1 day before Colonscopy

PREPARATION PROCESS:

Medicines

Take your regular morning medicines, unless you have been instructed otherwise.

Try to take your usual morning medicines before 10am and your evening medicines after 9pm. Your body may not fully take in medicines between these times. This is because of the bowel preparation solution that you will have.

Food and drink

Have a light breakfast - boiled egg on toast (white bread), no later than 8am.

After breakfast, do not eat any solid food until after your test.

Drink clear fluids only today. They may include:
  • water
  • electrolyte drinks - eg poweraids (NO RED COLOURATNS)
  • fizzy drinks
  • clear strained soup
  • clear stock

Try to drink 2 litres (about 10 glasses) in total throughout the day (not including the bowel preparation solution).

You can drink tea or coffee with no milk. Do not drink alcohol.
STOP FLUID INTAKE 4 HOURS PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE TIME

Bowel preparation

You need to start taking bowel preparation solution the day before your colonoscopy. Mix the Sackets into hot (not boiling) water and drink while the mixture has not formed sediment yet. 
Times to drink the preparation solutions:

 

   Scope is done before 13h00

  • 15h00     Day prior to scope
  • 17h00     Day prior to scope
  • 20h00     Day prior to scope
 Scope is done after 13h00

  • 17h00      Day prior to scope
  • 20h00      Day prior to scope
  • 06h00     Day of scope