My sister studies nutrition and natural healing. Not even she knows of anything that gives you a black tongue and blue poo. Weird!

I'll have to try some of those dyes. Blue poo sounds cool!

Did you take Pepto Bismol? That will turn your crap blue or black and give you a black tounge. It says so on the box.

I've never had liquid Pepto turn my tongue black but now that I think about it the chewable tablets sure did. My teeth turned black, too. Blue poo, however. Never had it. Want it, but never had it.

OD'ing on black licorice tends to turn my turds green!

after my 16 birthday party, i had cupcakes with green frosting, i shat green for 2 days

I am experimenting with Laffy Taffy right now.

Plue Poo: Eat an entire box of "BooBerry" cereal
for a meal. Guaranteed Smurf Loaf in 24 hours.

i had the pepto tablets and i shat black for a couple of days. I called the emergency room at a hospital and they told me that the pepto did it. I want to know why and how pepto does it.

ok, i had a consumer who pooped in the toilet and didn't flush it. staff called me in to look at it, it was actually torquise!!! it had started to um, break down, in the water and it was giving off this turqoise color, it actually looked like dye running off the poop...she hadn't eated anything since yesterday....this baffled me as well as my staff, no one has any idea what caused it to turn this color...it actually looked like easter egg coloring.....

Can eating a lot of black licorice turn poop bright green? I am talking grass after a summer rain green. Very bright. The Crayola company would kill for this color.

Michele - yes it can, depending on the dye that was used to make it black. Check out this Link:
www.poopreport.com/Intellectual/Content/
Dye/dye.html

Black tongue will happen if you eat pepto chew tablets and then rince your mouth before bed with mouth wash this seam to trigger it for me....Blue poop I had once after I ate nothing but blueberries for 2 days..

hey everyone, i dont really frequent this site but something has troubled my for the last week. i had eatin a few handfuls of blueberrys and i guess i didnt chew enough becuase their was visable blueberrys on my poo much like corn. i havent tryed any kind of follow up experiment and maybe my digestive system is out of wack. any thoughts?

i have a question. does anyone know what could cause poop to come out black? i read something about pepto but i have not taken any pepto. could there be something wrong with my intestines? someone help.

black poo with out injestion of dye's is a resault of dijesting blood (i.e. ulcer)

Great website, poo talk. Came here because I pooped green and had never seen that before in my life. I'm not talking about brownish green, or orangish green, but green like that person above said, freshly mowed grass. The water was bright green. I had catered a party the day before, working eleven hours without eating much of anything, no dyes to speak of, but in front of a grill for several hours sweating and sucking down water like a leaky faucet. I wonder if it has something to do with dehydration or something like that?
The first time I chewed pepto bismol tablets and went to bed, I was at a strange girls house at her dorm and slept with her and we both woke up with black tongues and thought we had gotten something from the other, but black tongue? Then I pooped and it was black too.

Fun with poo.

Try eating a couple sugar free chocolate bars with manitol. Now that's fun.

FYI-- poop is green in the bowels. it is when it comes in contact with air as it is being expelled from the anus that it turns brown. i don't know how poop could stay green after expulsion though.

Hello all poopers!

this morning i didnt eat anything .. last night i just had a few burbons..

so i went to the toilet this mornin...
the poo came out black ... was a little freaked out but was all good...
Then i had some green tea
then it came out pale Green..lol
n my ass felt like it was on fire ...
ill let ya know what i shit next

I woke up this morning and brushed my teeth. When i rinsed my mouth i found the water was black. I looked at my toung and it was black!!! But, thanks to the internet and this site I now know its because I had taken Pepto Bismol chew tabs the night before.
Skellington05

ah he whole chewable pepto bismo turning your tongue black really helpd me from freaking out this morning!! its never happened with liquid kind guess the chewables!!

yea i have been drinking a lot of lipton green tea with citrus, and i think that its making she poop green. I looked and sure enough, there was blue dye in it. good site. haha must share with my friends

The chewables also have this bad habit of turning your teeth brown for a while.

I've never used the chewables. Knowing what you all have gone through, I'll stick to the liquid.

If you make a mistake and put concentrated green floor cleaner in your Waterpik instead of Lysterine, you get a intense dark greentounge first and then a black tongue for two weeks so far...

Well, for all of you Pepto Chewable peeps, the liquid turns everything black, too! I am sick right now and have been taking pepto to keep my meds from making me sick to my tummy. Talk about a fright! I felt like death warmed over then next thing I knew I had death looking results. I feel like a moron now! I even woke my boyfriend up to show him my black poo as well as my black mouth! BTW, TCBY has a blue rainbow flavor that will give you some cool poo.

