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A member asked:

I took a chewable pepto-bismol tablet and last night and in the morning my tongue is black, would that make my tongue black?

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Dr. Nidal Hasan answered

Specializes in Endocrinology

Yes: Pepto-bismol can do that.

Answered 6/10/2017

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