new concerns about the safety of sodium phosphate bowel preps

May 2008

There are new concerns about the safety of sodium phosphate bowel preps...Fleet Phospho-soda, OsmoPrep, Visicol, etc.

Bowel preps are used before patients have a procedure such as a colonoscopy...to ensure the bowel is clear for imaging.

There are two main types. SODIUM PHOSPHATE preps (OsmoPrep, Visicol, etc) use a series of tablets or liquids...PEG preps (GoLytely, etc) require people to drink a large jug of powdered solution mixed with water.

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