Moviprep Orange is an orange flavoured laxative contained in four sachets. There are two large sachets (‘sachet A’) and two small sachets (‘sachet B’). You need all these for one treatment.
Moviprep Orange is intended for adults to clean the bowel so that they are ready for examination. Moviprep Orange works by emptying the contents of your bowels, so you should expect to have watery bowel movements.
What you need to know before you take Moviprep Orange?
Do not take take Moviprep Orange
if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to the active substances or any of the other ingredients of this medicine
if you have an obstruction in your intestine (gut)
if you have a perforated gut wall
if you have a disorder of stomach emptying
if you have paralysis of the gut (often occurs after an operation to the abdomen)
if you suffer from phenylketonuria. This is a hereditary inability of the body to use a particular amino acid. Moviprep Orange contains a source of phenylalanine
if your body is unable to produce enough glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
if you have toxic megacolon (a severe complication of acute colitis).
How to take Moviprep Orange?
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. The recommended dose is two litres of solution, which is made up as follows:
This pack contains two clear bags each containing one pair of sachets: sachet A and sachet B. Each pair of sachets (A and B) is to be dissolved in water to make a one litre solution. This pack is therefore sufficient to make up two litres of Moviprep Orange solution.
When to take Moviprep Orange?
Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor if you are not sure. Your treatment with Moviprep Orange must be completed before your examination.
This course of treatment can be taken either as divided or single doses as described below: For procedures conducted when you are put to sleep (using general anaesthesia):
Divided doses: one litre of Moviprep Orange in the evening before and one litre of Moviprep Orange in the early morning of the day of the examination. Ensure consumption of Moviprep Orange as well as any other clear fluids has finished at least two hours before the start of the examination.
Single dose: two litres of Moviprep Orange in the evening before the examination or two litres of Moviprep Orange in the morning of the examination. Ensure consumption of Moviprep Orange as well as any other clear fluids has finished at least two hours before the start of the examination.
For procedures conducted without the need for putting you to sleep (without using general anaesthesia):
Divided doses: one litre of Moviprep Orange in the evening before and one litre of Moviprep Orange in the early morning of the day of the examination. Ensure consumption of Moviprep Orange as well as any other clear fluids has finished at least one hour before the start of the examination.
Single dose: two litres of Moviprep Orange in the evening before the examination or two litres of Moviprep Orange in the morning of the examination. Ensure consumption of Moviprep Orange has finished at least two hours before the start of the examination. Ensure consumption of any clear fluids has finished at least one hour before the examination.
How to prepare Moviprep Orange?
Open one clear bag and remove the sachets A and B.
Add the contents of BOTH sachet A and sachet B to a measuring jug that holds 1 litre.
Add water to make up to the one litre mark of the container and stir until all the powder has dissolved and the Moviprep Orange solution is clear or slightly hazy. This may take up to 5 minutes.
What Moviprep Orange contains?
Sachet A contains these active substances
Macrogol (also known as polyethylene glycol) 3350 100 g
Sodium sulfate anhydrous 7.500 g
Sodium chloride 2.691g
Potassium chloride 1.015 g
Sachet B contains these active substances
Ascorbic acid 4.700 g
Sodium ascorbate 5.900 g
Possible side effects
Like all medicines Moviprep Orange can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
It is normal to get diarrhoea when you take Moviprep Orange.
Stop your intake and tell your doctor immediately if you have any of the following side
effects:
rash or itching
swelling of your face, ankles or other part of your body
palpitations
extreme fatigue
shortness of breath
These are symptoms of a severe allergic reaction.
If you do not have a bowel movement within 6 hours of taking Moviprep Orange, stop the intake and contact your doctor immediately.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Moviprep Orange if you have any of the following:
a tendency to regurgitate swallowed drink, food or acid from the stomach, or if you have problems with swallowing (see also Moviprep Orange with food and drink.
kidney disease.
heart failure or heart disease including high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats or palpitations.
thyroid disease
dehydration.
acute flare of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis).
Moviprep Orange should not be given to patients with impaired consciousness without medical supervision.
If you experience sudden abdominal pain or rectal bleeding when taking Moviprep Orange for bowel preparation, contact your doctor or seek medical advice immediately.
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