Drug details

HalfLytely and Bisacodyl Tablets (sodium chloride-sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride)

type of Laxatives, Osmotic

HalfLytely and Bisacodyl Tablets Bowel Prep Kit (sodium chloride-sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride) is a laxative that stimulates bowel movements used to clean the bowel before colonoscopy or other intestinal procedures.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • hives,
  • difficulty breathing,
  • swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
  • seizure,
  • vomiting
  • severe stomach pain,
  • coughing up blood,
  • vomit that looks like coffee grounds,
  • severe nausea,
  • bloating,
  • rectal bleeding,
  • now bowel movement within 6 hours after use,
  • gagging,
  • choking, and
The following drugs are related to HalfLytely and Bisacodyl Tablets, either as a replacement or used together:
  • GoLytely (polyethylene glycol 3350 and electrolytes oral solution)
  • MoviPrep (peg-3350, sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid)
  • NuLytely (polyethylene glycol 3350, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride for oral solution)
  • OsmoPrep (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous)
  • Prepopik (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and anhydrous citric acid) for oral solution)