Day before

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3 days before your exam:

Stop eating all high-fiber foods and begin a low-fiber diet:
• No raw fruits or vegetables
• No whole wheat or multigrain foods
• No nuts or popcorn
• No bran or bulking agents
• Additional low fiber diet recommendations can be found at www.mngastro.com/lowfiber

2 days before your exam:

• Continue the low-fiber diet.
• Drink at least 8 glasses of water during the day
• Do not eat solid foods after midnight.

1 day before your exam:

Begin a clear liquid diet (NO red liquids; NO alcohol):

• Water: drink at least 8 glasses of water during the day
• Coffee or tea (no milk or non-dairy creamer)
• Clear broth or bouillon
• Gatorade®, Pedialyte® or Powerade®
• Carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks
• Kool-Aid or other fruit-flavored drinks
• Strained fruit juices (no pulp)
• Jell-O, popsicles, hard candy

Mix first dose of MoviPrep®• Empty 1 Pouch A and 1 Pouch B into the disposal container.• Add lukewarm drinking water to the top line of the container. Mix to dissolve. • If preferred, mix solution ahead of time and refrigerate prior to drinking. The mixed solution must be used within 24 hours.

At 5:30 pm:
• The MoviPrep® container is divided by 4 marks.
• Every 15 minutes drink the solution down to the next mark (approximately 8 oz.), until the full liter has been completed.
• Over the course of the evening, drink an additional ½ liter of clear liquids.

The day of your exam

• You may take all of your morning medications.
Mix second dose of MoviPrep®• Empty 1 Pouch A and 1 Pouch B into the disposal container• Add lukewarm drinking water to the top line of the container. Mix to dissolve. • If preferred, mix solution ahead of time and refrigerate prior to drinking. The mixed solution must be used within 24 hours.

6 hours before your exam:
For example, if your colonoscopy is at 11 am, start at 5 am
• The MoviPrep® container is divided by 4 marks.
• Every 15 minutes drink the solution down to the next mark (approximately 8 oz.), until the full liter has been completed. Time to complete = 1 hour
• Drink an additional ½ liter of clear liquids. Time to complete = ½ hour. This needs to be completed at least 4 hours before your exam.

4 hours before your exam:
• Discontinue clear liquids