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Do I Need To Take The Tablet And Drink Trilyte For Colonoscopy?

I am having a colonoscopy on Thursday and I have instructions from the doctor s nurse on a typed sheet, it says step 1 - take one 10 mg bisacodyl tablet step two mix Trilyte Lemon-Lime and mix in bottle. That I only have to drink 1/2 of Trilyte prep. My question is do I need to take the tablet and drink the Trilyte or just one?
Wed, 4 Jun 2014
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You need to do both. The colon needs to be cleaned out really well to have an accurate colonoscopy. These medicines will do that. The pre-colonoscopy prep is actually much more uncomfortable that the colonoscopy itself!

Hope this answers your query. If you have more questions, I would be happy to answer them.
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Do I Need To Take The Tablet And Drink Trilyte For Colonoscopy?

You need to do both. The colon needs to be cleaned out really well to have an accurate colonoscopy. These medicines will do that. The pre-colonoscopy prep is actually much more uncomfortable that the colonoscopy itself! Hope this answers your query. If you have more questions, I would be happy to answer them.