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21 People found this comment helpful

Gavilyte-C Oral comes with a separate envelope of lemon flavoring. This improved the taste 100%. Drinking 8 0z every 10 mintues between 7 pm to 10 pm until 3 liters, of 4 liters, was gone went very smooth and got the clean-out going in about 40 minutes. I was pleasantly surprised how easily it went down and realized I had had anxiety all the month before for nothing. The 4th liter was directed t...

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7 People found this comment helpful

Unlike other patients, I didn't mind the taste of Gavilyte-C (with the lemon packet) at all. It reminded me of nonfat milk which was my preference for 40 years before I switched to light vanilla soymilk. The problem I had with the product was that five hours after starting administration I had a large but constipated bowel movement and then nothing else for another three hours. It wasn't until eig...

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Penelope | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/14/2024
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 3.3
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I needed to have a colonoscopy because I am older. I did not have any symptoms or abdominal issues. I drank the entire bottle. The lemon flavoring made it tolerable. I had the colonoscopy done and for more than 3 weeks I have experienced a misterious abdominal pain. I had many tests done and all have came back normal. I wonder if this preparation is causing the problem. I think that it may irritated my colon or caused a flared up of my autoinmune desease. In the future, I will consider other options. Read More Read Less

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Anonymous | 55-64 | Male | Patient
10/25/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 4.0
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Mixed and chilled the solution prior to use. Followed all directions provided prior to my procedure and everything went fine. Also followed all dietary restrictions for several days prior to starting the solution. Drank the solution on the schedule provided. Not too bad tasting just a little salty when using the provided lemon flavored powder. Couple sips of lemonade in between glasses to get the taste out of my mouth. Started to have a desired effect after about the fourth 8oz glass. Woke up early in the morning and continued with the second round of cleansing. This time the effect was almost immediate, drank down all eight glasses and experienced no extra bloating, discomfort, or bathroom issues. Observation was it worked as advertised. ???? that doctor is happy. Read More Read Less

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theblackcat7 | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/10/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.0
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GaviLyte-C made me sick. I ended up vomiting after the third glass. Called the doctor, he advised to take an hour break, & try again. I did that and took a nap. Woke up & tried again, & decided to drink every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes. By the time I got to 10 ounces of the cleansing liquid, I kept vomiting it back up, & pooping. I figured I would take a nap, and start again. I woke up in a full puddle of sweat, jams soaked through with sweat. Even the look of the liquid colon cleanser, I wanted to vomit. I tried again, gagged, threw up again. Laid back down. Tried again, gag, vomited. I was up all night off an on either pooping or vomiting & having hot and cold flashes dripping in sweat. I canceled the appointment this morning, I wasn't able to finish the liquid colon cleanser. I am still feeling cold, & totally exhausted. I am hoping tomorrow this doesn't start an autoimmune disease flare (Ankylosing Spondylitis) I don't ever ever what to take that prescription again. I did drink lots of fluids, and tried drinking Gatorade between sips as well as lemon drops, nothing helped.Read More Read Less

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Marie | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/7/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 3.7
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This stuff is not a picnic - it's to clean your intestines. To help with the disgusting flavor: mix with Sprite Zero, lemon juice, and 5 packets of crystal light . What followed was like any other IBS attack- except your bowel movements turn into water. On the way to the procedure wear a HUGE pad or Depends. Good luck. This is necessary the alternative is worse.

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Christine P | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
7/21/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.0
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I am a small person, weigh 93 pounds, and drinking this much of anything is very difficult. I tried all the tricks mentioned by others ( chilling the solution, drinking through a straw, etc.) but still found myself gagging, and did vomit at one point. I have been up almost all night. It appears to be working, but boy, what a horrible thing to have to do to yourself. If I am not cleaned out enough, I can't see myself doing this again.

