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The document provides instructions for bowel prep prior to a colonoscopy. It details a low-fiber diet to follow for several days before the procedure. On the day before, patients take Dulcolax and drink 2 liters of a laxative solution called Pico-Prep at specific times depending on their morning or afternoon appointment. The morning of the procedure, patients drink another 2 liters of Pico-Prep and fast until after the colonoscopy. Following the bowel prep protocol is important for cleansing the bowels and ensuring a successful colonoscopy.

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Picoprep + Dulcolax - Dr. Vito

The document provides instructions for bowel prep prior to a colonoscopy. It details a low-fiber diet to follow for several days before the procedure. On the day before, patients take Dulcolax and drink 2 liters of a laxative solution called Pico-Prep at specific times depending on their morning or afternoon appointment. The morning of the procedure, patients drink another 2 liters of Pico-Prep and fast until after the colonoscopy. Following the bowel prep protocol is important for cleansing the bowels and ensuring a successful colonoscopy.

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BOWEL PREP FOR COLONOSCOPY

Your doctor has recommended you to undergo a Colonoscopy. As part of this procedure you need to
follow some specific recommendations.
It is important that you read the following information, and feel free to ask to the nurse any unanswered
questions about the bowel prep.

7 days before the Colonoscopy


Stop taking all iron tablets but continue all other medication.
3 days before the Colonoscopy
Stop taking any constipating agents i.e. lomotil, codeine phosphate etc, but continue all other medication.
Eat foods which are low in fibre. Avoid foods such as fruit, green, vegetables, cereals, baked beans and
brown bread. Choose foods from the ‘foods allowed’ list below.
Have plenty to drink - at least 1 glass of any liquid each hour.

Morning appointment
If you have a morning appointment, start the diet at midday the day before.
Time Instruction
12-12.30pm Liquid Lunch (i.e. clear soup, juice etc) from the list of permitted foods only.
1pm Drink plenty of fluids (a large glass of water, fruit squash or a large cup of Tea or Coffee).
2pm ONE sachet of PICO-PREP, sachet should be dissolved with 200cc of water. Stir the solution. Drink
1 glass of normal water about every 15 minutes until you have drunk the full 2 litres.
7pm Diet Supper: Clear soup only. No further solid food until after your appointment. Continue to drink
plenty of fluids. Take 2 tablets of Dulcolax

The morning of your test: Between 5-6am dissolve the remaining ONE sachet of PICO-PREP into 200cc of
water and drink as before. Drink 1 glass of normal water about every 15 minutes until you have drunk the
full 2 litres. You should finish the drink no later than 2 hours before your appointment. No solid food until
after your appointment.

Afternoon appointment
If you have an afternoon appointment, eat normally until 4pm the day before.
Time Instruction
5-6pm ONE sachet of PICO-PREP, sachet should be dissolved with 200cc of water. Stir the solution. Drink
1 glass of normal water about every 15 minutes until you have drunk the full 2 litres.
8 pm – Take 2 tablets of Dulcolax
The morning of your test
7-8 am dissolve the remaining one sachet of PICO-PREP into 200cc of water and drink as before. Drink 1
glass of normal water about every 15 minutes until you have drunk the full 2 litres
No solid food until after your appointment. Please stop drinking fluids 2 hours before your appointment.

Food “allowed”
Tender lean meat, poultry, ham, liver, kidney, fish. Fruit flavoured or set yoghurt
Potatoes – boiled, mashed, roast or chips (no skins)
Well-cooked cauliflower florets (no stalks), carrots, turnip or swede. Consommé or strained soup
Soft tinned fruit in natural juice, except those with pips. White bread, white flour, white rice and pasta.
Water biscuits, cream crackers, Rich Tea, plain sponge cake. Plain scone (no fruit)
Jelly jam, jelly marmalade, honey, syrup. Tea, coffee. Tomato juice, strained fruit juices

Directorate of Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology - Head Dr. Vito Annese – 04 414 4023 viannese@fakeeh.care
Food not allowed
Tough, fibrous meat, hamburgers, beef burgers, sausages, faggots. Sausage rolls, pasties. Pies and
pastries. Whole fruit yoghurts, Muesli yoghurt, Jacket potatoes, where skins are eaten.
All vegetables not listed above. Baked beans Thick vegetable soup. All fruit not listed above.
Whole meal and granary bread. Wholemeal flour. Brown rice and whole wheat pasta
High fibre crisp breads, digestives, hob-nobs. Cakes containing dried fruit, nuts or coconut. All nuts and
dried fruit. Jam or marmalade with skin or pips. Peanut butter. All high fibre breakfast cereals, porridge,
bran.

Directorate of Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology - Head Dr. Vito Annese – 04 414 4023 viannese@fakeeh.care

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