The liquid stuff does it too? I never really have to take more than two doses, so... how many doses of liquid pepto do you need to take before you get a black tongue?

Its the Pepto Bismol. Had it happen to me and scared the hell out of me!!

I've never had the liquid stuff turn my mouth black or brown, but it does it to my poop every time. Weird shit!

Guiness!!!!

Plenty of Guiness will turn the poo Black

This site has certainly helped me with the black tongue thing! I woke up this morning with a black/brown tongue! I DID take pepto bismal tablets last night, so that explains it~!

Dammit! Except for the pepto-black, my poop wont change. I'm jealous of the rainbow poop people. Tried MDPB, no luck. I wish my poop could look like that toothpaste aquaglint or whatever the hell that striped shit was called. Or better yet (if your old enough to remember)the rainbow glue you made balloons out of with a straw...buzzzzzzz(!)

Common denominator: Pepto Bismal tablets before bed. That sure was a pleasant diagnosis.

Wow Pepto bismol sucks, does it give you bad breath too? I have this weird taste in my mouth and used mouthwash, brushed, everything and its still there.

I have noticed this, too, Bowl Blaster. It kind of tastes like a sinus infection or something and it smells just as bad. All the more support for more natural remedies for poop problems.

So if I'm not feeling ill - and my digestion seems normal, I took pepto maybe 3-4 days ago and my poop is black, and has been for about a week or so, should I go see a Doc.? I don't feel like theres something wrong, but on the back of all these otc meds. it says - notify your Doc. if your stool is black. Woulden't I feel an ulcer? What the heck else could be wrong? Is it serious?

What a relief... I too woke up with a bad taste in my mouth and a black tounge. I thought it may have been dried blood, until I realized I too had taken two Pepto Bismol tablets last night for some stomach pain. I had done this before without getting a black tounge, does anyone know how many times you have to have taken it to get a black tounge?

whew!!!! pooped black... thought i was dyeing.. nope just took to much pepto

I pooped blue once after I dyed my hair (Blue), it kind of creeped me out, but at the same time needed to remain in the bowl untill someone else could look at it, it was never photographed, which makes me sad.

The Bismuth Salycyliate breaks down in your digestive tract and the bismuth binds with the sulfur in your saliva. This bismuth sulfide is the black substance in your stool samples and mounth.

And it is completely harmless.

I KNOW I've got something wrong with my stomach: everything I eat turns to shit and just smells awful!

Thank you! this site saved me for trouble. I know the doctor just told me a couple of days ago that I ws stressed but I didn't think I was that stressed. So when I woke up this morning to a black tongue I had no ideal what it was until I came to this web site. Thanks

Thank you soooo much for this! I was freaking out cause my poop was black. A couple days ago I swallowed one of the pepto-bismal pills whole! Thank you!!

so chewable pepto bismol will turn you tounge black. the bismuth reacts with the sulfer in you saliva or gastric juices. dont worry, its a common side effect.

one morning i woke up from being sick all night long...i had no idea what was ahead of me....i woke up and i was getting ready for school..I went to go brush my teeth and i was barely awake.. so i looked at myself in the mirror while i was brushing my teeth and my tounge was BLACK! I guess while researching "black tounge" with my curiousity I guess you can get black tounge from a chewable pepto i had taken right before bed...... that was the most twisted thing i have ever encountered

Just took a pepto this morning at 3 cuz I was feeling nauseous. I got up in the morning with the nasty pepto breath, and brushed my teeth, while I was rinsing the toothbrush, I saw that it was a purply/black, so I stuck out my tongue and sure enough-black as night, I managed to scrape most of it off, but I was worried for a minute. Later today, I had a bowel movement, and it was pretty dark too, so I found this site and am glad to know I am not alone!

