Services – Gastroenterological Procedures and Preps
Nulytely Colonoscopy Preparation
Instructions
Location: PIEDMONT HOSPITAL GI LAB (Bldg 77, 1st Floor)
Enter
at Collier Road entrance. Park in the “North” parking deck. Take elevator to
the bridge level (BR). Sign will say “Bridge to Hospital”. Get off at the
bridge level. Walk over the glassed in covered bridge. Turn right and then
left. Look for sign to GI Lab. Check in at the window when you enter the GI
Lab. You will be registered there.
OR
DIGESTIVE HEALTHCARE ENDOSCOPY LAB (Bldg
95, Suite 4075)
Enter
at the Collier Road entrance. Park in the “South” parking deck. Take the
elevator to the “Orange Level”. Cross over the glassed in covered bridge. You
are now in the 95 building. You do not have to check in at the hospital. Go up
to the 4th floor and look for Suite 4075. Sign in at the window. If
someone is sitting at the window, let them know you have arrived.
**You
will need 1 container of one of the following by prescription: Colyte, Golytely,
or Nulytely, 1 Reglan tablet (Prescription) and 4 Dulcolax tablets (over the
counter).
***You will be with us approximately 1
½ - 2 hours from the time your instructions
tell you to arrive to the time you are ready to leave. Your ride must
check in with you and remain in the clinic until your procedure is complete***
2
weeks prior to procedure
If
you are on Plavix, get your doctor’s permission to stop taking.
1 week prior to your procedure
Stop
taking Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Motrin, Advil, Aleve, Vitamin E, iron
supplement or arthritis medications and herbal products for 7 days
prior to and 7 days after your procedure especially if you are going
to have a polyp removed.
***If
you are on coumadin you must get your doctor’s permission to stop taking the drug. If we remove a polyp, we will let you
know when you can start back on it.
Procedure Day
You
may take your blood pressure medication with a sip of water on the day of your procedure.
Procedure Preparation
On
the day before your procedure begin a clear liquid diet.You may have beverages such as tea,
coffee, carbonated drinks, strained fruit juices,
popsicles (not red) jello (no red jello), broth or bouillon. NO CREAMED SOUPS OR MILK PRODUCTS. You may have clear liquids
up until midnight the
day before your procedure.
You
will receive a prescription for ONE of the following: Colyte, Golytely or
Nulytely, Solutions are the same, just different brands. This is the liquid
laxative that will cleanse the colon for your procedure.
1:00 pm- Take Dulcolax (4) tablets. If you
are Dr Michael Galambos, Dr Sims
or Dr Rubin’s patient only take (2) tablets. Start drinking the laxative around
4:00 pm the day before your procedure. Drink an 8 oz glass of the prep every 10 -15 minutes
until all has been consumed. Even if your results are clear, continue drinking.
Clear results are clear, yellow or green colored water. You may have results of a sandy sediment that sinks to the bottom of the
toilet. This is okay. You should be having results within 1 – 3 hours. If you are not able to drink the
laxative and begin vomiting, please call 404-355-3200.
Take
the raglan 10 mg tablet as you begin to drink the laxative. This will help with
nausea and bloating.
Nothing to eat
or drink after midnight the night before your procedure. If your arrival
time is 12 noon or later, you may have 8 oz of a clear liquid at 7 am and then nothing by
mouth until after your procedure.
Bring your insurance cards and
picture ID with you.
Bring a list of your medications.
Leave your car keys and parking
ticket with your driver.
If you have any special needs
please notify the staff prior to your procedure (Pacemaker, internal
defibrillator, latex allergy, need interpreter).
*Wear comfortable clothes to your procedure. Please do not wear shoes
that will not remain on your feet (i. e. No flip flops, sandals or backless
shoes.)*
Attention Patients scheduled in
Digestive Healthcare’s Endoscopy Lab:
Your driver must check in and wait for
you in the Endoscopy waiting room. It generally takes 1 ½ - 2 hours for a procedure to be
completed.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you cannot keep your
appointment you must call and cancel the appointment 72 hours prior to the
appointment to avoid being charged a cancellation or no show fee of $150.00.
When you receive your statement
from this procedure, there will be an invoice for the doctor’s fee, an invoice
for the endoscopy center (supplies and nursing care) and you may receive a
separate bill from the Pathology laboratory if biopsies are obtained.
If you have any questions
regarding insurance or precertification, please call our billing office at
404-603-3543.
**If your insurance does not cover
this procedure and you have been notified that there is a deductible you need
to pay, please bring a credit card (visa or master card only). If you are
paying by check, bring 2 checks with you (one for the Doctor’s fee and one for
the center).
***Digestive Healthcare of Georgia
Endoscopy Center is Co-Owned by the physicians of Digestive Healthcare and
Piedmont Hospital. ***
