Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD A colonoscopy preparation is needed before the procedure. This is to clear the large ...

Poor bowel preparation also led to repeat colonoscopies for 18.9% of current GLP-1RA users, compared to 11.1% of controls ...

Bowel preparations for colonoscopy vary with respect to their ... Some patients may benefit from a more aggressive bowel cleansing regimen. All bowel preparations, regardless of formulation ...

Everyone knows that colonoscopies save lives, but that doesn't make drinking a lot of liquid laxatives in preparation for the ...

Consume a clear liquid diet the day before the colonoscopy. Drink prescription bowel-cleaning liquid the morning of and the evening before the procedure. Arrange to have a responsible driver take you ...

I'm calling you about your colonoscopy that's scheduled for next week… Seven days prior to the exam you need to stop anti-inflammatory medications ... put air into your bowel to expand the ...

Food left in the stomach or stool left in the bowel ... or colonoscopy. Now, research finds this scenario is more likely if the patient is taking popular new weight-loss meds such as Ozempic ...

Folks who take one of the popular GLP-1 weight-loss meds might ... endoscopy or colonoscopy New research suggests the drugs slow the transit of food through the stomach and bowel, leading to ...

Food left in the stomach or stool left in the bowel can impede a doctor's ability to successfully perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy. Now, research finds this scenario is more likely if the patient ...