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Hey i had a colonoscopy on wednesday and prescribed mesalamine, long story short what use to be red when i wiped before is now black, is this normal?
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Yes: The mesalamine is healing the inflamed tissue and now you are seeing drying blood that is black
Answered 6/22/2019
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