Medscape – Quotes L. Campbell Levy, assistant professor of medicine, on alternative menu items that may soon replace the typical purgatives used to prepare the bowel for a colonoscopy. An edible preparation that “incorporates the purgatives into an appealing diet for patients” is challenging the notion that you have to fast and consume the commonly despised liquid before a colonoscopy, Levy explains.
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You May Not Have to Drink That Nasty Liquid Before Your Colonoscopy
The Washington Post – This story quotes L. Campbell Levy, assistant professor of medicine, about the common unfavorable pre-colonoscopy procedures, and reports that Levy and a team of Geisel researchers have developed an alternative preparation method, consisting of a diet-laxative combination, presented this week at the Digestive Disease Week conference.