WAS LOOKING FOR CAUSES OF BLACK TONGUE, AND FOUND THIS SITE---COULN'T STOP LAUGHING---MUST FORWARD. ANYWAY WE TOOK MY 86 YR. OLD MOTHER WITH DEMENTIA, TO HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. HER LIPS WERE SWOLLEN BEYOND BELIEF, AND HER TONGUE WAS BLACK. AND WHEN I SAY BLACK, I MEAN BLACK---THE WHOLE THING. NO ONE SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT, UNTIL I WAS WATCHING HER EAT HER SPAGHETTI THEY BROUGHT HER.I NOTICED THAT SHE HAD BLACK SQUIGGLY LINES DOWN HER ARM.I ASKED HER WHAT IT WAS, AND HOW THAT HAPPENED,AND SHE DID NOT KNOW. I KNEW.I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS WORKING CROSSWORD PUZZLES AGAIN, AND SHE SAID, YES, THAT I SHOULD KNOW SHE ALWAYS DOES.I ASKED HER IF SHE USED HER BLACK SHARPIE MARKER, AND SHE SAID,YES,I SHOULD KNOW, SHE ALWAYS DOES. AFTER SHE ATE, I CHECKED HER TONGUE AGAIN, AND IT SEEMED TO LIGHTEN UP A BIT (ACID FROM SAUCE IS A GOOD CLEANER)IT FINALLY HIT ME. THEN I ASKED, MOM, DID YOU PUT THAT SHARPIE MARKER IN YOUR MOUTH? SHE SAYS THAT SHE IS 4 YRS AWAY FROM 90, AND SHE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO STICK A MARKER IN HER MOUTH, BUT THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLAINATION FROM HOSPITAL OR OTHERWISE---NO PEPTO HERE---SO ALL YOU FOLKS WHO WAKE UP WITH BLACK TONGUES AND DON'T KNOW WHY---ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SUCKING YOUR SHARPIE?

I took a Pepto tablet last night before bed ... and this morning I awoke to a Black Tongue (also currently on antibiotics, something I've also read can cause it). On poop note: "BooBerry" cereal turned my poop green a while back.

I poop blue everyday...I love it!!! I show my friends and they call me the blue poo man group!

The secret is to eat a batch of Blueberries everymorning and drink it down with blue gatorade and then to top it off eat a spoonful of peatut butter...Instant Blue Poo for you!!!

-Blue poo man

Got to be the blue Gatorade that's doing it with the dye in it. I've eaten blueberries before and never had blue poo.

I never knew the Pepto-Bismol chewable would turn your tongue black. You can imagine how freaked I was. I felt nauseous so I took the tablets and went to bed. I woke up about 3 a.m. and almost fainted. I had never seen anything like it. I think I'll stick to the liquid. Does it maybe cause a sore throat, too?

Eating something frosted with black frosting (Halloween cupcakes, etc.) will turn the poop blue.

The chemical reaction which would turn the tongue black from the P-B chewables is interesting (although I'd never take them--can't stand the wintergreen taste).

I was told when I was pregant, though, if I spit in some draino and the white crystals turned black, my baby would be a boy. If they stayed white, a girl. I tried it, they turned black and I had a boy. Never had the opportunity to retest that theory.

People!! I just wish I could poop anything and any color on a regular basis!! I'm jealous! I eat plenty, but only poop about every three days! What's the trick??? Oh yeah, the reason I'm reading this unique string of comments...my son just discovered his black tongue...pepto tabs. Didn't read the box....live and learn.

Wow thanks for the useful information. My tongue is brown at the moment in a bad way.. I cant wait to take a closer look at my teeth and my poo.

I've never experienced the black tongue thing. We use Pepto occasionally like any family, but I've never seen anyone's tongue go black.

To Extremely Confused-- Sorry, I don't even want to know.

Thanks that answers that about the black toungue....no more chewables for me.

Red velvet cake...my mom used to make it and there was so much red dye in it that it was a running joke in the family about everything that came out for the next two days would be bright red.

I just make the cake without adding red and it's fine just like that. As far as the black tongue, I have had it a few times.

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Practicing the ancient Chinese art of double flushing... because sometimes, a single flush just isn't enough.

AH, Thanks so much you've saved me from heart attack and a thousand dollar ER visit. I too woke up this morning with a black tongue, My first thought was that someone was trying to poisen me! (ok so I watch discovery health channel a little too much) but thank you now I know I am just another victim of the chewable pepto tabs. : >)

Oh, yeah and I did eat birthday cake a couple of days ago with blue icing and my poo was blue.

WOW... I too ate 2 chewable pepto's and woke up this morning with a black toungue!!!!
Swweeeet!!! I will scare my wife with this one :)))

On 09/12/05, Joanna wrote: "...poop is green in the bowels. it is when it comes in contact with air as it is being expelled from the anus that it turns brown..."

IF this is true, then those of you who have had to CHOP your turds to get them to go DOWN would be able to say whether or not the INSIDE of the poop is GREEN with only a SKIN of brown.

We know blood is blue and turns red when oxygenated, but poop being GREEN? Then TURNING brown? I don't believe it.

Can anyone refute Joanna's statement?
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Santa Caca!

