Folic acid question (contains warning!)

Starburst
Starburst Member Posts: 2,546
edited 10. Mar 2011, 13:42 in Living with Arthritis archive
WARNING THIS MAY CONTAIN TMI (too much information)!!

(I figured this was the place to ask because I know a lot of you are taking folic acid.)
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Can folic acid make your bowel movements a dark colour?

I'm seeing my GP tomorrow, don't want to make a big deal of it if it's nothing. Thank you for reading and sorry! :|

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oooh hell hon, I don't know. If that happens to me I can usually put mine down to too much Guiness! I know that iron can darken stools, as do some foods, have you read the leaflet that comes with the FA? That may have some information. If there is no pain and no blood I would hazard a guess that there is no major problem but if you are in anyway unsure then contact your GP. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • prefabkid47
    prefabkid47 Member Posts: 1,316
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Been on folic acid for some years and must say have noticed no darkening of my stools.As DD says if there is no pain or blood unlikely there is a problem.
    ''Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy''. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Is foloic acid not iron??? sorry for the ignorance....but def....iron makes them darker

    Hileena
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    My poos the same colour as it always has been though red wine does make it darker.

    I'd mention it to your doc if I were you Starburst.

    I think when it was called Fe-folic acid - the Fe bit was the iron so I don't think there's iron in it anymore Hileena ...though I could be wrong, it has been known :roll:
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    no colour change for me with folic acid.

    yes with iron.

    juliepf x
  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello Startbust

    I hope you got on ok at the doc's today and that he was able to advise you.

    Tilly xxx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello Starburst - I hope he was able to help put your mind at rest. I think FA is different to iron (I know women preparing for pregnancy take it, when pregnant too?) as it helps with cell renewal so as such should not darken excretory matter. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben

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