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I took pepcid (famotidine) complete 2 nights to help with what felt like indigestion and today my stool was very light tan? should i call my pcp?

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

There is nothing: wrong with that color.Very very light,almost white,stools can indicate Hepatitis( a lack of bile which gives stool its color) or very,very dark,almost black stools can indicate an upper GI bleed.

Answered 6/1/2021

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