![]() ![]() At 7pm, in place of dinner you should drink at least one full glass of “clear liquid” or water, more if desired. “Clear liquids” include water, clear soup, strained fruit juices without pulp, black tea or black coffee, clear carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks. During the afternoon you can drink "clear liquids". ![]() After this you should not eat any other solid foods until after your appointment. If you have an afternoon appointment you should have a light snack, such as soup or a sandwich, at about 1pm on the day before your appointment.You can then drink more water or clear liquids if you want to, up to midnight. You should take your second dose of Fleet phospho-soda straight after this, followed by at least one full glass (240ml) of cold water. At 7pm, in place of dinner you should drink at least one full glass of clear liquid or water, more if desired. At about 1pm that day you should drink at least three full glasses of clear liquid for lunch. You should take your first dose of Fleet phospho-soda straight after this, followed by at least one full glass (240ml) of cold water. If you have a morning appointment you should start this bowel cleansing regimen the morning before: At 7am, in place of breakfast you should drink at least one full glass of “clear liquid” or water, more if desired.Each dose of Fleet phospho-soda should be prepared when needed by diluting the contents of one bottle of the medicine (45ml) in half a glass (120ml) of cold water.Fleet phospho-soda should be started the day before your hospital procedure. Follow the instructions given by your doctor.This laxative medicine is used to cleanse the bowel prior to examination or surgical procedures that require the colon to be clean of stools, eg colonoscopy or barium enema. It causes frequent, liquid stools to be passed until the bowel is emptied. This increases the water content and volume of the intestinal contents, which stimulates the intestine to contract and move its contents along to the rectum, so that the bowel can then be emptied. Both of these are known as osmotic laxatives.įleet phospho-soda works by causing water to be drawn into the small intestine. To empty the bowel before surgery or an examination such as colonoscopy or barium enema.įleet phospho-soda oral solution contain two active ingredients, sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate and disodium phosphate dodecahydrate. ![]()
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