The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1220
October 24, 2005
Colonoscopy Preps Addendum
Med Lett Drugs Ther. 2005 Oct 24;47(1220):88
Disclosures
Objective(s)
Since the publication of our article on colonoscopy preparations,1 which compared polyethylene glycol electrolyte solutions (GoLytely, and others) with sodium phosphate (Fleet Phospho-Soda, and others), some readers have told us that we should have included a combination of a magnesium citrate solution with bisacodyl tablets (Evac-QKwik, and others) as an alternative. In one study, such a preparation offered better cleansing and patient tolerance than a sodium phosphate regimen.2
1. Colonoscopy preparations. Med Lett Drugs Ther 2005; 47:53.
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