Endoscopy prep—getting ready for a colonoscopy or upper GI endoscopy—can be intimidating and a bit nerve-racking. During an ...

Nancy Brown, 60, described her preparation with Suprep as “very tolerable,” a far cry from her son's experience 12 years ago. The days of drinking a gallon of oily liquid the night before a ...

In his op-ed “Colonoscopy Prep Is Worse Than IKEA” (June 3), Jim Sollisch gives readers the impression that there has been a universal shift to a three-day bowel preparation for colonoscopies. This ...

Colon hydrotherapy, also called colonics, isgaining popularity as a treatment for conditions such as constipation and irritable bowel syndrome as well as colonoscopy preparation, according to an ...

Salix Pharmaceuticals aims to simplify the preparation process for colonoscopies with its new FDA-approved bowel cleanser, Plenvu, the company announced May 7. Plenvu is a liquid drug patients can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopy units and endoscopists are recommended to reach a bowel preparation adequacy rate of 90%. Adjunctive ...

Some Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage may cover the cost of colonoscopy prep kits. However, private insurance companies administer these plans, so the coverage ...

The low-volume bowel preparation MoviPrep provided a noninferior alternative to the standard high-volume GoLYTELY in a cohort of hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopy, a randomized trial showed ...

Gastrointestinal procedures continue to dominate the ASC landscape in 2025, driven by increased screening demand, younger-onset colorectal cancer and ongoing migration of cases out of hospitals. All ...