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  2. Colonoscopies 101: How to Prepare for Your First One

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    Colonoscopies are performed under moderate sedation or anesthesia. You’ll be asleep, or near asleep, the whole time. The medications used will depend on a variety of factors, including where the ...

  3. How to make your colonoscopy prep more effective and less ...

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    Traditionally, colonoscopy prep involves drinking a large amount of liquids (an oral laxative formula) to help you clean out your colon. Now, there are other options that help you achieve the same ...

  4. Capsule endoscopy - Wikipedia

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    For systems that store images directly within the pill, the pill must be collected after excretion for extraction of the images by a secondary device. [7] The main shortcoming of capsule endoscopy is the field of view. Depending on the placement of the camera system within the device images may become obstructed by folds in the digestive tract.

  5. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Colonoscopy (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ n ɒ s k ə p i /) or coloscopy (/ k ə ˈ l ɒ s k ə p i /) [1] is a medical procedure involving the endoscopic examination of the large bowel (colon) and the distal portion of the small bowel.

  6. Bisacodyl - Wikipedia

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    Bisacodyl is an organic compound that is used as a stimulant laxative drug. It works directly on the colon to produce a bowel movement. It is typically prescribed for relief of episodic and chronic constipation and for the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction, as well as part of bowel preparation before medical examinations, such as for a colonoscopy.

  7. Melissa Gilbert shares details of colonoscopy prep: 'I'm ...

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    The Little House on the Prairie alum, 59, took to the social media platform on Tuesday to post a photo of the container of lemon-lime flavored powder used for colonoscopy prep.

  8. Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale - Wikipedia

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    The scale assesses three components of the large intestine: (1) the rectosigmoid colon, (2) the mid colon and (3) the right colon. A maximum score of 4 is used for each section of the large intestine. A score of 0 is given if the bowel preparation is excellent, meaning the mucosal detail is visible, there is no fluid and almost no stool.

  9. Melissa Gilbert, 58, Gets Brutally Honest About Colonoscopy ...

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    Melissa Gilbert shared her colonoscopy prep detailing past IBS struggles with the solution. She shared how she approaches the procedure to avoid distress. Melissa Gilbert, 58, Gets Brutally Honest ...