I ron deficiency anemia can be treated satisfactorily in almost all instances with oral iron
therapy. The absorption of iron salts is most efficient in the duodenum and upper jejunum. 1 …

The bioavailability of iron in five ferrous sulfate preparations was studied in 10 healthy male
volunteers. The preparations were an oral solution, two types of film-coated tablets and two …

Iron balance is tightly regulated under normal physiologic conditions and is maintained via
regulation of iron absorption, a process that we are learning is highly complex (Cell 2005; …

The acceptability of supplemental iron delivered from a wax-matrix tablet of ferrous sulfate
was compared with that of a conventional ferrous sulfate tablet in a single-blind, parallel …

To most patients ten years ago" iron" was synony-mous with green ferrous-sulphate tablets.
This prepara-tion's popularity with the medical profession was well deserved. In correcting …

The tolerance of volunteer patients to various ferrous salt preparations, administered orally
in equivalent doses of elemental iron, has been compared. The palatability of ferrous …

Results The mean increases of serum iron above the fasting level, observed at the specified
intervals after ingestion of each of the two sustained-release iron preparations, are …

Administration of effective doses of iron in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia is
complicated by the fact that iron compounds are not innocuous. Toxicity experiments on …

Intestinal iron absorption after a single dose of a special galenic preparation (50 and 100 mg
iron as ferrous glycocoll sulphate in micropellets) was investigated in 105 persons with …

Parenteral iron therapy is infrequently required but generally well tolerated. We present a
case in which intravenous iron dextran was successfully given to a patient who had an …