Miralax - Gatorade Prep

You will be on a CLEAR LIQUID DIET as soon as you wake up. You may have the following:

• Coffee (no dairy or cream)
• Tea (no dairy or cream)
• Fruit Juice without pulp (orange, apple, white grape, white cranberry)
• Gatorade, G2, Powerade (no red or purple flavors)
• Crystal Light
• Broth
• Jell-O
• Sodas (Coke, Diet Coke, etc.)
• Juice popsicles without fruit or pulp

DO NOT have milk/cream products, red, pink or purple colored liquid or any alcoholic beverages.

Drink 6-8 ounces of clear liquid every hour throughout the day to stay hydrated.

Nothing by mouth four (4) hours prior to your procedure, including gum, mints, hard candy or water.

Do not use any recreational drugs or alcohol for 48 hours prior to your procedure.

Mix 238 gram bottle of Miralax powder into the 64 oz bottle of Gatorade. Shake solution until Miralax is dissolved and chill in the refrigerator until time to begin prep.

Consume a clear liquid diet for the entire day. (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) A clear liquid diet may include: water, soft drinks, coffee or tea without cream, jello, juice without pulp (orange, apple, white grape, white cranberry), popsicles, broth and bouillon. IMPORTANT: Remember not to drink any dairy products or red or purple colored beverages, jello, popsicles, etc. 

Drink at least 6 hours of clear liquids every hour.

Take 2 Dulcolax 5 mg oral tablets with water.

Start drinking the Miralax-Gatorade prep. Drink 8 ounces every 15-30 minutes until half (32 oz) of the solution is gone. Refrigerate the remaining half of the prep.

IMPORTANT: If you become nauseated during the ingestion of the Miralax-Gatorade prep, stop the prep for 45 minutes then resume. Continue to drink clear liquids until bedtime.