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

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   A colonoscopy is considered the best way to screen for colon cancer because it allows doctors to remove polyps — small growths in the colon — before they potentially turn cancerous.

3. What to Expect at a Colonoscopy

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   The day before your colonoscopy, you can have a normal breakfast, but after that you have to limit your diet to clear liquids like broth and clear fruit juices, Salama says.

4. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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   The day before the colonoscopy (or colorectal surgery), the patient is either given a laxative preparation (such as bisacodyl, phospho soda, sodium picosulfate, or sodium phosphate and/or magnesium citrate) and large quantities of fluid, or whole bowel irrigation is performed using a solution of polyethylene glycol and electrolytes.

5. Sodium picosulfate - Wikipedia

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   Sodium picosulfate (INN, also known as sodium picosulphate) is a contact stimulant laxative used as a treatment for constipation or to prepare the large bowel before colonoscopy or surgery. It is available as a generic medication. [2]

6. Gastroenterology - Wikipedia

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   Before the procedure, the physician might ask the patient to stop taking certain medications including blood thinners, aspirin, diabetes medications, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. A bowel prep is usually taken the night before and into the morning of the procedure which consists of an enema or laxatives , either pills or powder ...

7. She Was in Agony—Until She Tried This Centuries-Old Method ...

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   “A lot of my patients will hear things, unfortunately, like the colonoscopy is negative, the CT scans are negative. It’s just IBS; you’ll be fine. It’s minimalized.

8. Low-fiber/low-residue diet - Wikipedia

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   In addition, a low-residue diet is often prescribed before and/or after abdominal surgery or cancer treatments. A low-fiber diet is a low-residue diet eliminating dietary fiber in particular. The terms are not always distinguished, but when they are, a low-residue diet will include additional restrictions on foods such as dairy products, which ...

9. Are colon cleanses necessary? Experts weigh in on potential ...

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   Colon cleansing is not to be confused with bowel preparation, which is performed before a colonoscopy, he emphasizes. It involves consuming “liquids that help push through the stool and clean ...