Hi Kristina,

It's the Bismuth (what is essentially Pepto Bismol) that makes the stool darker. I took Paragone too and had some good results with getting some things out but my problem with my stool before I started was that it was too dark and heavy and the paragone just made that worse so I am going with something else that does not have it in it. My husband is still taking it now and also had pale stools before...he is now having darker stools with the Paragone. There are many other things in Paragone so not sure what was really helping but you can do a test just by taking some pepto bismol and seeing what happens. It is good at killing H Pylori so maybe that was an issue with you.

Best,

Shada