Colonoscopy - SUPREP Instructions

Please follow these four steps during the week leading up to your colonoscopy

Please Note:

  • Blood thinners/anticoagulants: If you take any medication to thin your blood, please contact our office at least one week before your procedure for specific instructions regarding how to safely manage these medications prior to your procedure. Do not stop these medications unless instructed to do so by our office or the physician who prescribed them.

  • Weight loss (GLP-1) medications: If you are taking a GLP-1 medication, please stop taking it one week before your procedure, unless you have been instructed otherwise by our office.

  • Diabetes medications: If you are taking any of these medications and have not yet received guidance from our office, please contact us as soon as possible.

  • Travel and important events: While a colonoscopy is generally a safe procedure, there is a small chance of developing complications that may not be identified for up to a week or more after your procedure. We suggest that you do not plan this procedure within a couple of weeks prior to traveling, or an important social event.

 

1. Five Days Before Procedure

  • Refrain from eating nuts and seeds until after your colonoscopy

  • Pick up the SUPREP BOWL PREP kit from your pharmacy (a prescription has already been sent)

  • Arrange for an escort to take you home after the procedure

  • Contact our office to determine if you should continue your Aspirin or blood thinner

2. One Day Before Procedure

  • Consume a light breakfast (about half a normal breakfast)

  • Clear liquids are okay for the rest of the day until midnight. This can include broth (e.g., chicken/beef), tea, Gatorade, Pedialyte, jello, apple juice, ginger ale, sherbert. - Avoid red colored liquids

3. Evening Before Procedure

  • Early in the evening prior to the colonoscopy: pour the contents of one bottle of SUPREP Bowel Prep Kit into the mixing container provided. Fill the container with clear liquids to the 16 ounces fill line and drink the entire amount.

  • Drink two additional containers filled to the 16-ounce line with water over the next hour.

4. Morning of Colonoscopy: Four Hours prior to Procedure

  • Pour the contents of the second SUPREP Bowel Prep Kit into the mixing container provided. Fill the container with water to the 16-ounce fill line and drink the entire amount.

  • Drink two additional containers filled to the 16-ounce line with water over the next hour.

  • Complete all SUPREP Bowel Prep Kit and required water at least 3 hours prior to colonoscopy.

  • Do not eat or drink after completing the prep prior to the procedure. It is okay to take necessary medications.

After Your Procedure

  • REMEMBER: You may not drive, work, or engage in important decisions (e.g. financial issues) for the rest of the day after your procedure.

  • A responsible person must pick you up after your procedure to accompany you home and stay with you for the remainder of the day, as you will have been sedated and will not be allowed to drive home.

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