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I occasionally have red capsule sized objects in the toilet bowl after a bowel movement.  These are about the size of the Metformin pills that I take.  Could these be passing through my digestive system or is this something else?
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1403958 tn?1300023491
sometime the capsules open but dont dissolve completely.  So yes, they could be passing through.  
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1386405 tn?1291587800
it could be actually the pills passing through I think that when that happens the pills are moving through your system so fast that they do not have a chance to digest completely but all the same the next time that you go to your doctor make sure that you discuss this with them
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