hi,
I had my last amalgam replaced yesterday. The dentist was hal hugiins trained and followed all the safet procedures. I dont feel any better or worse today, but my bowel motion this morning was loose and black! could this be due to the charcoal tablets he gave me, though this didnt happen when I had the first tow amalgams replaced alst week.

any info would be good....am a bit concerned

Probably the charcoal tablets. Because it doesn't always happen the first time you take a few, and sometimes it can be the timing of you taking the charcoal tablets and then it going through and into your bowel at just the right time to where your bowel motions will come out dark.

I wouldn't be too worried about it. Also, once the last amalgam has been removed, the body can sometimes start to go into detox mode and people can have this occur pretty quickly or months later down the track. So your body might actually be offloading a bit of mercury already!

The black stools could be the charcoal or could be some detoxing starting up.

that happened to me also after my last amalgam removal.

I had been taking the charcoal capsules before each filling removal every month or so--- starting from May to September 2005.

Right after the last filling replacement-- that next morning my bowel movements were BLACK! I figured it could have been some deposit of mercury --

Hi I don't like talking about this kind of stuff, but this did happen me once a few days after starting to take L-Glutithione.
I took it as a good sign,the natural practitioner who recommended the stuff had said it would bind to the mercury &turn it black.
Sunflower

If someone is taking charcoal then black stools are not a concern. If they are not taking charcoal though then vary dark stooks might be an indication of blood loss through the digestive tract. This might not be serious, but might just be the result of a vitamin K deficiency or taking too much vitamin E or C, or aspirin.. It should be investigated though. Other symptoms of a vitamin K deficiency might also include nose bleeds. If one does decide to use a vitamin K supplement then be careful of the dosage. You don't want to overdo it. Besides the small amount of vitamin k in my multivitamin, I only take a vitamin k supplement when I have a nosebleed(perhaps once every several months?) or show other signs of needing it, and even then only for a day or two.

black stools are definately the charcoal , what may have happened on your first removal was that your digestive system may have been working a bit slower thean normal possibly because of the mercury , but now your digestive system is getting back to normal speed and noticed it the next day , a normal digestive cycle is 24 hours ,what you eat this morning will pass through a bowel movment tomorrow

I agree, black stools are definately the charcoal. Nothing to worry about.

When I was really sick, before I even chelated at all, my blood was very black in color. Pretty scary. I never used charcoal.