Poo is actually green in your intestinal track (this comes from the food you eat being mixed and digested with bile)and as nutrients are absorbed it turns brown. If your body is not absorbing all of the nutrients out of your waste then it will remain green. This will not be a bright green like grass, that has to be from some sort of die. this will range from a bright olivish green to a green/brown forest type green depending on how much of the nutrients your body has absorbed. i poo green quite frequently after a hard night of drinking and then eatin a lot of shitty food at the end of the night. by the way, I found this site because my tongue was black this morning as well. it's weird how many people's tongues turn black and we turn to the internet to solve our problems instead of a doctor, haha. Damn that Pepto!!!!

Poo is actually green in your intestinal track (this comes from the food you eat being mixed and digested with bile)and as nutrients are absorbed it turns brown. If your body is not absorbing all of the nutrients out of your waste then it will remain green. This will not be a bright green like grass, that has to be from some sort of die. this will range from a bright olivish green to a green/brown forest type green depending on how much of the nutrients your body has absorbed. i poo green quite frequently after a hard night of drinking and then eatin a lot of shitty food at the end of the night. by the way, I found this site because my tongue was black this morning as well. it's weird how many people's tongues turn black and we turn to the internet to solve our problems instead of a doctor, haha. Damn that Pepto!!!!

My daughter woke up with an upset stomach so we gave her the pink pepto bismol tablet. Then she had breakfast, hung out for a while and the noticed her tongue was black. I thought it was blueberries for breakfast, but nope. Breakfast was pancakes. Syrup has sulfites in it. (as does lots of other stuff we eat). At the time, I was thinking blueberries though.
Sore stomach so more pepto last night, then black tongue and bad taste in morning, sure she is dying, or at least something quite wierd is going on. Daughter #2 did a google and found you guys. Thank you, all is well now (aside from a bit of entertaining blue poo to come later).

Thanks for the Pepto info!!! Yesterday I took 14 tablets, and today is my tongue black! It's pretty gross, but at least there's no more stomach ache or diarreah...

I was vacationing in the Adirondacks this weekend and took two pepto tabs for a tummy ache. I then had some maple flavored waffle cereal with my son for a late night snack. I woke up with a black tongue and a stomach ache. I freaked out my husband. I thought I had a bleeding ulcer. I figured it had something to do with the tablets since they were one of the last things I ate the night before. It makes sense that the sulfer in the maple syrup reacts with the bismuth in the pepto making the tongue black.

Thanks for the Pepto info!!! Yesterday I took 2 tabletsbefore going to be, and today i woke up with a black tongue. Talk about freaking out.

I had food poisoning and the pharmacist recommended pepto, lots of water and gatorade. So I ate nothing all day. After I took my first dose of pepto tabs I read the warning label... DO NOT USE IF YOU HAVE AN ULCER... I woke up this morning and as I brushed my teeth I notice dark water. I don't think much of it... But it doesn't stop. I look in the mirror and I find the nastiest black tongue... It almost looked like I had chewed on dirt. I almost passed out. Thank GOD for the website, wouldn't have been for these reading these post I would have gone to the emergency room... I thought I was dying.

Of Joanna's claim above -- that shit is green inside the colon and only turns brown on contact with air -- GGGirl asks, "Can anyone refute Joanna's statement?"

I for one can't, GGG. But I am inclined to believe her. From the sounds of it, she spends a fair amount of time with her head up her ass.

Well you know, now that I've thought about it, I can refute it, myself. Turds break IN the water, all the time. The broken ends are NOT exposed to air, and the ENDS are BROWN. I have NEVER seen a turd with a brown skin and green ends.

It would look like one of those taffy's with the soft center. Ewww.

One time I crapped out a shocking bright blue turd after eating these rich blue cookies...it was so cool..it was just such a dark blue of a turd...

Here's my ultimate recipe for black tongue (and poop). Start your day without breakfast with too much coffee(black of course). Then drink plenty of Guinness like earlier post mentioned. Smoke a bunch of cigarres. OK you know your gonna be uncomfortable next morning with all that so take plenty of chewable pepto (liquid pepto doesn't seem to work) or liquid Mylanta is even better. When you wake up next morning, you too can be scraping the black stuff of your tongue with chisel! lol

Thank god for this website, I am deployed to Turkey right now which comes with a host of gastrointestinal worries and when I woke up with a black tounge this morning I nearly shat myself, (I also ate some pepto last night before bed). I had gone to some wierd sulfure caves the day before and thought I had contracted some rare disorder. I went straight to the internet and within 5 minutes I found solice thanks poopreport!

