Once on a clear-liquid diet, it is important not to ... with drinking water and feeling too hungry. Part of the bowel prep for a colonoscopy is having watery diarrhea. This can result in losing ...

These substances loosen stools and increase bowel movements so you can clean out your colon. Traditional liquid laxatives used for colonoscopy prep require you to drink large volumes of the liquid ...

Similar findings were reported by another group of Korean investigators who prospectively studied the quality of bowel preparation in 300 subjects undergoing colonoscopy. [14] All subjects were ...

Approximately one in four individuals undergoing colonoscopy has an inadequate bowel preparation. Data from two retrospective studies indicate that 42–48% of colon polyps are missed on ...