Method and kit for bowel preparation

摘要

The present invention provides methods and taste-modifying kits for facilitating cleansing of the gastrointestinal tract of a patient prior to a diagnostic, surgical or therapeutic procedure. The methods and taste-modifying kits can improve patient compliance, and thus, efficacy of the preparation. Specifically, the present methods make the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition palatable for the patient to consume. For example, for a patient preparing to undergo colonoscopy, the present methods make the bowel preparation solution taste significantly less salty.

主权项

1. A method for cleansing the gastrointestinal tract of a patient comprising the steps of:
(a) determining the pH of a gastrointestinal tract preparation composition which has a salty taste, and adjusting the pH to range from about 3 to about 6.4; (b) providing a taste-modifying substance to the patient; and (c) reducing the salty taste of the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition by at least 20% compared to the salty taste of the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition had the taste-modifying substance not been provided, by administering orally the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition to the patient after step (b), wherein the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition is for preparing the gastrointestinal tract of the patient for an endoscopy, a gastrointestinal tract surgery or a barium enema.