Medications / Agents Which May

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Black
Acetazolamide	Alcohols
Aluminum hydroxide	Aminophylline
Amphetamine	Amphotericin
Anticoagulants	Aspirin
Betamethasone	Bismuth
Charcoal	Chloramphenicol
Chlorpropamide	Clindamycin
copper	Cortisone
Corticosteroids	Cyclophosphamide
Cytarabine	Ethacyrnic acid
Ferrous salts	fluorides
Fluorouracil	Halothane
Heparin	Hydralazine
Hydrocortisone	Ibuprofen
Indomethacin	Iron salts
Levodopa	Melphalan
Methlprednisolone	Methotrexate
Nitrates	Phenylephrine
Phosphorous	Potassium salts
Prednisolone	Procarbazine
Salicylates	Sulfonamides
Tetracycline	Thallium
Theophylline	Thiotepa
Triamcinolone	Warfarin
Blue
Boric acid (ingested)	Chloramphenicol
Methylene blue
Dark brown
Dexamethasone	Cocoa
Gray
Cocoa	Colchicine
Green
Indomethacin	Iron
Medroxyprogesterone	spinach
Yellow to yellow-green
Rhubarb	senna
Red / Pink
Anticoagulants	aspirin
blackberries	barium
heparin	lead
Oxyphenbutazone	Phenolphthalenin
Phenylbutazone	Salicylates
senna	Tetracycline syrup
Hydroxocobalamin
Orange-Red
Phenazopyridine	Rifampin
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Aluminum hydroxide	Antibiotics (oral)
Barium

Reference(s)

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