Citramag v Movieprep

Hi AEC.

Is it low residue on the day you take the Citramag, or the day before? Although I guess that depends on what time of day your procedure is; mine has always been in the morning, which meant that fasting started right after a small low residue breakfast the day before the procedure.

I've had both Citramag and Moviprep. With the Citramag I was not told anything about low residue diet, just clear liquids on the day. With the Moviprep I was told to have low residue diet the day before and then clear liquids on the day.

However, with the Citramag I was also given a load of Senna tablets to take a set time before the first dose of Citramag. Unfortunately I have discovered that I have some sort of intolerance to Senna as the meagre contents of my stomach came up about 30 mins later. Which is why, for my surveillance scopes, I am now given Moviprep which does not require the Senna tablets.

That being said, in reading up on low residue diets and allowable liquids for the fasting day, I was looking at guidance from different hospitals about diet and bowel prep before colonoscopy, and there does seem to be a bit of difference between various trusts. I did for example see information from a different NHS trust re low residue diet for three days prior, but in my case the instruction was for only one day.

All the best,

Yolande

Thanks Yolande - that makes sense.  Practice must differ from hospital to hospital