CLENPIQ For Appointments After 11:15 AM
Medications
You may stay on all of your regular medications, vitamins and/or herbal supplements except Diabetes Medication, Iron and Blood Thinning Medications. You do not need to stop Aspirin
Blood Thinning Medications:
Stop Eliquis, Xarelto, Pradaxa and Brillinta. You will be instructed how long to stop these medications by your Gastroenterologist or the provider who manages these medications.
Stop Plavix (clopidogrel) 7 days prior to your procedure unless otherwise instructed by your Gastroenterologist or the provider who manages this medication.
Stop Coumadin (warfarin) 4 days prior to your procedure unless otherwise instructed by your Gastroenterologist or the provider who manages this medication.
Diabetes Medications: Do not take your diabetes medication on the morning of your procedure unless instructed by your Gastroenterologist or the provider who manages these medications.
Iron: Stop Iron pills 5 days prior to your procedure.
Two Days Before Your Colonoscopy
Eat a low-fiber diet. Avoid eating raw vegetables, nuts and seeds.
Take 4 tablespoons of Milk of Magnesia after dinner.
The Day Before Your Colonoscopy
You must be on a clear liquid diet the entire day before your colonoscopy. Drink only clear liquids and eat no solid food.
At 6 pm - Drink 1 bottle (160 ml) of CLENPIQ. Drink an additional 5 (8 ounce) glasses (total of 40 ounces) of water, at your own pace, within the next 2 hours.
Continue drinking clear liquids.
Generally, CLENPIQ starts working in about 20 minutes, but everyone's body is different so times will vary. Your bowel is "clean" when your bowel movements are translucent yellow/green and there is not brown stool.
The Day Of Your Colonoscopy
At 6 am - Drink 1 bottle (160 ml) of CLENPIQ. Drink an additional 5 (8 ounce) glasses (total of 40 ounces) of water, at your own pace, ending at least 4 hours before your procedure. Do not drink Vanilla Boost on the day of your procedure.
Morning medications, except those listed below, may be taken up to 4 hours before your procedure with a small sip of clear liquid.
Do not take the following medications on the morning of your procedure:
ACE Inhibitors: Lotensin (benazepril), Vasotec (enalapril), Prinivil/Zestril (lisinopril), Univasc (moexipril), Aceon (perindopril). Accupril (quinapril), Altace (ramipril),
Mavik (trandolapril), captopril, fosinopril
Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists: Edarbi (azilsartin), Atacand (candesartan), Teveten (eprosartan), Avapro (irbesartan), Cozaar (losartan), Benicar (olmesartan),
Micardis (telmisartan), Diovan (valsartan)
You will be given a something to drink and a snack when you are awake and alert after your procedure. You may return to your normal diet after your procedure unless otherwise instructed upon discharge.