SUPREP | Colonoscopy Preparation Instructions

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ONE WEEK BEFORE COLONOSCOPY

• You must have a responsible adult drive you home. If you do not have a ride arranged, we will not be able to perform the procedure. Public transportation is only allowed with an adult escort.
• Call your pharmacy prior to picking up the prep to ensure they have the prescription.
• Medications
  • Blood-thinning medications may need to be discontinued. Take your last dose of on
  • May continue to take regular medications, unless instructed by provider or nursing staff
    • Stop Taking
      • Prescription Iron pills
    • Stop Eating
      • Seeds, nuts, tomatoes, berries, corn, popcorn, and breads with seeds or nut

ONE DAY BEFORE COLONOSCOPY

• Start clear liquid diet. No solid foods, dairy or non-dairy products, juices with pulp, red or purple colors, and alcohol.
• Clear Liquids include: Water, Apple Juice, Gatorade, Broth, Jello, Popsicles, soda, etc.
• Mix bowel prep solution at 6:00 PM:
  • SUPREP contains two 6 oz. bottles. You will drink one bottle the night before the colonoscopy and the second bottle the morning of the colonoscopy.
  • Start drinking prep at 6:00 pm
    • Pour one 6 oz. bottle of SUPREP liquid into the mixing container.
    • Add cool drinking water to the 16 oz. line on the container and mix.
    • Drink all the liquid in the container
    • After finishing the container, you MUST drink two (2) more 16 oz. containers of water over the next 1 hour.
• Patients that are Diabetic
  • Evening Dose Only: Take ½ the dose of your diabetic medication(s) the day before your procedure
  • No dose the day of the procedure

DAY OF COLONOSCOPY

• Continue clear liquid diet–No Solid Food.
• Start drinking prep four (4) hours prior to procedure time:
  • Follow the prep instructions as listed above.
  • NOTHING TO EAT OR DRINK Three (3) HOURS