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How To Wean Off High Doses Of Vitamin C?
Can high dose 10,000 mg of bit c cause black stools. There are not like coffee grounds, nor are they tarry or smelly?
Diet consists mostly of meat and very little veggies?
Also do you have to wean off high doses of vit c if I have been on them for over a year?
Diet consists mostly of meat and very little veggies?
Also do you have to wean off high doses of vit c if I have been on them for over a year?
Sat, 31 Jan 2015
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In short: Black stools can be caused by iron supplements/bleeding in GI tract.
Explanation: Black stools can be cause by bleeding in Gastro intestinal tract or by iron supplements. So, please visit a doctor for stool check up(for occult blood). Vit C can be stopped immediately no weaning is required like steroids.
In short: Black stools can be caused by iron supplements/bleeding in GI tract.
Explanation: Black stools can be cause by bleeding in Gastro intestinal tract or by iron supplements. So, please visit a doctor for stool check up(for occult blood). Vit C can be stopped immediately no weaning is required like steroids.
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