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I'm 49 year old women.my dr put me on iron pills now i have black stools and diarrhea is this normal.
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Iron in stool: Iron tabs do blacken stools. Iron typically constipates, but can alter stool to be looser in some. I incline to worry that you may have an intestinal bleeding source - coincidentally, not derived from iron. I advise you to stop iron and seek stool blood testing tonight or tomorrow am.
Answered 8/31/2017
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