PREPARATION FOR COLON SURGERY
PM PROCEDURE
TWO DAYS BEFORE SURGERY
Clear liquid diet all day (starting at breakfast) – tea, broth, apple juice, Jell-O
Take 3 Dulcolax tablets (BISACODYL 5 mg) in the afternoon (between 2-4 PM)
followed by 3 large glasses of water.
ONE DAY BEFORE SURGERY
CONTINUE CLEAR LIQUID DIET
Take one Micro-K 10 tablet morning, afternoon, and evening
Drink one bottle of Citrate of Magnesia at 3 pm
Take (4) Dulcolax tablets (BISACODYL DR 5 mg) with three glasses of water at 8 pm
Take (1) Compazine 10mg tablet at 9 PM
*Take (2) Neomycin 500 mg tablets (1 gram)
at 10 pm
*Take (2) Erythromycin base 500 mg tablets (1 gram) at 10 pm
*Take (2) Neomycin 500 mg tablets (1 gram)
at 11 pm
*Take (2) Erythromycin base 500 mg tablets (1 gram) at 11 pm
Nothing by mouth after 12 midnight except medications as directed
PLEASE CALL IF YOUR STOOLS ARE NOT CLEARING
DAY OF SURGERY
Nothing by mouth except medications as directed
TAKE YOUR USUAL MEDICATIONS WITH A SIP OF WATER
Take (1) 10mg tablet of Compazine at 6 AM
*Take (2) Neomycin 500 mg tablets (1 gram)
at 7 am
*Take (2) Erythromycin base 500 mg tablets (1 gram) at 7am
Take 1 saline Fleet enema rectally one hour before leaving home
Arrive Hoag Hospital 3 HRS BEFORE SURGERY
*When taking Neomycin and Erythromycin, take 1 pill every 5 to 10 minutes. Do not
take all the pills at the same time.
**Please remember do not take any aspirin or Ibuprofen type
medication (Motrin, Aleve, Nuprin, Advil, Naprosyn, etc.) 10 days prior
to your procedure.