Vitamin drinks improve palatability and reduce adverse events associated to polyethylene glycol electrolyte solutions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The unpleasant taste of polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been a hindrance to patients undergoing colonoscopy.

Aim

This study aims to determine whether the addition of a vitamin drink (Mizone) to the 4L split-dose PEG regimen would be effective in improving the solution's palatability, and reducing patient discomfort during bowel preparation.

Methods

The present prospective, single endoscopist-blinded, randomized controlled study randomly assigned patients into two groups: PEG + Mizone group (3.6 L of PEG solution plus 0.4 L of Mizone) and PEG group (4 L of PEG solution). Palatability was assessed using a Likert scale of 1-5. The adverse events, amount of unconsumed solution, and willingness to repeat the same process were recorded through a questionnaire. The

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413698 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature