Re: SCD-legal colonoscopy prep in Canada

[Guest guest]

At 04:33 PM 9/27/2010, you wrote:

>> 1 container of Klean

Prep (containing 4 sachets) - an osmotic laxative, which apparently

contains SCD-illegals: vanilla flavour and aspartame

Check with your doctor or your pharmacy and find out if the flavoring in

actually in the osmotic laxative, or if it is something you add after you

mix it up. If it's added afterwards, just leave it out. The Tri-Lyte

which I used added flavor packets which I simply omitted.

http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/1243/SPC/KLEAN+PREP+69g,+sachet+powder+for+oral+solution/

will give you more information than you ever wanted about this

stuff.

>> 4 Dulcolax tablets -

contain lots of SCD illegals

Boy howdie do they. Look for a local pharmacy brand of Docusate Sodium -

100 mg, which is a Stool Softener. Find the one which has the fewest

illegals.

>> 4 bottles of Gatorade

(lemon-lime or orange - definitely not SCD legal, contains sugar

syrup

This is supposed to help with the electrolytes. I don't know if Body Bio

ships to Canada, or if the shipping and crossing the border would make it

prohibitive, but you could email them.

http://www.bodybio.com/storecategory92.aspx E-lyte is really

helpful. If you cannot get it, you can make your own electrolyte

mixture.

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/electrolyte_drink.htm

>> apple juice (I

would use filtered apple cider, but I am also allergic to apples), ginger

ale - not SCD legal unless I make it myself, white grape juice or white

cranberry juice; I will have to search for SCD legal white grape juice

and SCD legal white cranberry juice

If you're allergic to apples, I would emphatically not drink apple cider!

This process is hard enough without having a major allergy attack!

Welch's white grape juice is legal. You can also look for pear

juice. None of the Knudsen Just Juice line are clear,

unfortunately.

>> Gravol (take orally

before starting preparation to help avoid nausea &

vomiting)

http://chealth.canoe.ca/drug_info_details.asp?brand_name_id=1805 has

the ingredients of the types of Gravol. Interestingly, it can be given as

an IM injection, so you might want to ask about that, since I don't see a

tablet that doesn't contain junk.

Good luck! I found the preparation worse than the procedure.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

help, Marilyn, I can't figure out how to use this system(yahoo) I need to know

what you recommend for colonoscopy prep here in U S? I'm do for 4 yr follow up

and don't like the idea of the nulytely which is all they talk about (or visicol

Pills?) can you offer ideas?

Thanks , Debo uc 4 yrs, scd 2 yrs, no meds

>

> I am scheduled for a colonoscopy in a few weeks, my first in many years, and

> definitely the first since I have been on SCD. The clinic where I am having

> this done has e-mailed me instructions, including the items I must purchase

> ahead of time:

>

> 1 container of Klean Prep (containing 4 sachets) - an osmotic laxative,

> which apparently contains SCD-illegals: vanilla flavour and aspartame

>

> 4 Dulcolax tablets - contain lots of SCD illegals

>

> 4 bottles of Gatorade (lemon-lime or orange - definitely not SCD legal,

> contains sugar syrup

>

> apple juice (I would use filtered apple cider, but I am also allergic to

> apples), ginger ale - not SCD legal unless I make it myself, white grape

> juice or white cranberry juice; I will have to search for SCD legal white

> grape juice and SCD legal white cranberry juice

>

> Gravol (take orally before starting preparation to help avoid nausea &

> vomiting)

>

> I have printed out Marilyn Alm's helpful advice in the " getting started "

> file, but I don't think I can purchase Walgreen's Easy-Lax here in Canada,

> and I am not sure whether there are any equivalent products available here.

>

> I know that people have mentioned Miralax -- is this product sold in Canada,

> and if so, will it be as effective as Easy-Lax would be, as a substitute for

> the 4 Dulcolax tablets?

>

> Does anybody know of any SCD-legal osmotic laxatives available in Canada,

> and whether they are available without a prescription?

