Two Day Surgical Prep

Two Days Before Surgery

• Clear liquids only, (i.e apple juice, ginger ale, juices without pulp, clear broth, jell-O, popsicles, coffee or tea (without milk), ices without pulp.
• 1 bottle citrate of magnesia at 3 pm.

One Day Before Surgery

• 1 bottle citrate of magnesia at 7 am.
• Neomycin 500-mg tablets
  • 2 tablets at 1 pm
  • 2 tablets at 2 pm
  • 2 tablets at 11pm
• Flagyl 500-mg tablets
  • 1 tablet at 1 pm
  • 1 tablet at 2 pm
  • 1 tablets at 11 pm

Colyte: Start drinking 1 gallon at 3pm and complete at 5pm.

Dulcolax: 4 tablets at 6pm.

NOTHING BY MOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT

If irritation develops during the preparation, it is recommended that you lubricate the rectal area with Vaseline or A&D ointment.