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2 Day SUFLAVE/MiraLAX Two-Day Prep Instructions

Daily Medication

  • If you take medicine for high blood pressure, seizures, breathing, or thyroid problems, take them with a small sip of water on the day of your Colonoscopy.
  • Do NOT take NSAIDS like Ibuprofen, Advil, Motrin, Aleve, or Aspirin on the day of your Colonoscopy.
  • Follow your doctor’s instructions for diabetes medicines and blood thinners. You might need your doctor’s permission to stop these medicines.
  • Stop taking iron pills, GLP1 agonists, and Phentermine (if taking them) 7 days before your Colonoscopy. A GLP1 is a self-injectable medication used for DM and/or weight loss.

Bowel Preparation

Your colon needs to be very clean for the Colonoscopy. If it’s not clean, the doctor might miss seeing something important, and you might have to do the Colonoscopy again.

Follow these instructions, not the ones that come with the medicine.

7 Days Before Your Colonoscopy

Buy these supplies from the pharmacy or grocery store:

  • SUFLAVE prescription. If you have trouble getting, call our office at 239-343-6222.
  • 2 bottles of MiraLAX (8.3 oz each)
  • 2 bottles of Gatorade (32 oz each, no red or purple). If you are diabetic, use water, G2, or Crystal Light instead of regular Gatorade.

4 Days Before Your Colonoscopy

  • Start eating a low residue diet.
  • You can eat: white bread, rolls, biscuits, crackers, white pasta, white rice, fish, boiled chicken breast, eggs, plain yogurt, cottage cheese, skinless cooked potato, puffed rice cereal, or corn flakes.
  • Do not eat foods with nuts, seeds, skins, or fresh fruit.

2 Days Before Your Colonoscopy

  • At midnight, start a clear liquid diet. No solid food until after your Colonoscopy.
  • You can drink: apple juice, white grape juice (no pulp), lemonade, Gatorade, water, tea, coffee, Kool-Aid, clear sodas (no red or purple), clear broth, popsicles, Jell-O, and hard candy (no red or purple).
  • Do NOT drink milk or use creamers.
  • Drink a lot of clear fluids throughout the day to stay hydrated and help clean your colon.
  • At 6 PM, mix one 8.3 oz bottle of MiraLAX with 32 oz of Gatorade (or substitute). Shake or stir until the powder is dissolved. Drink it over 2 hours until it’s all gone. Using a straw may make it easier to drink.

1 Day Before Your Colonoscopy

  • At 8 AM, mix the second 8.3 oz bottle of MiraLAX with 32 oz of Gatorade (or substitute). Shake or stir until the powder is dissolved. Drink it over 2 hours until it’s all gone. Using a straw may make it easier to drink.
  • Drink a lot of clear fluids throughout the day to stay hydrated and help clean your colon.
  • At 6 PM, start drinking dose 1 of your SUFLAVE Prep Kit.
    • Step 1: Pour 1 flavor enhancing packet into 1 SUFLAVE bottle.  Fill the bottle with lukewarm water up to the fill line.  Place cap on bottle.  Shake bottle until powder is dissolved.  Drink 8 ounces of solution every 15 minutes until the bottle is empty.  Using a straw may make it easier to drink. 
    • Step 2: You MUST drink two more 16 oz containers of water over the next hour. Use the empty container for this.

Day of Your Colonoscopy

  • 5 hours before your Colonoscopy, start drinking dose 2 of your SUFLAVE Prep Kit.
    • Step 1: Pour 1 flavor enhancing packet into 1 SUFLAVE bottle.  Fill the bottle with lukewarm water up to the fill line.  Place cap on bottle.  Shake bottle until powder is dissolved.  Drink 8 ounces of solution every 15 minutes until the bottle is empty.  Using a straw may make it easier to drink. 
    • Step 2: You MUST drink two more 16 oz containers of water over the next hour. Use the empty container for this.
  • 3 hours before your Colonoscopy, do not eat, drink, or chew anything until after your Colonoscopy. If you do, your Colonoscopy might be delayed or canceled.