>

> Thanks in advance for suggestions. I have been on SCD for about 2.5 years,

> have managed to adhere pretty faithfully, and anticipate much misery if I

> have to swallow SCD illegals before the colonoscopy.

>

> Regards, Ellen in Toronto, Canada

>

[Guest guest]

Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote in BTVC-SCD

At 04:33 PM 9/27/2010, you wrote:

>> 1 container of Klean Prep (containing 4 sachets) - an osmotic laxative,

>> which apparently contains SCD-illegals: vanilla flavour and aspartame

>Check with your doctor or your pharmacy and find out if the flavoring in

>actually in the osmotic laxative, or if it is >something you add after you

>mix it up. If it's added afterwards, just leave it out. The Tri-Lyte which

>I used added >flavor packets which I simply omitted. >

>

>http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/1243/SPC/KLEAN+PREP+69g,+sachet+powder\

+for+oral+solution/

> >will give you more information than you ever wanted about this stuff.

According to this website, the vanilla flavour and aspartame are part of the

Klean Prep, not separate sachets.

I have done some more research, and I think that Golytely is SCD legal. I

have not had a chance to phone the clinic during office hours yet, to check

whether Golytely would be acceptable, and more to the point, whether I can

get it without an Rx here in Toronto.

>> 4 Dulcolax tablets - contain lots of SCD illegals

>Boy howdie do they. Look for a local pharmacy brand of Docusate Sodium -

>100 mg, which is a Stool Softener. Find >the one which has the fewest

>illegals.

I was hoping that I could use Miralax, or Restoralax as it is labelled here

in Canada, but it's an osmotic laxative without the electrolytes, so I

suspect that it acts differently from Ducosate Sodium. I am going to check

with my local compounding pharmacy, to see what they might have available.

>> 4 bottles of Gatorade (lemon-lime or orange - definitely not SCD legal,

>> contains sugar syrup

>This is supposed to help with the electrolytes. I don't know if Body Bio

>ships to Canada, or if the shipping and >crossing the border would make it

>prohibitive, but you could email them.

> >http://www.bodybio.com/storecategory92.aspx E-lyte is really helpful. If

>you cannot get it, you can make your own >electrolyte mixture.

>http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/electrolyte_drink.htm

I actually bought E-lyte a few years ago, when Body Bio was able to ship

products to my doctor's clinic. For some reason, that is no longer possible.

So I think I will use the recipe on the breakingtheviciouscycle website.

>> apple juice (I would use filtered apple cider, but I am also allergic to

>> apples), ginger ale - not SCD legal unless I make it myself, white grape

>> juice or white cranberry juice; I will have to search for SCD legal white

>> grape juice and SCD legal white cranberry juice

>If you're allergic to apples, I would emphatically not drink apple cider!

>This process is hard enough without having a major allergy attack! Welch's

>white grape juice is legal. You can also look for pear juice. None of the

>Knudsen Just Juice line are clear, unfortunately.

I'm adding Welch's white grape juice and whichever brand of pear juice to

this week's grocery list. Thanks for the suggestions.

>> Gravol (take orally before starting preparation to help avoid nausea &

>> vomiting)

>http://chealth.canoe.ca/drug_info_details.asp?brand_name_id=1805 has the

>ingredients of the types of Gravol. Interestingly, it can be given as an IM

>injection, so you might want to ask about that, since I don't see a tablet

>that doesn't contain junk.

Or I might just drink ginger tea instead of taking Gravol.

>Good luck! I found the preparation worse than the procedure.

- Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

Thanks Marilyn. I had the choice of getting a colonoscopy or else collecting

samples to check for occult blood. Two years ago I collected samples, but I

wasn't allowed to take Vitamin C for several days before and during the

collection. By the time I was finished, I had acquired a severe respiratory

infection, which I attributed to the absence of Vitamin C in my diet. That's

why I chose the colonoscopy this time around. I hope I won't be sorry.

Regards, Ellen