Dave, even with all the LOADS of fun we have around here aside, it's posts like the one above that should make you feel it's worthwhile!
Making people feel better, one crap at a time.

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Fecal Matters.

I had blue poo once from drinking a blue colored liquor. Though it seems exciting, I can definitely tell you that it's a little unsettling. I'm not talking beet purple, I'm talking deep blue. It happened the next morning.

I have a black tongue and took 2 pepto tablets last night. I'm so glad I came across this site. BUT - nobody mentioned white spots. Does anyone have white/clear spots on the back of their tongue too?

The only thing I know of would be hand-foot-mouth disease. I'd check with doctor.
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Fecal Matters.

What about black poo without the black tongue? I haven't taken any pepto ever in my life so what could it be? Someone said before that it could be dried blood... AM I GOING TO DIE?!?

Yes.

We're all going to die.

Eventually.

But other things can cause tarry stools. Taking iron supplements, for example. Do you take any medications, even vitamins?

does anyone know what i can put into food that would make someone's mouth turn completely black or blue? Trying to get back at someone for eating food that's not theirs. Thanks for any suggestions

Holy crap,
Thank goodness for this site and the pepto information. Took 2 chewable tablets last night and woke up with a black tongue. I will definitely be looking out for the black poo. Thank you all!

Glad to know that I am not dying. This Black tongue hads had my mind reeling all day. I also took 2 Pepto tabs last night. Called Mom and she said to go to the dr cause I had blood in my stomach. Glad I didn't listen to her.

Are you one of them damn Smurfs?

And next time, listen to your mother.

I have used the chewable pepto many times, and never had a black tongue. I think you are all mutant turtlepeople!
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Sir SamDamnit!
The Emir of Crapistan

I think there's something to this, Sam. I get the darker poop from Pepto, but never the black tongue.

There has to be some determining factor in different peoples' physiology that makes their tongue affected or not.

Dave, I propose a Chewable Pepto Experiment!

I guess I picture pepto as coating the stomach. If that is the case, I wonder if it prevents some black substance that is usually absorbed in to the system, from being absorbed; blood perhaps.
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Sir SamDamnit!
The Emir of Crapistan

Or perhaps the presence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric secretions can effect a chemical change in bismuth. Or I could be full of shit. Sure sounded scholarly.

Yes, it did! But if it is a chemical reaction, how does it affect tongue tissue? Is the black stuff a COATING? Or is it IN the tongue... uh... skin?

i been taking pepto for 3 days the liquid stuff as i been suffering from GERD in my throat and stomach was told pepto will get rid of acids so to my shock went loo and poo was black and like in little balls scared the crap out of me ....so wont be taking it again will stick to zantac 74

Pls help. i've been dealing with a discolored (dark shade and taste buds prominent on edges) tongue for years now. yes, i drink a cup of cofee a day, water regularly, ginger ale, white wines, fruit punch drinks, eat candies & gum. any suggestions? I asked my dentist but he says i'm stuck like this. i'm in the u.s. so not sure which remedies I can get mailed here. pls advise. thanks lots for any help.

To fedupone. look up black tongue on google - can be caused by antibiotics, being old, stress etc. Try chewing fresh pineapple, coming off the antibiotics, scrubbing your tongue, eat lots of raw fruit and veg, squirt tongue with water containing lemon juice, give up smoking, be less stressed! Good luck

I feel so much better after reading the posts! I didnt feel good last night so I took two chewable pepto bismol tablets and went to bed. I woke up with this nasty taste in my mouth so I brushed my teeth. While brushing I noticed my toothbrush and spit was black so I stuck out my tongue and it was pitch black. I had no idea what happened and I was scared so I googled and I got here. Saw that it was the pepto bismol. I read the box and sure enough it says that it may cause darkening to your stool and/or tongue! Thanks guys!!! No worries :)

I imagine Pepto (milk of Magnesia) does the black tongue thing and dark poop (I've experienced it too) due to the magnesium. I say that because I recently just had "black as tar" poop that scared me (thinking internal bleeding only did that) but really it was just from the huge amount of iron in my pregnancy vitamins. Evidently, these minerals make for black poo!
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Conquering the world, one poop at a time....

Oops, sorry about error in prior post.. it's the bismuth in the pepto (not milk of magnesia/magnesium)

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Conquering the world, one poop at a time....

