Anyone had pill prep for colonoscopy?

I'm having a colonoscopy on Friday. For the first time I'm going to be using a pill prep.  The full dose is 32 pills (4 at a time with 8oz of liquid) every 15 mins.  My GI said I could try taking half the amount and see if that works.  The pills are called Osmo-Prep.  Has anyone had any experience with this prep?  It seems easier to take the pills and not have to deal with the horrible liquid.

Hope everyone's doing well.  Thanks for any advice.

loved it. I used visicol

I've had the pill prep, too. It's much much easier than the liquids--and doesn't taste bad. The only drawback is that the pills are enormous, and you have to take them with a lot of water. I've generally only taken half of what's prescribed, and that's worked perfectly. I infinitely prefer the pills, thanks!

I have only used the pills for the last few years. I had at least 8 colonoscopies last year alone, one last week... so I have used the pill prep multiple times. IMO it is way better than any liquid prep. You still need to drink an incredible amount of liquid, but it is a beverage of your choosing. The pills do have a slight taste to me, so I go for something flavorful as opposed to straight up water. By the end I'm bloated and feeling yucky, but who wouldn't. I do think it takes a bit longer to do its magic, so I end up not really sleeping the night before. But still, there is just no way that I can even think about drinking any of the liquid preps without gaging. I'll give up a full night of sleep not to toss the liquid back up.

Good luck with the prep and I hope you get good results.

OK now I am irritated I just did the liquid prep thing this week. I was told by two docs that OsmoPrep was no longer used! What is the active ingredient in Visicol or OsmoPrep? Is it the same thing as in the bisacodyl tablets (dulcolax)?
I think I had a bad n/v to the generic bisocodyl tablets this time and don't want that again, BUT I might try it if I didn't have to gag down Trilyte again.

By the way HabsHockeyFan, in answer to your question, the main ingredient in Osmoprep is sodium phosphate.