User Reviews for Sutab oral

I never write reviews but this product is so bad I want to warn others. This made me vomit so hard my heart went out of whack. It is far worse than the laxative tablet/mixalax and gatorade zero combo that costs all of $12 that's over the counter at Target. The pills are giant and this has you drinking a total of 12 cups of water. There is no advantage what so ever to taking this over other preps but doctors are pushing it hard these days.

Got so ill projectile vomited. It took me 2 weeks to feel better after severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. That was with only 12 tabs. I had to cancel colonoscopy.

Followed the recommendation of 4 tablets every 10 minutes to get the 12 in over 30 minutes with the water requirement & worked well. I took Zofran about an hour before. I did not have any issues & I hate swallowing tablets. This is better than the liquid prep IMHO. My colonoscopy was at 0600 & I wasn't supposed to start round 2 until 1 am, but I started at 11:30 pm & it worked very well. I will do this for the next colonoscopy as well.

It is awful. It makes you so nauseous that in addition to having diarrhea you feel like you’re going to throw up at any time. Stomach bloated. Better to drink the liquid stuff.

I was extremely afraid to use Sutab for my colonoscopy after reading reviews. My last colonoscopy traditional prep resulted in me fainting and going to ER. I was pleasantly surprised when I went ahead and tried it anyway with outstanding results. I was completely cleaned out with an 8 out of 9 being the top score according to my gastroenterologist at UCSF. I had no nausea or vomiting or discomfort at all. True breeze and easiest of my 8 colonoscopies. I’m convinced it was because of the pre prep I read people did on the other reviews. I drank 4 16oz bottles of water the 3 days prior and ate a veggie/fruit free type diet those days as well. Early in the day I drank electrolyte drinks. I did my first prep at 6pm the night before and took 30 min to take all the pills. At 5:30am I took the second set of pills over 30 min. I had absolutely no discomfort at all. I was ecstatic that it was so easy. Read More Read Less

My Dr has his patients take 4 tablets every 10 minutes using 16 oz of water over the 1st 30 mimutes, then wait 30 minutes before starting to drink the next 32 oz of water. That amount is to be completed in 60 minutes. The prep started to work before I finished the 32 oz of water. Approximately 2 1/2 hours after those 1st tablets, my movements were yellow clear. After the 2nd round of 12 following the same dosing as the 1st round, movements were clear. Much better than the liquid prep that I used 5 years ago! Read More Read Less

Reading the reviews scared me and I almost wasn’t going to give this a shot, so I wanted to share my positive experience. This was piece of cake! Much easier than the liquid preps. I started at 5pm, taking one pill every 4 minutes. Within half hour to 45 minutes it had started working and that lasted a couple of hours on and off. At 5am, I started the second set of pills following the same process with the same results. I did not experience any discomfort aside from a brief period of nausea that passed within minutes. I plan to use this prep for all future colonoscopy procedures. Read More Read Less

Started the Sutab prep at 5pm. Took all 12 tabs in 15-20 minutes. Followed all directions. Within 15 minutes after taking last tab I was violently ill. Could not stop vomiting. The sodium in the product was burning my esophagus on the way up. Vomiting is not new to me but this was by far the worst experience I have ever had. This was also my 3rd colonoscopy (or supposed to be). Never had a problem before. This time I had to cancel. NO WAY was I taking the other 12 tabs. HORRIBLE. I sear I thought I had ingested rat poison. NEVER AGAIN!!Read More Read Less

Took first round of the sutabs I had severe vomiting and severe headache, will not recommend this to anyone

