Instructions For Bowel Preparation  
 
The Day Before Surgery:
  • Only clear liquid diet
  • Drink water liberally throughout the day
8:00 AM The Day Before Surgery:
  • Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
10:00 AM The Day before Surgery:
  • Drink 1½ ounces Fleets Phosphosoda in 8-ounce glass of water
  • Follow with two more glasses of water
1:00 PM The Day Before Surgery:
  • Neomycin Sulfate: 1 gram orally
  • Erythromycin Base: 1 gram orally
2:00 PM The Day Before Surgery:
  • Neomycin Sulfate: 1 gram orally
  • Erythromycin Base: 1 gram orally
  • Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
8:00 PM The Day Before Surgery:
  • Drink 1½ ounces of Fleets Phosphosoda in 8 ounces of water.
  • Follow with two more glasses of water.
  • Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
11:00 PM The Day Before Surgery:
  • Neomycin Sulfate: 1 gram orally
  • Erythromycin Base: 1 gram orally
  • Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
Nothing by mouth after midnight the night before surgery. However, you should take your usual oral medications with a sip of water at 6:00 AM the morning of surgery.
Fleet Enema: Give yourself a Fleet Enema about an hour before leaving your home for the hospital the morning of surgery.
**Please remember to avoid any Aspirin or Aspirin containing Products for at least 7 days prior to surgery**