PLENVU® Prep Instructions
*** Follow the Prep Instructions Below and Not The Instructions On The Box ***
What you need to pick up/purchase:
- Plenvu Prescription – Our office will send it to your pharmacy. Please pick up within 1 week.
- Simethicone 180mg Soft-Gel tablets – Over The Counter
- Examples: Gas-X, Phazyme, Mylicon
- Clear Liquid Suggestions:
- Popsicles (not red or purple)
- Clear broth or bouillon
- Black coffee and/or tea (no cream, milk, or non-dairy creamer)
- Clear juice with no pulp (apple, white grape, and lemonade). Do not have orange juice
- Jell-O (lemon, lime, or orange flavor)
- Gatorade and/or Powerade (clear, green, or yellow)
- Soda (Sprite, Ginger Ale, 7-Up, cola)
The Day Before Your Procedure:
- Follow a clear liquid diet all day. DO NOT have any alcohol, dairy products, solids and anything with red or purple dyes. It’s essential to drink plenty of clear liquids throughout the entire day.
- 4:00 pm, take 2 Simethicone Soft-Gel Tablets and then begin your prep.
- Empty Dose 1 (Mango) pouch into the disposable container and add 16 ounces of water to the line on the container. Mix/Shake until powder is dissolved.
- Drink the solution within 30 minutes and follow with at least 16 ounces of clear liquids.
- Continue clear liquids the remainder of the evening.
The Day of Your Procedure:
- 6 hours before your arrival time, take 2 Simethicone Soft-Gel Tablets and begin the second part of your prep.
- Empty Dose 2 (Fruit Punch) pouch A and pouch B into the same disposable container. Add 16 ounces of water to the line on the container. Mix/shake until powder is dissolved.
- Drink the solution within 45 minutes. Followed by at least 16 ounces of clear liquid.
- Continue clear liquids until 4 hours before arrival time.
**DO NOT have anything by mouth 4 hours before your arrival time.**