In Ohio, there has been a 366% increase in drug overdose deaths from 2000 to 2012. Unintentional drug overdoses caused 1,914 deaths in 2012. Over this period of time, prescription drugs. have been involved in most of the unintentional drug overdoses and have largely driven the rise in. deaths.
1 Loose stools with a fishy odor pertain to excessive cold in the intestines. 2  Extremely dry and hard stool is often seen in a deficiency of blood or body fluids. 3  Loose bowels with shapeless stool usually are due to deficiency cold in the spleen and stomach.
A black stool caused by food, supplements, medication, or minerals might sometimes be called false melena.. It is called false because the black color is not actually due to bleeding. Iron supplements, taken alone or as part of a multivitamin for iron-deficiency anemia, may cause black stools or even green stools. Foods that are dark blue, black or green may also cause black stools. Substances that are often found to cause black stools include: Black licorice. Blueberries. Iron supplements. Lead.