Medication Recommendations
- Oral Diabetes Medications
- Take your normal dose in the morning the day before your colonoscopy by 11:00am with your light breakfast.
- Do not take oral diabetic medications the rest of this day since you will be on clear liquids.
- Restart your oral diabetic medications after the procedure when you resume eating.
- Insulin
- Long Acting Insulin (Lantus or Levemir) – take half of your usual dose the day before and the morning of your procedure.
- 70/30 or 75/25 Insulin – take half of your usual dose the day before and the morning of your procedure.
- Short Acting Insulin (Meal-related Insulin or Sliding Scale Insulin) – Humalog, Aspart, NovoLog
- The day before your colonoscopy take sliding scale/meal related insulin if indicated in the morning with your light breakfast.
- Do not take Short Acting insulin the rest of the day.
- Restart these medications after the procedure when you resume eating.
- Insulin Pump – consult your endocrinologist for recommendations.