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MoviPrep – General Instructions
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Please follow these
instructions carefully.
Do NOT exceed recommended dose
as serious side effects can
occur.
Be aware that if you do NOT
prep as directed your procedure
will be cancelled.
Please call the office
immediately if you did not give
the Scheduler a list of your
current medications, vitamins
and allergies.
All Medicines are to be taken the day of
the test up to 4 hours before with a small sip of water, UNLESS
given other instructions are given. This also includes
ALL inhalers.
HMO insured patients may
require a referral or precertification. You will need to
bring your insurance cards, referral, and co-pay at the time
of the visit.
The test will be cancelled if:
- You have no one to drive you home (A
bus or taxi is not acceptable);
- IF you eat any food the day of the
test;
- IF you drink any fluids less than 4
hours before the test.
7 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR EXAM:
Stop taking all aspirin and
aspirin products (see attached list). Tylenol is permitted
before the test. Discontinue any other medications only if
directed by the office. Specific Instructions for special
situations such as diabetes are given on the Medicine
Instruction Sheet
THE DAY BEFORE THE EXAM:
No Solid Foods or Alcoholic
Beverages Clear liquids only for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
No red or purple colored
drinks, please. You may have
Gatorade, Water Ice, Popsicles, Ginger Ale, 7-Up, Sprite,
Coke, Pepsi, Jello (yellow or green) and chicken broth. You
may have black coffee and tea. Milk and cream are not
allowed. You may use sugar/sweetener.
- AT 6 or 7 PM the night before the
colonoscopy begin the Movi Prep as instructed on the next
page, you may continue to drink clear liquids up until
midnight.
- On the morning of the test begin the
Movi Prep 5 1/2 hours before leaving the house. (You
should be finished 4 hours before leaving the house.)
Follow the instructions on the next page
- If the test is very early in
the morning both doses of the Movi prep can be taken the
night before with a short break between the doses.
The MORNING OF THE
PROCEDURE:
Do Not Eat or Drink ANYTHING
the day of the test, except morning medicines with a small sip
of water up to 4 hours before the test. DO NOT CHEW GUM, HARD
CANDY, or SMOKE UNTIL AFTER YOUR PROCEDURE. If the test is scheduled after 1 PM then you may have
small sips of water up to 8 AM, then nothing more afterwards.
Your Procedure is scheduled
on__________________at______am/pm
YOUR PROCEDURE WILL BE
CANCELLED IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW
ALL OF THE PREP
INSTRUCTIONS .
Please arrange for a friend or
family member to drive you
home. Public
transportation is NOT
acceptable.
Questions: Please call our
office.
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