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Reviewer: Dougr, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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For those of you who don't care for the taste; get the caplets and swallow them whole. I can't stand the taste, but it help the diarrhea, so I get the caplets. Generic brand is cheaper; can only find generic CAPLETS in Miejer stores, Wal-mart only has the chewable tablets, which has the same taste as the liquid.
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Reviewer: ?, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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turned my tongue black
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Every time I go on vacation I get Diarrhea. So I take a Pepto Bismol before each meal and it seems to help. If I don't I have to take a few before it starts working. This happens when ever or where ever I travel.
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Reviewer: 65-74 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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stomach flu stopped for a short time then returned when I stopped taking pepto-bismol
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Reviewer: teaterror, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was told that Pepto-Bismol should not be taken for more than three (3)days, so I had to stop it. It worked great, and I haven't found anything that works for my diarrhea caused by an irritable bowel!
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