GGG, to answer your question (if it was about why the Pepto tablets turn your tongue brown) it is a disgusting, sticky coating on the outside of your tongue. I have been able to scrape it off with one of those tongue scraper thingies. I think that the chemicals and/or minerals in the Pepto actually start reacting with the saliva and turn darker as they go through the digestive tract, eventually turning your poo black.

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I was a category five! Category five, I tell you! Get it right or I'll be back to PROVE IT!!!!- Katrina

OMG!! Thank goodness for this site! I just came back from India last night and started to feel like crap. My throat started to hurt this morning so I looked in the mirror and my tongue was black! I thought I had caught some disease! Looking at this site made me realize it was the two chewable Peptos I took last night.....thanks guys!!!

i have been eating a fair amount of oreo's and my poop has started to come out black, anything to worry about? its a bit strange

I've recently had a black tongue and I was in the shower. I had a horrible taste in my mouth, so I hopped out of the shower and looked at my tongue, AND IT WAS BLACK!!! Luckily I got most of it off with my toothbrush. But blue crap that is awesome I want blue crap!!

Thank for the info on black tongue and green poop when using pepto. I was concerned when one morning I woke up to notice my tongue was black and my poop was a dark green. IT'S TRUE, I had been using pepto for an upset stomach for a couple of days and that's when the discoloration began. GREAT INFORMATION!!!

holly crap (pun intended)! i dropped a friend at the ER last night, came back to my place and woke up with a slimey black tongue! my poo logs were split axially, half regular and half black...so i'm trippin balls and go to the ER and i ask one of the nurses about my friend, then i casually ask if someone had a black tongue last night and whether its contagious; she laughs, asks me if i took the chewables... then i see this site
good stuff

I'm really relieved about the black tongue thing - everyone I told just made me more worried... Thanks!

Thank you thank you all for the help in diagnosing my black tounge. I was so horrified/disgusted I was afraid to mention it, even to my doctor. Pepto bismal chewables are my reason. Wow, what a relief!

Pepto-Bismol liquid or chewables produces black shit primarily because it is pink. Blood in the pipeline does the same thing. So rule of thumb: red and pink equal black in the stink.

So glad I found this site. Black tongue worried me more than the black poop for some reason. By the way, purple gatorade makes poop bright green. Everytime.

wow, you guys just saved me a trip to the emergency room... thanks for the black tongue thing... i wonder what colour my poop is

I just discovered poopreport today after searching for info about my black tongue. My boyfriend was quite disgusted when i had a black tongue a month ago, and I presumed it was from drinking red wine (the tanins in it). This morning I awoke with a black tongue again and decided to search it on the net and VOILA - I have an answer. I, too, took Pepto Bismol tabs (both times I had black tongue). I am enjoying creeping out people with my black tongue, now that I know it's not because I'm ill or anything. What a fun, informative, open and honest site! I'm definitely intrigued by everyone's coloured poo stories!

How sad that your boyfriend's response wasn't more like, "Oh wow! Are you okay? Do we need to get you to a doctor or something? I hope you're not sick, Sweetie"... etc...

Nice guy if his only response to you was "Eww!"

I have the black tongue w/out any pepto... but did just finish round of antibiotics. Per the nurse I talked to at Kaiser, this can cause it too. Also just quit smoking 10 days ago... I'm thinking its the nicotine coming out of my tongue ...

After chewing pepto tabs last night, both my husband and i woke up with black tongues BUT
we also both have big white-ish BUMPS near the back of our tongues. Has this happened to anyone else out there? Is it another pepto thing?

I don't have the Pepto tabs, and after practically ODing on alcohol, I was finally able to stomach liquid Pepto last night. Woke up with a black tongue but felt much better. Earlier posts seemed to say that only the tabs would turn the tongue black, but i only use the liquid stuff... this has never happened to me before!

Thanks for the info on the pepto-chewing-black-poo answers! Does it come back once it's scraped off....ew, it's nasty. Had no idea what happened. Thanks PooReport! ;-)

omg, my husband woke up with a black tongue this morning..he had to go to work before i discoverd this site..he went to work thinking that hes dying.

Well did you call and tell him he's okay?!? Or are you going to let him suffer all day?

Great site!!! I'm a medical student and I happened upon this page after a night of diarrhea was followed by black feces. I've used pepto many times and have never had a black tongue. What a fun side effect of pepto! Anyhow, I wanted to freak out my boyfriend with a black tongue, so I started investigating the cause.

