Again this arises out of my non-UC friend’s colonoscopy. This is an FYI for anyone who is on GLP1 meds. My friend used Colyte for her prep, same as what I use, but was alarmed at how long it took to start working. She started drinking it at 6 pm and nothing started moving until 12:30. Today at her scope she was told that the GLP1 meds slow down the colon, so at her next scope she is to stop taking the GLP1 three weeks ahead of time.
When I had my scope the instructions said to stop Ozempic and other diabetes meds 7 days, but didn’t mention GLP1s specifically. I can understand why they would want GLP-1s stopped longer because of how they work, but what do patients who take them for diabetes do? 3 weeks seems like a long time to be without their meds.
Yeah good point! In my friend’s case she is taking it for weight loss.
My husband has diabetes & he was not told to take his diabetes medication for his scope.