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Mary P | 75 or over | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/31/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.7
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I started taking a split dose of 2 liters at 6 p.m. with one 8 oz. cup every 15 minutes until 8 p.m. I was supposed to start BMs around 8 p.m. but nothing happened. I started to wonder how to accelerate but internet said to wait a while. Sure enough at 9:30 p.m. first BM occurred with an initial solid mass that might have been stopping things from moving. I had previously taken 10 mg of bisacodyl at 4 p.m. and this drug initiates action starting 6 hours later so this was probably the accelerator that I needed. A series of liquid BMs followed until midnight. At 2 a.m. I started second 2 liters as before with liquid BMs that started about 40 minutes later continuing to my colonoscopy appointment time of 7 a.m. After 7 a.m. I had 2 more BMs before colonoscopy. By that time poop was running clear liquid and doc said good prep.Read More Read Less

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Tricyann | 65-74 | Female | Patient
3/22/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.0
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Wanted to vomit, rapid heart beating, lightheaded severe headache

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Cindy | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
2/18/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 4.7
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I was really intimidated by the size of the bottle. The stuff tastes like seawater, and I found it tolerable. It's a better prep than just drinking a bottle of laxative because you stay hydrated and you get your electrolytes replaced. That makes you feel much less sick than the old way of doing the prep. Don't use the flavoring packet if you don't like the taste of saccharin. I didn't and it just tasted salty which was okay. If you don't want the flavoring, tell your pharmacist this before they fill the prescription because they are supposed to add it. There is a little chemical taste at first, but it quickly fades as you get used to it. It's a lot of work to drink two liters at night and two liters in the morning while back and forth to the bathroom. I set a timer for 15 minutes and tried to do one 8 oz glass every 15 minutes. I was instructed to use this in conjunction with two doses of 10 mg Dulcolax the night and noon before starting. Doctor said the quality of the prep was good in the operative report.Read More Read Less

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Trang | 45-54 | Female | Patient
8/19/2022
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.0
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First, the taste is awful. I would think medicine should be better by now with colonoscopy is no longer almost a normal routine procedure. I did mix it with the flavor packet and little of Crystal Light powder. The taste is still awful even it is cold. I just gulped it down as fast as I could. Good thing that I ate light, low-fiber foods 5 days before and also taking Dulcolax every other day. Otherwise not sure if the prep would work. By the end, I still had dark yellow but clear bowel, not as clear and light yellow as expected. The doctor did not say anything so I assume it was ok. Yet, I won't go back to take this solution again. We need a better way to clean our bowel than this. Read More Read Less

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Gavolyte-C | 65-74 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
8/2/2022
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 5.0
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I mixed the Lemon packet with the solution. I then placed the whole jug in our Freezer for three hours prior to starting use at 6:00 P.M. I used a 16 ounce bottle so I could drink it from a straw. I did so after every thirty minutes. Prior to starting the drink, I sucked lightly on a lemon wedge. This prevented any tasting if the solution. This solution worked extremely well and was not unbearable when. It started working within the first hour after the first 32 ounce consumption. The only negative is, I was unable to sleep but two hours through the complete process. Read More Read Less

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Bottoms Up! | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/26/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.7
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I used this prep for emptying my bowels prior to my colonoscopy. I started the prep at 5:30 p.m. At 7:40 p.m., without warning, the prep started working. I was not able to make it to the bathroom in time. (Thank goodness for a carpet cleaner and understanding husband.) From7:40 p.m. til 11:55 p.m. I was not able to leave the bathroom as the prep made it necessary for me to stay in the bathroom. (Suffered through my legs going numb often.) I continued to drink the prep during this time as instructed. Eventually I reached the clear stage after drinking all 4 liters. I was able to sleep through the night. In the morning I has another 3 bowel movements and all were clear. My Doctor was not able to complete the entire colonoscopy because my bowels were not cleaned out entirely. He wants me to do a 2 day prep next time and suggested using the same prep. My answer was NO! To both. I will never use this prep again. There has to be a better way to do this. This is my 2nd screening colonoscopy and I sure hope that things get much better before I have to do my next screening one. Please ask lots of questions before using this prep, including is there a better prep that will fully work. Read More Read Less

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Celeste | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
1/24/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.7
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Flavor packet added no flavor whatsoever. Tastes like dirty metal. Began throwing up after first liter but it took 1.5 liters for me to get any laxative effect.

