Prepopik (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide and citric acid), which is manufactured by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, is used to help cleanse the colon in adults preparing for colonoscopy. One dose of Prepopik consists of two packets of powder, each dissolved in cold water and taken at separate times.
Patients should take Prepopik the night before colonoscopy and the morning of colonoscopy. If this is not possible, patients may take Prepopik in the afternoon and evening before the colonoscopy.
“The choice of a bowel cleansing regimen for colonoscopy should be based on a patient’s health and personal preferences,” said Victoria Kusiak, MD, deputy director of the Office of Drug Evaluation III in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in the release. “Today’s approval provides a new treatment option for patients and doctors to consider.”
Ferring Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Parsippany, N.J.
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