Black tongue

[sunshine9001]

My husband woke up with a black tongue (like your tongue looks after eating black licorice).  The color went away when he brushed his tongue with his toothbrush.  Two days later, the same thing happened.  He had not eaten any unusual foods, hadn't taken any medication other than Motrin and Pepto Bismol, and has no other symptoms.  Help!

[helpfromsomeone]

Pepto bismol can cause black tongue in some people.  Even if he'd taken it before without problem, it is a possible side effect.

[homesick]

my husband had the same thing as yours, woke up one morning and it looked like he had eaten Licorice.  After checking the web, his surgeon and his reg dr they all agreed it must be a result of taking antibiotics for 2 mos.  (they found a cancerous tumor on his kidney and had to remove it. Due to many complications he took 9-10 dif types of anibiotics over the 2 mos that followed surgery.)  He had a yeast infection also from being on the anibiotics which cleared up when he took medicine.  The dr's had him go back on the medicine for his "black tougue".  The condition is bacteria that builds up on your tongue and is harmess.  Just ugly to look at.. the medicine he had to take for ths is Nystatin ~ taken 4 times a day for 5 days.  Cleared it up.