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I am a 22 year old female, i have a low iron dwo days ago i started to dring pils with iron and my poop is black ? is that connected or what?
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Yes: Not all of the iron in the oral iron pills is absorbed, so it is excreted in the stool, and makes the stool black. No cause for concern.
Answered 11/28/2017
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