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Sonny | 65-74 | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
8/22/2020
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 3.7
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I drank 2 liters from 6pm - 9pm and drank the balance from 1am to 3am. I had no problem drinking it but once it started working it continued until my colonoscopy at 11am. It was embarrassing to still having to go to the bathroom while I waited for my procedure. There has to be something better than this for prep. I was awake all night drinking and going to the bathroom. I was miserable all night and after my colonoscopy.4 liters is too much to drink. I think half this amount would have been enough for me. Thankfully this isn't a yearly event.Read More Read Less

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TonWol | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/11/2019
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 5.0
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Not bad at all! Prescribed this for my colonoscopy. Had to drink 10 eight ounce glasses starting at 4PM the day before and then another 6 eight ounce glasses a minimum of 2 hours before my test. I did not use the flavoring packet. I drank the first glass without a straw and it tasted terrible. The rest I drank through a straw and held my nose and I couldn't taste it anymore. I didn't sip either...I drank as fast as I could. This is a breeze compared to the prep I had to do about 15 years ago. I am a person who gets easily nauseous and this did NOT make me nauseous. My stool was clear yellow by the time I had finished the first 8 glasses but completed all 10 as prescribed. This medication makes this a breeze compared to the ways of the past.Read More Read Less

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Brookelt | 65-74 | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
9/19/2019
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 5.0
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After reading all the negative reviews of this product, I was afraid to take it, but I needed to, per dr.'s recommendations for the colonoscopy prep. It wasn't bad at all! But here's what I did to get it down easily. I chilled it, drank it through a straw, only took one cup at a time every 15 minutes, and used Stur organic lemon drink powder to give it some taste. It tasted like super sweet lemonade, and the only problem I had getting it down was that it was cold and so I couldn't take huge sips. It went to work within a half hour after I started. I drank 3 liters at night and the remaining liter this morning before my test. I aced the test--no polyps or other problems. Won't need another one for the next 10 years. Yay!Read More Read Less

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Violet | 45-54 | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
8/12/2019
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.0
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Having a endoscopy and colonoscopy tomorrow , i have ulcerative colitis and recently had mri and they found a mass in my duodenum, been trying my hardest to chug this down , i am extremely bloated and 2 hours in i am already clear , i don't want to finish the last 2 liters , i am so full on this solution that i can't even drink anything else ..

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Violet | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
8/12/2019
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.0
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Having a endoscopy and colonoscopy tomorrow , i have ulcerative colitis and recently had mri and they found a mass in my duodenum, been trying my hardest to chug this down , i am extremely bloated and 2 hours in i am already clear , i don't want to finish the last 2 liters , i am so full on this solution that i can't even drink anything else ..

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SClayton | 55-64 | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
4/30/2019
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.0
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I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS AGAIN!! So many other people seemed to have a better time with it then I did. So jealous of you. After 1 hour in I began to have horrible stomach cramps/pain and vomiting everything that I had drank earlier. I would have gone to the er but I told myself to tough it out till ten the next morning when I was scheduled. Originally when I started seeing the dr. it was to do an endoscopy not a colonoscopy, he just decided that since I had not had one done, we might as well do them both. I'm 57 But since he could not do the colonoscopy because I was unable to do the prep he would not do the endoscopy. Now I wish I had gone to the er. Pain finally started to subside in the evening of the second day. Still have some pain. The Dr. wants me to try again. NOPE NOT HAPPENING unless they find a better way to cleanse me. Read More Read Less

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Seattle Lady | 55-64 | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/4/2018
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 5.0
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Mixed with Crystal Light lemon instead of flavor pack. Refrigerated but made me real cold as I consummed so allowed rest to come to room temperature. Was on low fiber diet for 3 days. This product worked well. About 1 hour to begin and another 3 to finish elimination. Some light cramps and some gas. Using a straw and getting 8oz down with 25 swallows was key for me (I like to count). Did 8oz every 10-15 minutes. Did 3 Liters (about 100 oz) from 3pm to 6pm. Then another Liter (just 1 so 33 oz) 3:30am to 4am. Output began at 4:10am. Output looks more like lemonlime gatoraid. Colonoscopy is at 8:30am. I will wear adult diaper to appointment in case any discharge in route.Read More Read Less

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Trevor | 45-54 | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/14/2017
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 3.0
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The most disgusting substance I have ever ingested. Threw up several times while taking it. I would liken the taste to a combination of salt water and liquid plastic. Absolute torture.

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