Medically reviewed by Sonal Kumar, MD Colonoscopy prep is complete once your poop is a light yellow with no dark particles. You'll need to follow a specific low-residue diet to empty your colon.

The colonoscopy preparation is one of the biggest barriers when it comes to colorectal cancer screening, but the distasteful process may be about to change. Here are five things to know about ...

ATLANTA — When it comes to undergoing a colonoscopy, a screening test for colon cancer, many patients agree that the preparation is the worst part. To clear the colon and rectum for doctors t… ...

The worst thing about having a colonoscopy isn’t when you’re sedated and your doc scopes you where the sun don’t shine. It’s the prep, when you have to drink a gross laxativ… ...

Long-dreaded colonoscopy prep a little easier to swallow. By Rick Ruggles / World-Herald staff writer Nov 25, 2013 Nov 25, 2013; 0; Nancy Brown ... Among those products are the following: ...

93.3% of Patients Treated Using the Lead Formulation of Novel Prep Achieved a Colonoscopy Rating of Excellent or Good, Compared to 85.7% of Those Using Standard Prep Products in Colonoscopist ...

Colonoscopy prep just got a little easier. The FDA recently approved a new prep drink that claims to taste better than any other currently on the market. The new solution is called Suflave, and it ...

Another popular prescription colonoscopy preparation ... In 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put out an alert on oral sodium phosphate products, excluding OsmoPrep, ...

LAS VEGAS — In this exclusive video from ACG 2016, Douglas K. Rex, MD, MACG, from Indiana University Hospital, discusses the results of a phase 2 dose-ranging study of edible colon preparation ...

It’s true a colonoscopy takes time, and the screening can be uncomfortable. But early-stage colon cancer, which a colonoscopy can identify, is highly treatable.