Iron (Oral)

• Iron deficiency anaemia

• Ferrous sulphate 200 mg (60 mg iron)
• Ferrous gluconate (35 mg)
• Ferrous fumarate 210 mg (68 mg)

• Haemochromatosis
• Patients with hypersensitivity to any of the excipients

• Exclude underlying cause of anaemia, eg chronic GI bleeding

• Nausea, constipation or diarrhoea
• Black stools

• One tablet TDS

• As in normal renal function

• Reduced absorption of levothyroxine, ciprofloxacin, mycophenolate mofetil and calcium
• Cholestyramine may reduce the absorption of iron. Ideally give doses at least two hours apart

FERROUS SULPHATE#200 mg#TDS#PO#8 14 22

• Take at a time away from food to get maximal absorption. If feel nauseous, take with food to reduce this symptom
• May cause black stools
• Overdose in children can be fatal
• Take at least one to two hours away from calcium based phosphate binders, tea, coffee and milk