
What Causes Black Stool While On Prozac?

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Hello, and thanks for your question.
Black stool can be the first sign of an upper gastrointestinal bleed. Prozac can very rarely cause GI bleeding by thinning the blood. I would visit an ER immediately.
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Okay, in this case, there is no need to worry, because the compounds in Pepto-Bismol routinely cause dark stool.
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