It's true that the bismuth in the pepto reacts with the sulfur in your mouth and causes a black coating, but where does the sulfur come from, and why do only some people get a black tongue? It turns out that microorganisms (bacteria) in our mouth feed on left over food to create the sulfur molecules. Everyone has some bacteria in their mouth, but brushing (remember to floss FIRST) helps bring this number down. Some people who get the black tongue may not be brushing correctly. It’s best to brush your teeth right before you go to bed, and remember to brush your tongue too. For those of you who get a black tongue while brushing, some toothpastes and mouthwashes have sulfur containing molecules in them (which is perfectly fine).

It also helps to know that how much sulfur your mouth produces is directly related to the length of the cilia on your tongue. The longer the cilia, the more room for sulfur to reproduce.

The best thing to get rid of sulfur, which is I think the sulfates, on your tongue, is to use an oxydizing mouthwash, like Therabreath or Breath RX, because they turn the sulfates into sulfites, which are odorless. I may have gotten those two compounds switched around....not sure.

Anyhoo, using oxydizing mouthwash is the best way to get rid of most bad breath, which is sure worse than a black tongue!!!

It's cool when nurses post on the site like above. I had no idea why Pepto does what it does.

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I have slowly increased my veggies and fruits intake. In the past couple of days i have had a really dark stool in the morning. It is also the time i started eating fresh pineapple. Could it just be the pineappple cleaning me out or something ? I feel ok otherwise.

so i also woke up this morning with a horrible taste in my mouth and what felt like a knot in my throat.. and my tongue was black.. my husband has been so concerned for my health all morning.. im glad that i found this site so i can tell him its just cause i ate 2 pepto tablets... nasty little beasts!

Was not feeling well all day today. Bad stomach aches, went to the bathroom tonight and blue poo!! I am a nurse and never in my life have I seen blue poo. It was sort of a light blue coating all the way around on the outside and brown inside. Anyway, it really got me interested as to what I could have eaten and started searching here on the net for answer. Have not concluded anything... but I didnt eat anything with dye or food coloring of any sorts.

I woke up this morning and after brushing my teeth I spit brown. Freaked me out until my stepmom asked me if I had pepto...sure enough, the night before. I googled and found this site but have been reading about black tongues, mine was brown. I only chewed one tablet though...I wonder if that means my poo will only be brown :( I'll have to try those blue poo remedies :) Thanks poopreport!

I can totally verify that eating a one pound package of black licorice WILL indeed turn your poop green. The stomach ache that follows ain't pretty either. If you do this, stay close to a bathroom

If your poop is black and you have not taken pepto then perhaps you have had stress tablets or iron rich food such as liver, these too will cause black poo!

Definately Pepto Bismo. Took chewables last nite twice...and "poof"...Black tounge this morning!

Cloresptic spray(it's an antiseptic) will get rid of the black tongue, mine was gone in less than 10 hours with a few sprays evey hour or so. Also FYI smokers commonly get black tongue from fungus build up. p.s. I never got black poo just the black tongue.

Um, I rather think that your tongue would have gone back to normal in 10 hours, anyway.

But spritz away, by all means.
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Black tongue is a condition caused by a fungus that grows on the surface of the tongue. It happens in the elderly, immunocompromised people, or after taking antibiotics. Its harmless, but can cause a bad taste and can be treated with anti-fungal medications.

Ya know? This site has probably been one of the most informative!!! LOL.... My tongue has turned black twice, now... the first time, me and my bf thought that I had accidently touched my toothbrush in the ashtray.... But now that I recall.... I woke up this morning with the same thing (like 3 months later) and I FREAKED out... I was all over the internet.. and, considering I'm a hypochondriac, I thought i was gonna die, until I found out that Pepto Bismol does it... Cuz I SPECIFICALLY remember taking those f-cking Tablets before bed! But, my question is..... Mine just brushed off when I brushed my teeth.... I mean, ya.. I brushed Pretty damn Hard, but It eventually just scrubbed off....... Is that the same thing?

Okay, the next time you see a bottle (it ain't just the tablets) of Pepto, check the warnings section: "This beneficial medication may cause a temporary and harmless darkening of the stool and tongue." I once screamed that into a megaphone at the U-M/MSU game...I feel I educated a lot of people. Also, it has something to do with the Bismuth in Pepto-BISMOL. (It's not Milk of Magnesia.)
Lastly, black licorice has real Licorice Root extract in it, which is derived from the actual plant. The funny color I didn't know about (I am TOTALLY experimenting now...), but I can tell you that it *is* a *natural* laxative. Screw Correctol and Metamucil...eat black Twizzlers!

i had a pepto bismol last week because of a stomach virus and when i went to take a crap it was totally black (and the poop wasnt solid)it wasnt really dark brown like most poops it was like someone poured soda into the toilet! What is in pepto bismol that can do this 2 u???

its from pepto bismol. it says on the back of the box that it may cause blackening of the tongue and stool

Holy black tongue!

