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This handout goes through what you’ll need to do each day in your five-day preparation. Please read through these instructions before starting to get ready foryour test.  \nYou may find it helpful to watch the video that goes along with this [handout: Visit](handout: Visit myhealth.alberta.ca/colonoscopy or)[ ](handout: Visit myhealth.alberta.ca/colonoscopy or)[myhealth.alberta.ca/colonoscopy](handout: Visit myhealth.alberta.ca/colonoscopy or)[ or](handout: Visit myhealth.alberta.ca/colonoscopy or) scan this QR code. If you have any questions about the instructions, please call the‘Ask a Question’ telephone number listed above.  \nGeneral points about your upcoming colonoscopy  \nBefore your colonoscopy tell the doctor or nurse about any drug allergies or health issues you have. Tell the nurse or doctor if you have any medical devices such as an insulin pump, pacemaker, defibrillator, home oxygen, sleep apnea machine, or hearing aids.  \nWrite down all of the medicines you take. Your list should include prescriptions, over the counter medicine, such as Advil™, Aspirin™, iron supplements and herbal supplements. Be sure to include strong painkillers (opioids), tranquillizers such as Valium™ and Xanax™, marijuana or other nonprescription drugs. Make sure your nurse or doctor sees this list.  \nApril 2024 Four-Litre Bowel Prep page 1 of 12  \nFour-Litre Bowe l Prep  \nAlberta Colorectal Cancer  \n Screening Program  \nFour-Litre Bowe l Prep  \n\n| Medicines\u003Cbr>| Most medicine can be taken up to and on the day of your test. If you take regular medicine by mouth you may need to adjust the timing. Medicines taken within two hours of drinking the bowel preparation may not be fully absorbed into your body and may not work as well. |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Do not take any medicine within the two hours before or after drinking the bowel preparation solution. If you need advice on when to take your medicines, talk to your pharmacist or healthcare provider. |\n|  | Diabetic pills and or insulin, blood thinners, and antithrombotics, such as Coumadin™, Plavix™, Pradaxa™ and Xarelto™, are examples of medicines that might need to be adjusted or stopped. |\n|  | If you take these medicines talk to the nurse or doctor before your test. They will tell you if you need to stop or adjust any medicine before your test. |\n|  | If you start taking any new medicine once your test is booked that the clinic doesn’t know about, let them know right away. Some medicines can make the test unsafe to be done. Call the‘Ask a Question’ telephone number listed on the first page before the day of your test to make sure it is OK to take. |\n\nMake plans forgetting home after the test  \n• You may choose whether or not you want to have sedation medicine. Colonoscopies can be comfortable without medicine to help you relax (sedation). Some people can get cramps (pain). 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