Barium Enema (BE)

Please follow the preparations below prior to your examination:

The day before your appointment:

• Have a light breakfast.
• Have clear liquids for lunch and dinner.  Clear liquids include clear broth, tea, carbonated beverages, or Jello (no red).

Do not eat solid foods or milk products.

• At 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 10:00 pm, and at bedtime, drink 8 ounces (1 glass) of clear liquid in addition to the liquid diet.  

• At 6:00 pm, take four (4) Bisacodyl Tablets.

The Day of Your Appointment

• At least one (1) hour before leaving for your examination, take a Fleet Enema.

Wait 15 minutes before having a bowel movement.

Intravenous Urogram (IVP)

Please follow the preparation below prior to your examination:

• Do not eat or drink four (4) hours prior to your examination.

Gall Bladder Exam

Please follow the preparations below prior to your examination:

• Obtain 12 Telepaque tablets from pharmacy.
• Maintain regular diet (including fats) for two full days prior to exam.
• During both days, take two tablets at 4:00 pm, two tablets at 6:00 pm, and two tablets at 8:00 pm.
• Eat nothing after the last tablets. You may drink coffee (no milk), tea, juice, and water until bedtime.
• On morning of exam, you may have the same liquids (no milk), but nothing to eat.

Upper Gastro-Intestinal Series (Upper GI), Barium Swallow (Esophogram) or Small Bowel Follow Through

Please follow the preparation below prior to your examination:

• Nothing to eat or drink from midnight until exam.