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You will need to get this prescription at least seven days before your scheduled procedure.\u003Cbr>• Arrange a ride. You must have a responsible adult drive you home or be responsible for you on public transportation. You cannot leave the hospital without being in the care of a responsible adult. Your procedure will be cancelled if you do not have an adult to escort you home. This person does not have to stay at the hospital while you have your procedure, but must be within 15 minutes of the hospital. Your estimated time of stay is two hours from registration to discharge.\u003Cbr>• You will need: Four (4) Dulcolax laxative or generic bisacodyl laxative tablets\u003Cbr>One (1) 238 gram bottle of Miralax or generic polyethylene glycol\u003Cbr>Sixty Four (64) ounces of Gatorade that are not red or purple\u003Cbr>• Stop eating foods with seeds and nuts for the seven days prior to your procedure. This includes foods that have seeds or nuts on them: bagels, cucumbers, tomatoes, bread, popcorn. |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| | \u003Cbr>|\n\n\n| Medication | Recommendation |\n| --- | --- |\n| Aspirin | Continue to take |\n| Blood Thinners: Warfarin (Coumadin), Dabigatran (Pradaza), Heparin, Edoxaban (Sayaysa), Apixaban (Eliquis), Clopidogrel (Plavix), Rivaroxaban (Xarelto), Enoxaparin (Lovenox), Prasugrel (Effient), Ticagrelor (Brilinta), Foundaparinux (Arixtra), Dipyridamole\u003Cbr>(Aggrenox) | Call the prescribing provider who prescribed this medication to ask how you should take it before and after your colonoscopy. You may have to stop taking them before your procedure. |\n| Insulin and Diabetes medications | Call the prescribing provider who prescribed this medication to ask how to take them before and after your colonoscopy. |\n| Iron pills: Ferrous sulfate, Ferrous Gluconate, Ferrous Fumarate | Stop taking seven days before your colonoscopy |\n| Herbal Supplements | Stop taking seven days before your colonoscopy |\n| MAOIs: Rasagiline, Selegiline, Phenelzine, Tranylcypromine | Call our office and let us know you take this medication. 802-847-8865 |\n| GLP-1 agonist/Dual-acting GLP-1 agonist and GIP agonist: Dulaglutide (Trulicity), Exenatide (Byetta & Bydureon), Liraglutide (Victoza & Saxenda), Lixisenatide (Adlyxin), Semaglutide (Ozempic & Wegovy), Tirzepatide (Mounjaro & Zepbound) | Weekly Injectable medications: Stop 7 days prior to procedure\u003Cbr>Daily injectables or Oral medications: Stop day of procedure |\n\nONE DAY BEFORE YOUR PROCEDURE  \n• You cannot eat food of any kind today except for popsicles that are not red or purple.  \n• You may have any of these liquids: water, apple juice, white grape juice, ginger ale, sports drinks like PowerAde or Gatorade that are not red or purple, Crystal Light, black coffee, black tea, Kool Aid that is not red or purple.  \n• You may not have: any liquid that is red or purple, jello, broth, juices with pulp, ice cream, alcohol, gum, any food or anything that is not one of the liquids listed above.  \n• You may not have: any antacids that coat your esophagus such as TUMS, Rolaids, Milk of Magnesia.  \n[UVMHealth.org/MedCenter](UVMHealth.org/MedCenter)  \nMIRALAX PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS  \n• 5 pm: Take Four (4) Dulcolax or generic bisacodyl pills with a full glass of water  \n• 6 pm: Mix One (1) 238-gram bottle of Miralax or generic polyethylene glycol and 64 ounces of Gatorade that is not red or purple into a big pitcher / container.  \n• Drink one 8-ounce glass of the mixture every 15 minutes until you finish HALF of the container. Refrigerate the rest of the mixture in the container. You must finish half of it even if you have diarrhea. If you become nauseous, stop for 30 minutes and then start drinking again until you are finished the first half of the prep. It may help to drink through a straw. You may drink as much of the acceptable liquids along with the Miralax sol","cbCaifuokaiJeRMd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifuokaiJeRMd","pdf",250253,"English","# Seven Days Before Your Procedure\n## Medication Recommendations\n# One Day Before Your Procedure\n## Miralax Preparation Instructions\n# The Day of Your Procedure","[{\"question\":\"What should be arranged at least seven days before the procedure?\",\"answer\":\"Call your pharmacy to confirm the preparation prescription is available and arrange a ride with a responsible adult escort. The escort must be able to accompany you home and be within 15 minutes of the hospital during your procedure.\"},{\"question\":\"Which laxatives and liquids are required for the bowel preparation?\",\"answer\":\"Use four (4) Dulcolax tablets (or generic bisacodyl) and one (1) 238-gram bottle of Miralax (or generic polyethylene glycol). Drink sixty-four (64) ounces of Gatorade that is not red or purple as part of the mixture schedule.\"},{\"question\":\"How should medication changes be handled before and after colonoscopy?\",\"answer\":\"Call the prescribing provider for aspirin continuation guidance and for blood thinners and diabetes medications to ask how to take them before and after the procedure. Stop iron pills and herbal supplements seven days prior, and follow specific timing rules for weekly versus daily/oral GLP-1 medications.\"}]","Endoscopy - Colonoscopy & Upper Endoscopy Preparation | PDF",1790518255]