PREPARATION

To obtain an optimal exam, it is VERY important that you follow these instructions

 You must purchase at the pharmacy:

• one (1) bottle of CITROMAG (10 oz.)
• three (3) tablets of DULCOLAX (5 mg each)

 You must also obtain at Varad Radiology Clinic:

• two (2) small bottles of Barium 2% oral 450 ml (Smoothies)

 A.  PREPARATION THE DAY BEFORE THE EXAMINATION

 Liquid Diet:
To ensure that you are well prepared for this exam, you must be on a liquid diet beginning from when you get up in the morning and until you go to bed.  You are allowed 6-8 oz. of water or any other clear liquid every hour. 

The following items are allowed:

• fruit juice (without pulp)
• clear broth of consommé
• jello
• tea or coffee (sugar but no milk)
• light soft drinks
• NO MILK PRODUCTS ARE ALLOWED

 To color any remaining feces still within the colon, drink 300 ml of Barium at each meal (breakfast, lunch, supper).

 Laxatives are to be taken at:

• 4:00 pm – drink 10 oz of refrigerated CITROMAG
• 7:00 pm – take three (3) tablets of DULCOLAX

 B.  PREPARATION SAME DAY OF THE EXAM

You must be fasting (nothing to eat or drink) until the time of examination.

• At all times, continue to take your regular medications by swallowing your pills with just enough water (with the exception of insulin or oral hypoglycemics).