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Medications
/ agents which may
discolor feces
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D.McAuley, GlobalRPh Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Black |
| Acetazolamide | Alcohols |
| Aluminum hydroxide | Aminophylline |
| Amphetamine | Amphotericin |
| Anticoagulants | Aspirin |
| Betamethasone | Bismuth |
| Charcoal | Chloramphenicol |
| Chlorpropamide | Clindamycin |
| copper | Cortisone |
| Corticosteroids | Cyclophosphamide |
| Cytarabine | Ethacyrnic
acid |
| Ferrous salts | fluorides |
| Fluorouracil | Halothane |
| Heparin | Hydralazine |
| Hydrocortisone | Ibuprofen |
| Indomethacin | Iron
salts |
| Levodopa | Melphalan |
| Methlprednisolone | Methotrexate |
| Nitrates | Phenylephrine |
| Phosphorous | Potassium
salts |
| Prednisolone | Procarbazine |
| Salicylates | Sulfonamides |
| Tetracycline | Thallium |
| Theophylline | Thiotepa |
| Triamcinolone | Warfarin |
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Blue |
| Boric acid (ingested) | Chloramphenicol |
| Methylene blue | |
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Dark brown |
| Dexamethasone | Cocoa |
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Gray |
| Cocoa | Colchicine |
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Green |
| Indomethacin | Iron |
| Medroxyprogesterone | spinach |
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Yellow to yellow-green |
| Rhubarb | senna |
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Red / Pink |
| Anticoagulants | aspirin |
| blackberries | barium |
| heparin | lead |
| Oxyphenbutazone | Phenolphthalenin |
| Phenylbutazone | Salicylates |
| senna | Tetracycline
syrup |
| Hydroxocobalamin | |
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Orange-Red |
| Phenazopyridine | Rifampin |
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...... .....White/ speckling .....
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| Aluminum hydroxide | Antibiotics
(oral) |
| Barium | |
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