After reading so many negative reviews, I was nervous taking this before my colonoscopy. Overall it went well. I followed the exact directions (including low fiber low residue diet beforehand). I experienced no nausea at all and no side effects. I took the 12 pills exactly 3.5 minutes apart, each with a little water (supposed to spread out the first 16oz of water evenly amongst the 12 pills). I set the timer and an hour later had another 16oz (over like 20 minutes didnt chug) as directed. The first poops started during this time, so about 75 minutes after my first pill. From there, it was back and forth to toilet as poop got more watery as it went along. Though it slowed down in frequency after 4 hours or so, my tummy still would get rumbly and have to go poop even 8 or 9 hours after first pill. I didn't sleep much. Started the 2nd batch of pills 4am this morn before 10am colonoscopy. I should've started an hour earlier (nearly pooped myself in traffic at 8am) but again no side effects. I followed the directions exactly and would use again. Luckily, my next is 10 years off unless something changes. Advice by cottonelle moist wipes and try and get butt cleaned well and fast each time. The digestive juices really irritated butthole after awhile. Sorry for the tmi. I took 1 star off for pill because poops lasted several hours after taking so couldn't sleep. But it cleaned me out well.Read More Read Less

After the 12 pills started to vomit blood and now 6 days later still in pain in my stomach and never had stomach problems before

I am a 60 year old female and I have a healthy, natural diet and keep well-hydrated. This was to be my third colonoscopy. I hated the drinks, so was happy to try pills...however...after following the instructions exactly, about 20 minutes after taking the first round of pills, I became nauseous, and then began violently vomiting and dry heaving after all my stomach contents were gone. I began shaking and had chills, headache and my chest and throat were in pain. I called my Doctor and he postponed my procedure. At this point, I find it difficult to even think of prepping for another colonoscopy (although it has to be done). The following day, I still felt sick, could hardly eat, and had no energy. My gut still ached. All this, and no bowel movement! I really feel that more research should be done on who can safely use SUTAB and who should not. Read More Read Less

I had nausea with dry heaves 90 min after taking both doses

First colonscopy prep I was prescribed the Sutab. First 12 pills at 2pm. Not so bad. Second dose at 12am. I was so nasuse. I never stopped using the bathroom and had to cancel my colonscopy. Never again.

Nauseous after 1st dose. Drank clear liquids, but bowels exploded. Nausea Up all night since bowels kept exploding. Horrible, messy experience. Will never again take SuTab. Ll

Two Prep days with extreme vomiting. Second day after colonoscopy i had extreme headache, dizziness, couldnt hardly swallow, and 2 different times i passed out and fell from a standing position and hurt my hip. Now a month later i am having problems i never had before taking these SuTab pills. Ive had colonospy before and no problem at all. Please research these pills before using them and read lots of reviews. I have had many surgerys but no medicine has ever effected me like this one.

tablets are too large i can not swollow them

Don't be scared by the negative reviews. Sutab was a piece of cake for me when doing colonoscopy prep. Some things I did that I think helped: 1) ate bland diet 4 days leading up to colonoscopy 2) upped my water intake those 4 days too 3) on the clear liquids only day, I consumed a ton of water from the time I woke up. By the time I began prep around 6:30 that evening, I was already very hydrated. 4) got my doctor to call in a prescription for the anti-nausea drug Zofran. I took 2 pills one hour before beginning each bottle of Sutab pills 5) spaced the Sutab pills 3 minutes apart, which meant I got through a bottle in 36 minutes. They say do it in 15-20 but this is a main reason people have side effects, I hear All you have to drink with Sutab is water. The amount of water required was not bad at all. At no point did I feel overwhelmed by the volume or like I couldn't manage to drink any more. It was actually quite easy. (I used a straw which helped I think). I experienced some very mild nausea about a half hour to hour after consuming each bottle of pills but it only lasted at most 30-45 minutes each time. I never felt as though I was going to vomit, just a slightly queasy feeling that passed quickly. I'm familiar with Go Lytely and this is far better! Read More Read Less

I have a slow system and I normally take 2 days to "clean out" This time I was told one day and use Sutabs. It was SUPER..no yucky salty drink and my doctor said I was cleaned out nicely. I am a colon cancer survivor and its important to be clean so the doctor sees everything well. I am beyond thrilled. I felt great from the first pill to the last and through the colonoscopy!

I have colonoscopies every 2 yrs and I have tried all the preps! This one by far was one of the easiest. The pills are big but no problem for me. I did get a bit of nausea about 30 min into finishing but drinking Sprite and walking around got rid of it. Nothing like the nausea I experience with liquid preps. Also the movements came much quicker (within an hr) and were over in about 3 hrs. I did have gas and bloating but it passes after the colonoscopy