MoviPrep and Chills: What Users Say

• Nic...
• July 13, 2015

For Bowel Preparation "I'm 24 and had to take the prep for a colonoscopy. I was able to fairly easily get the first half down with no problem, but really struggled with the second half of the bottle. By the second bottle, I was only able to get a few sips down before I threw it up (not a very pleasurable experience). I didn't have any stomach cramping, and the prep worked well in clearing out my bowels. As someone else mentioned, I did have some chills after taking the prep. Luckily, I was still able to have the procedure done even after only drinking half the recommended dosage. Not a fun experience, but it was overall effective! Good luck!"

• j v...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 26, 2014

For Bowel Preparation "I began the first prep at 6 pm. I mixed it with ice-cold water and lemon Crystal Light. Not too bad. I finished the first prep within the allotted one hour. The worst part was cramping, bloating, and chills. Everything that came out was solid waste. I began the second prep at 2 am. This one took almost three hours to finish (drained). But everything that came out was mostly water-based. Also, no cramping, bloating, or chills. The colonoscopy was a total breeze. My gastro called me a lovely patient. The key, I believe, is to have as little undigested food in your GI tract as possible prior to the prep, which is where fasting for at least one day comes into play. (Worked for me)"

• Anonymous
• August 17, 2020

For Bowel Preparation "Drink MoviPrep chilled and through a straw. The taste is a salty lemon, vile, awful, thick sludge. Use a chaser of ginger ale or white Gatorade. It’s easier to just chug through a straw. Do not. I repeat, do not go far from the bathroom once you start drinking. It started working within 15 minutes, and I had fasted for 26 hours already. And low fiber before that. I got chills, nausea, gagging from the drink and the taste. The chills lasted three hours. The bathroom trips lasted for 4 hours or more but slowed down. You cannot control it. The urge comes, or sometimes does not come. It just happens. Then it’s time for the second dose. I could barely get through the second one, and I’m more nauseated even after a prescribed anti-nausea pill I had on hand from a previous issue."

• bar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 29, 2013

For Bowel Preparation "Took it on Thursday evening, June 20, 2013. Taste was OK. No problems. Started to work 45 minutes into taking the first dose. Worked too well, was up all night on the toilet. 2nd dose at 3 AM. Finally stopped going about 6 AM. Colonoscopy appointment at 9:30 AM. My problem was being cold. I wrapped myself up with a coat, blanket, and bath towels and still froze. Colonoscopy prep was good and had one pre-cancerous polyp. I'd use the product again because it takes only 8 glasses to drink, 4 with each dose."

• red...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 31, 2013

For Bowel Preparation "Mine was done over two days. The first dose left me feeling bloated, cramping. The next morning, I did three quarters of it, and it was all over. I vomited so hard, along with chills, shaking, and just a phone call away from 911. Did its job though."

• sar...
• May 19, 2015

For Bowel Preparation "I'm 19 and taking MoviPrep for my first colonoscopy. Or should I say was taking it. First glass was terrible, but with a plugged nose and a strong chaser, it was possible. The second glass was absolutely horrible. About halfway through it, I vomited twice, got the chills, and called my doctor to cancel. I'm rescheduled with a different prep (with only 4 total tablespoons of prep and a ton of water!). The rest of the day, my stomach was upset and came close to vomiting multiple times. It's now 12 (did the half a liter at 5), and the bowels just started moving. Would not recommend, it's terrible, and there are better alternatives!"

• LBa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 8, 2018

For Bowel Preparation "Horrible! I don't know who dreamed this up. It's like drinking 4 liters of cooking oil. I was told it's better cold (it's probably the only way you can swallow it). Halfway through, I was shaking so hard that my teeth were chattering. The prep worked, but I will never, ever use this foul stuff again."

