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I am on multivitamin tablet once daily.contain iron as well. i noticed my poop is half black and half brown. poop is not smelly or mushy.
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Iron may: be cause for the dark stool. Or it could be related to other medications or foods you have eaten. Melena (blood) is usually associated with dark, malodorous, tarry stool.
Answered 11/28/2017
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