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Old 10-28-2009, 05:25 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Often after eating some strange foods (I travel often), I pop an antacid, or pepto bismol type product. Usually the morning after, my tongue is black and I spend a few minutes brushing it off. Any suggestions to avoid this?
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Old 10-28-2009, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Cary, NC
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The bismuth in Pepto-Bismal converts to bismuth sulfide in your gastro tract, hence the black tongue and black stools.

Unsightly, but harmless.
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Old 10-28-2009, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Here ... more effective than brushing and helps with breath problems as well.
Most health food stores (and i imagine pharmacies) carry them.

















Black Tongue-tongue_cleaner-.jpg
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Old 10-29-2009, 09:49 AM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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I got this from time to time as a kid. It's kind of gross but harmless as far as I know.
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Old 10-29-2009, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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If you use the pepto tablets instead of the liquid, you can break them up and swallow them like a pill (with water) instead of chewing them. Your stools will still turn black, but your tongue won't.
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