• Bor...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 17, 2016

For Bowel Preparation "I bought MoviPrep at Walmart Canada for $32. The doctor prescribed a laxative at 8 am today, which did a lot of the heavy lifting. I followed a liquid diet today and took prep at 6 pm. It took 1.5 hours to begin working. Three hours in, and I think I may be done. I mixed it with lemon/lime Gatorade and chilled it. I plugged my nose and drank 8 oz every 15 min. I am chilled, but that was the only side effect. I'm going to prepare my 6 am dosage now. GLTA."

• Pre...
• March 6, 2015

For Bowel Preparation "I started my prep at 10:00 tonight, 3/6/2015, late due to the storm and having to travel 6 hours away. First off, this isn't my first and won't be my last. I started just on clear liquids on Tuesday so I wouldn't have a lot to come out. So I drank my first liter at 10:00 and not 5 minutes after my first 8 ounces, I was in the bathroom. I continued and got both liters down and have had some ice chips. It's 2:25 AM, I am still on the commode and it's all clear. I did have issues with vomiting this time, which is not me, I have these at least every three months. But overall, I am now hoping I am on the downside and can lay down and get warm. The chills are the worst."

• STa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2018

For Bowel Preparation "I took MoviPrep last week, which has given me abdominal cramps, nausea, chills, and shivering. It's almost a week since I have taken MoviPrep, and today after eating my food, I am still getting abdominal cramps, chills, shivers, and nausea. I hope this is not permanent damage!"

• STa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2018

For Bowel Preparation "I took MoviPrep last week, which has given me abdominal cramps, nausea, chills, and shivering. It's almost a week since I have taken MoviPrep, and today after eating my food, I am still getting abdominal cramps, chills, shivers, and nausea. I hope this is not permanent damage!"

• par...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 14, 2016

For Bowel Preparation "I wished I hadn't visited this page before taking the MoviPrep because I had no worries until I saw the bad experiences. I have emetophobia and saw others having chills and cramps, which were the symptoms of some of my worst bouts of digestive distress. I am delighted to say the only unpleasant thing I experienced was trying to get so much liquid down, because my wife mixed the prep for me and put 4 ounces too many. Other than that, it almost tasted kind of good. Maybe they've improved the flavor since what some other people experienced? I did have slight cramps while first drinking the morning dose, but that could have been the lemon wedges that I later stopped biting because the flavor wasn't an issue."

• Chr...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 23, 2021

For Bowel Preparation "Yesterday I was reading your comments for MoviPrep 22/10/21, and today I can share with you my experience. On Saturday at 1 pm, I had my gastroscopy and colonoscopy, with a diagnosis from my dietitian for SIBO C and dysbiosis in my large intestine. I have been on a restricted diet for 2 weeks now, so the diet preparation was very difficult for me. So, I started it 3 days before the diet. On Friday, a day before the colonoscopy, I ate at 12 pm 2 scrambled eggs and at 4 pm a small portion of basmati rice with 2 boiled chicken legs. After that, I started at 7:30 pm drinking my MoviPrep. The taste is not nice, a heavy flavor, I could feel 4 flavors - salty, sweet, sour, and bitter at the same time. My trick was to start with small sips of the first glass so my body slowly got used to it. It took me about 1 hour to 1 hour and a half to finish my first liter. I felt chills, tired, and mild dizziness and headache. Keep strong, this became mild after 5 to 7 hours after drinking an additional 2 liters of water."

• San...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 16, 2023

For Bowel Preparation "Will never, ever, take this again. The doctor canceled my colonoscopy as MoviPrep didn't work well. I drank 4 liters of it (split into 2 doses) - tasted like thickened saltwater contaminated with lemon soap. Gagged so much but got 9/10ths of it down. Toilet trips after the first dose were loose. But after the 2nd dose, they were almost solid! Hence, the colonoscopy was aborted and I'll have to go through the process again (with a different lax!). Side effects - gagging, nausea, shivers, fatigue, weakness, poorly timed diarrhea (suffering now - 3 days later)."

• bar...
• February 24, 2014

For Bowel Preparation "No cramps, no nausea. Chills and shaking kind of bad. Procedure was easy. Do it!"