Reviewer: SusanT, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month

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This was my first experience with the Sutab prep. The benefits are significant with easily taking pills with water , albeit a total of 24 for the split dosage prep. There was no nasty solution involved . I will note that I was prescribed an anti- nausea med that I took with each cycle of the prep to avoid any nausea. I had no adverse reaction. My colonoscopy was scheduled for 10am. My instru ... Show Full Comment

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This was my first experience with the Sutab prep. The benefits are significant with easily taking pills with water , albeit a total of 24 for the split dosage prep. There was no nasty solution involved . I will note that I was prescribed an anti- nausea med that I took with each cycle of the prep to avoid any nausea. I had no adverse reaction. My colonoscopy was scheduled for 10am. My instructions were to start prep at 6pm with second round to occur around 3am. I did not follow those instructions as I prefer to complete the entire cleansing so I can sleep. I took my first round of pills at 3pm. I did not begin to feel the effects for over 3 hours. When it began, it was without any significant cramping or any abnormal issues. The second round was taken around 8:30pm. I will say that by then, the urgency was significant and you MUST be close to a toilet. It continued until about 11pm or so but I was clean. The results of my colonoscopy was excellent with my gastroenterologist being able to see and scope everything to his satisfaction.
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Reviewer: KAA, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month

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Please check your insurance coverage for this product! My insurance does not cover it and it would cost me $182 out of pocket! Too much on a fixed income. To be fair, I did not use this product. When the nurse was going over the instructions with me, I listened to the night-before instructions and the spacing of the tablets and 3/4 gallon of water. I was thinking that this didn't sound bad ... Show Full Comment

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Please check your insurance coverage for this product! My insurance does not cover it and it would cost me $182 out of pocket! Too much on a fixed income. To be fair, I did not use this product. When the nurse was going over the instructions with me, I listened to the night-before instructions and the spacing of the tablets and 3/4 gallon of water. I was thinking that this didn't sound bad at all. Then when she said I'd have to repeat it again 4 hours before the procedure, I had to decline this method. I have MS and bladder problems is part of my disease. I'm on medication for that (along with a boatload of other MS meds). When she said I'd be drinking another 3/4 of a gallon 4 hours before the procedure, I told her that I would literally be peeing all over the procedure table. We're going with the Miralax/Gatorade method. I've had several colonoscopies in my life and it seems every time, a different cleansing procedure is recommended. I did the the best as far as results and comfort levels by drinking the little bottles of Fleet Phospho Soda, but I don't think they recommend that anymore. Sure would be cheaper than almost $200!
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Reviewer: DylanN89, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month

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I'm the type who has reactions to basically every medicine. I cant handle much... Was nervous to have the colonoscopy / endoscope... I'm 31... Let me start by saying I had literally no side effects (except obviously using the bathroom a ton). Amazing product... I drank about 4-5 bottles of water and chugged / sipped Pedialite in the morning before starting prep. My instructions where ... Show Full Comment

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I'm the type who has reactions to basically every medicine. I cant handle much... Was nervous to have the colonoscopy / endoscope... I'm 31... Let me start by saying I had literally no side effects (except obviously using the bathroom a ton). Amazing product... I drank about 4-5 bottles of water and chugged / sipped Pedialite in the morning before starting prep. My instructions where to take the 12 pills at 5pm and another 12 pills at 10pm. I personally started at 4pm and then again at 9pm instead of the 5pmand 10pm. Reason being I didn't want to be up all night using the bathroom or waking up int he middle of the night etc. Honestly, next time I have to do this prep... I'll do 2 or 3pm and start the first 12 pills then... and then 7or 8pm for the next... Make sure you're drinking lots of water/gatorade/popsicles/shaved italin ice/ and jello. It did kind of suck by the end of the day though its not super bad. I had no vomitting, no upset stomach, just had to use the bathroom about 45 mins after taking the pills. And that lasted a good 2 hours after that... I was scared after reading the reviews on here... but I can promise... someone as sensitive as me handled it amazing... you definitly can too. Just take the pills with a sip of water and forget about it. Wish you all the best. I'll def be using sutab again for all future colonoscopies. Just flat awesome.
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Reviewer: KW, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month

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I hated the drink - no matter what “tips” I used to make it easier I ended up gagging and throw up half of it. Enter my next colonoscopy and the nurse practitioner suggested I try this. First up it’s a lot of pills and after the first 6 or so you might find you feel like you forgot how to swallow things lol. Took about 3h for them to work (similar timeframe to the drink version). When it st ... Show Full Comment

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I hated the drink - no matter what “tips” I used to make it easier I ended up gagging and throw up half of it. Enter my next colonoscopy and the nurse practitioner suggested I try this. First up it’s a lot of pills and after the first 6 or so you might find you feel like you forgot how to swallow things lol. Took about 3h for them to work (similar timeframe to the drink version). When it started it was the same super explosive cleaning out everyone goes through but I felt like it was over sooner but maybe a little more intense. Second set taken early early morning - only took about an hour to work this time and was mostly just liquid. Colonoscopy report stated “prep was good”so seems to do the same as the liquid just takes out the horrible tasting liquid that makes you gag. Had a slight headache and minor nausea BUT that was from lack of food and coffee and has happened every time I’ve fasted so can’t blame the pills. Have to take a half dose next month to do a pill cam of the small intestine and for once not really dreading it and stressing already like I did with the liquid.
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Reviewer: Sue, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month

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Started throwing up sutab 1/2 hour after taking first dose. Same thing happened after second dose, except it was more forceful with some bleeding. Had to cancel procedure because medication wouldn’t work.

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Started throwing up sutab 1/2 hour after taking first dose. Same thing happened after second dose, except it was more forceful with some bleeding. Had to cancel procedure because medication wouldn’t work.
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