Question:
Anyone have any tips/advise/pointers on drinking the gallon jug of Orange NuLightly??

   — Heather W. (posted on October 10, 2003)

October 10, 2003
Personally, I preferred the non-flavored one. Unfortunately, I have to do that every two years due to recurring colon polyps. I have found it is easier if it is NOT refrigerated...just cool tap water...that way you can drink it down fast - too cold and it hurts to drink it too fast. Take a deep breath and just gulp, gulp, gulp. I don't know when you need to do the prep, but this past year my doc prescribed a new method for cleaning...it is pills and a ginger ale - I think it was twice in the evening, then once more in the morning...much easier than drinking a gallon of that stuff! Hope this helps.
   — Cherie A.

October 10, 2003
Here's my tip. Send it back and get the Fleet Phosposoda. It is nastier tasting but it's over in a matter of a few seconds. Then it's just washing the taste out of your mouth. With the Fleet mix it in a little bit of juice and make sure it's all cold. Nothing makes it palatable but it's the best possible way to do it. I would never sign up for the gallon crap when I can get it over with quickly. I've had 3 colonoscopies, and I'm only 42, so I consider myself quite the expert on dealing with the prep.
   — zoedogcbr

October 10, 2003
As was already recommended, keep it out of the fridge. Add a packet of Wylers suger free Lemonade to it. It has helped some of my coworkers get through it, and was sugessted by the gastro's nurse. It must be okay. Good Luck, been there...done that.
   — Angela T.

October 10, 2003
If that is the product your doc wants you to use then get yourself a padded toilet seat and a good book. Drink it cold about 6 oz every 10 minutes. When you first start drinking it, you will have a little bit of time to get to the toilet. But after you are a quarter of the way through the jug, bring your book and have a seat on the toilet - you have no time, it goes right through you- like peeing out your bum. By then, what is coming out is quite clear. Use baby wipes for wiping your bum too and don't wipe everytime something comes out. By the time you're all done, you will be very tired so don't start drinking an hour before your bedtime. Allow yourself 3 or 4 hours to get through the whole jug. The 1 8 oz bottle of citro-mag or phospho-soda may not be what your doctor requires so check with him/her so you know exactly what type of clean-out fluid is required. There is a difference in how well each one cleans you out.
   — mary ann T.