ee | [| CePer Avvareness A New ColonoscopyPreparation: Options Available To Aid Test Preparation @ (NAPSA)—With colorectal can- cer being the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States after lung cancer’, having a regular colonoscopy would be a nobrainer, right? Wrong! Despite the fact that, many times, colon cancer can be prevented", many people are not getting tested and only about four out of 10 are diagnosed at the cleansing of the colon as a preparation for colonoscopy in adults. SUPREP Bowel Prep Kit is administered as a split-dose regi- men over two days. The most common adverse reactions (>2%) are overall discomfort, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and headache. Many studies have shown that SUPREP Bowel Prep Kit should be used with caution in patients who are at risk of fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, arrhyth- of products, patients have several ment. SUPREP Bowel Prep Kit should also be used with caution early stage, when treatmentis mostlikely to be successful’. patients don’t like the preparation", but thanks to a variety options. For example, SUPREP Bowel Prep Kit (sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate and magnesium sulfate) Oral Solution (17.5g/3.13/1.6g) per 6 ounces, recently approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), is an osmotic laxative indicated for mias, seizures and renal impair- in patients with renal insufficiency and in patients at risk for aspiration. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescrip- tion drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1- 800-FDA-1088. t National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet. Available At: http:/ /www.cancer. gov /cancertopics | factsheet / Detection / colorectal-screening it American Cancer Society, Learn About Cancer, Colon /Rectum Cancer. Available At: http://www.cancer.org /Cancer /ColonandRectumCancer / More Information | five-myths-about-colorectal-cancer tit Summers, R., The Elephant in the Room: Bowel Preparation for CT Colonography Editorial for Academic Radiology article 08410R1, Acad Radiol. 2009 July; 16(7): 777-779.
