Reviewer: Use Caution, 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Caused blood pressure to spike from normal to high reaching 164/101 at its highest point. The high blood pressure readings lasted 3 days after the last dose of movi-prep.

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Caused blood pressure to spike from normal to high reaching 164/101 at its highest point. The high blood pressure readings lasted 3 days after the last dose of movi-prep.
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Reviewer: Miss Colospy, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Okay, so it's not an ice cream soda, but MoviPrep is NOT THAT HORRIBLE! I put mine in a big plastic cup, loaded with ice, put the rest in the freezer to chill quickly, and power-sipped through a straw. As the ice melted, I refilled it. It started working about 30 minutes after the first sip. You'll want to have baby wipes or wet wipes on hand because it gets, um, tender Back There after the firs ... Show Full Comment

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Okay, so it's not an ice cream soda, but MoviPrep is NOT THAT HORRIBLE! I put mine in a big plastic cup, loaded with ice, put the rest in the freezer to chill quickly, and power-sipped through a straw. As the ice melted, I refilled it. It started working about 30 minutes after the first sip. You'll want to have baby wipes or wet wipes on hand because it gets, um, tender Back There after the first couple of rounds uh, emptying. MoviPrep tastes like a quirky 7Up/Lemonade-ish thing, with a slightly salty finish. It's not nasty at all -- totally palatable. So STOP WORRYING! Not a day at the races, but totally do-able. Piece of cake.
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Reviewer: Popoki, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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For all of you out there with the Moviprep Rx and a pile of anxiousness about making it work, I offer this from last night's experience. First, after mixing, chill it. Secondly have on hand a large size drinking straw, lemon sorbet and a chilled drinking glass (in the freezer). Finally, use your fingers to pinch your nose. Thanks to suggestions from this and other forums, here's what I did ... Show Full Comment

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For all of you out there with the Moviprep Rx and a pile of anxiousness about making it work, I offer this from last night's experience. First, after mixing, chill it. Secondly have on hand a large size drinking straw, lemon sorbet and a chilled drinking glass (in the freezer). Finally, use your fingers to pinch your nose. Thanks to suggestions from this and other forums, here's what I did...chilled the Moviprep solution...opened the lemon sorbet, poured the Moviprep dose into the chilled glass. Took a small spoonfull of the sorbet over my tongue...placed the straw in the glass and positioned the straw well back on my tongue and started sucking while holding my nose. It took two or three sucks to get all 8 oz. into me and at each pause, I slurped another spoon of sorbet. By holding my nose, having the chilled Movi and sucking it through the straw, I was able to get it down and keep it down. The taste is hideous...no denying it. But with my method, I hope you too can find some tolerating relief when faced with the challenge of ingesting this stuff. Good luck.
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Reviewer: dakotasam, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Was able to take first dose of Moviprep ok (mixed it with lemon vitamin water thanks to someone's suggestion and chased it with Sprite). The second half of the liter was definitely harder to get down. Tastes exactly like lemon furniture polish! It started working after about 1 1/2 hours and no pain or cramping. Started the 2nd dose about 5 am and vomited about 15 min later. Kept trying to drink ... Show Full Comment

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Was able to take first dose of Moviprep ok (mixed it with lemon vitamin water thanks to someone's suggestion and chased it with Sprite). The second half of the liter was definitely harder to get down. Tastes exactly like lemon furniture polish! It started working after about 1 1/2 hours and no pain or cramping. Started the 2nd dose about 5 am and vomited about 15 min later. Kept trying to drink it and kept vomiting so gave up half way through. Went to the appointment anyway even though I wasn't "clear". Nurses said many patients had complaints about Moviprep. Doc performed procedure and said I got an A for cleanliness (but not an A+). So glad I didn't cancel because I would NEVER want to go through that prep again. Actual procedure was completely painless. Will never consider taking Moviprep again.
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Reviewer: Lee, on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I followed dr. orders for dietary 2 days out (no fiber/veggies- meats, cheeses ok), 1 before nothing but clear liquids --no problem. Started the MoviPrep the evening of the day prior to colonscopy. Toward the 3/4 mark, I got a serious headache that tormented the whole right side of my head, from spine stem to frontal lobe -- my vision in right eye went fuzzy, and my hearing changed (from clearly d ... Show Full Comment

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I followed dr. orders for dietary 2 days out (no fiber/veggies- meats, cheeses ok), 1 before nothing but clear liquids --no problem. Started the MoviPrep the evening of the day prior to colonscopy. Toward the 3/4 mark, I got a serious headache that tormented the whole right side of my head, from spine stem to frontal lobe -- my vision in right eye went fuzzy, and my hearing changed (from clearly distinguishing sounds to echoey and muffled). I followed the instructions to the letter. I drank 16oz + water as instructed. I don't understand the symptoms, but these issues scared me enough to feeling like a stroke or seizure was eminent, that I stopped and didn't do the last half of the prep. I'm online now to find another prep that avoids including phenylkenutronics in the list of ingredients...why is that ingredient present for this process? If it's a chemical sweetener, then I would hope mfr would pursue a natural substitute with less indications of harmful sideeffects.
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