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A member asked:
What are alternatives for citrate of magnesium to cleanse the bowels before colonoscopy?
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Many: Most of the fda-approved bowel preps for a colonoscopy are actually prescriptions. There are no longer many otc versions of it. Discuss with your colonoscopist the benefits of each.
Answered 1/18/2016
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Between Milk of Magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) & mag citrate, is one less likely than the other to cause cramping? Does one pull fluid into the bowels slower maybe?
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