these until there are 20 capsules left.
Leave 20 capsules to take on the morning of the test – every 15 minutely from 7am until 8am. You can continue to have clear non-alcoholic fluids up to 4 hours prior to the procedure