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  2. Iron sucrose - Wikipedia

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    Iron sucrose is a dark brown liquid solution. It is administered intravenously and is only used when a patient with iron deficiency cannot be treated using oral iron options. [5] It is a generally effective drug, with more than 80% of patients responding to treatment. Iron sucrose has ~20 mg of iron per mL of solution.

  3. Iron preparation - Wikipedia

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    Iron Sucrose Structure. Iron sucrose is used for patients with iron-deficiency anemia, including those with chronic kidney disease, when oral iron therapy is ineffective or impractical. Iron sucrose is given by slow intravenous injection or intravenous infusion. For haemodialysis patients, it may be given into the venous limb of the dialyser. [28]

  4. Intravenous iron infusion - Wikipedia

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    Intravenous iron therapy has an established role in the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia when oral supplements are ineffective or cannot be used. [12] IV iron infusions can administer the exact dose of iron to normalise levels in the blood. [7] Pre-operative anaemia is associated with high risk of death.

  5. Iron supplement - Wikipedia

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    Injectable forms include iron dextran and iron sucrose. [13] They work by providing the iron needed for making red blood cells. [14] Iron pills have been used medically since at least 1681, with an easy-to-use formulation being created in 1832 using Chicken Liver extracts and majority from plants. [15]

  6. ATC code B03 - Wikipedia

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    ATC code B03 Antianemic preparations is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.

  7. Sodium ferric gluconate complex - Wikipedia

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    Sodium ferric gluconate complex, sold under the brand name Ferrlecit, is an intravenously administered iron medication for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adults and in children aged six years and older with chronic kidney disease receiving hemodialysis who are receiving supplemental epoetin therapy. [2]

  8. Iron polymaltose - Wikipedia

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    Iron(III)-hydroxide polymaltose complex is a medication used to treat iron deficiency / iron deficiency anemia and belongs to the group of oral iron preparations.The preparation is a macromolecular complex, consisting of iron(III) hydroxide (trivalent iron, Fe 3+, Fe(OH) 3 ·H 2 O) and the carrier polymaltose and is available in solid form as a film-coated or chewable tablet and in liquid form ...

  9. Sucrosomial iron - Wikipedia

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    Sucrosomial iron is a new oral iron preparation containing ferric pyrophosphate covered by phospholipids plus sucrose ester of fatty acid matrix. This allows the molecule to be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract by trans-cellular, para-cellular and M-cells independently of hepcidin and due to gastro-resistant properties, it does not cause the side effects such as gastric irritation which ...