I took some pepto tabs earlier, looked in the mirror a while ago and had the dreaded black tongue syndrome! I was a little scared so to the OC I went, searching google for black tongue - thank GOD I found the answer, I was definitely a little more than a little disturbed. Anyway- I took some pics.. I guess I could put them up and post back here with a link if this website will let me post a link. BTW, I have had this bad taste before after pepto, but NEVER a black tongue THAT I NOTICED. An interesting note- I gargled with a lot of mouthwash yesterday, so maybe my good normal tongue germs were killed off or something. There seems to be pattern with mouthwash and pepto-black-tongue-syndrome. Hey, I guess I can look forward to black poo in my near future too! Yay!

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Here is another explanation I saw:

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Posting Date: 05/12/1999

Dr. Dean: The bismuth subsalicylate in Pepto-Bismol is a dark gray powder that can stain the tongue.

The bismuth subsalicylate can also darken your stool. You should always check with your doctor if your stool turns dark, because it can be a symptom of a serious condition. Chances are, it is just Pepto-Bismol causing the change in stool color.

By the way, antibiotics also turn the tongue black, because they kill the normal germs, including the chromogenic bacteria that create pigment.

http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/12245.html
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someone submitted this explanation on yahoo answers -- it sounds like they know:

The active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol contains bismuth. When a small amount of bismuth combines with trace amounts of sulfur in your saliva and gastrointestinal tract, a black-colored substance (bismuth sulfide) is formed. This discoloration is temporary and harmless. It can last several days after you stop taking Pepto-Bismol. Individual bowel habits, your age (the intestinal tract slows down with age), and the amount of the product taken all help to determine how long Pepto-Bismol is in your system

hahaha

I cant believe theres a site about pooh. I did a search for lack pooh cos my 2yr old's diaper had black- like charcoal pooh in it. I later realised its because he had blueberries yesterday. On the same line of thought, i did once have black pooh with blue colors rippling off it after eating a penguin themed flavor of ice cream from baskin robbins. It was a black and white ice. VERY FREAKYYYY!!!

I too experience the black tongue syndrome this morning after taking 2 Pepto tables last night! I was freakend out. As soon as I got to work, I looked it up on the Internet and found this site!!! Thank goodness it's here!!!

Sometimes, when I put 1 down, it has a rank, fetid smell not unlike the offal wagon that visits local butchers shops.

I am a vegetarian and eat plenty of wholemeal.

Could it be the ale?

I HAD A BLUE SLUSHIE AT THIS CARNIVAL ON SATURDAY..ITS MONDAY AND I'M STILL LEAVING BLUE LUMPS IN THE TOILET...NICEEE..

I've gotten black poop before.. I'm talking Jet black,...burnt toast black...you get the idea.
It freaked me out at first. I traced back my steps and it turns out the culprit was the half box of oreos I consumed the night before.

I've also gotten black tongue before. I now know its from Pepto. Thanks to this poop website ! *thumbs up*

I have also pooped red after eating lots of beats. I also pooped green before, I think it might have been because I ate a lot of lettuce. Never blue though, thats just absurd!

PS - I sit when I wipe...2 of my friends told me they stand! WTF?! I'm thinking they must be from another planet.

Pepto causes a black tongue but a blue poo?!?!?! I'm puzzled here. Perhaps you should talk to the Blue Man Group. After all they say everything is blue for them and themselfs or something like that. Help out the lyrically challenged here!
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This is the 2nd time I've experienced black tongue. A couple of years ago I thought I'd gotten food poisoning. Went to the emergency and they gave me some stomach medicine but they could not explain the black tongue. Last night I had an upset stomach from eating junk food all day. I woke up today with black tongue. So I'm thinking something is seriously wrong with me. I wasn't hurting so I went work anyway and decided to Google black tongue. TG I found this site. It turns out I had taken Pepto tablets on both occasions. What a relief!

just a few hours ago I dropped a freakin torquise loaf.I have been taking blue pills wonder if there is a connection

I drank half a big bottle of Pepto the other night in one swig! Then I went to wipe my ass earlier and I got some shit on the outside of my palm. It looked like I stuck my hand in wet black top tar!! Jet Black Shit man. Then I looked in the toilet and discovered pasty black poo. Bigger than slivers but not the typical log form, you know? sincerely, Black Shit Sam.