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A member asked:

Is there any way i can have a colonoscopy if i cannot tolerate drinking the prep medication? i had bariatric by-pass surgery and can't drink it quick

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There are Alternate: There is a Gatorade prep you can Google online and it is quite tolerable. Good luck

Answered 8/2/2014

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Dr. Dustin Colegrove answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

You can perform the: prep over a couple of days as well as using enemas in conjunction with this

Dr Hashemi agreed

Answered 8/2/2014

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