Venofer Infusion (with pics)

Is this only one type of iron infusion? I see sucrose and wonder if it would be a bad idea for a diabetic. Now if I could get a copy of my most recent labs, I might know if my iron is an issue at all...

That's a good question. I don't know. I can ask at my next infusion if you like. Here's some info I got from a pdf on the venofer site regarding the sucrose part of the IV:

Following intravenous administration of Venofer®, iron sucrose is dissociated into iron and sucrose by the reticuloendothelial
system. The sucrose component is eliminated mainly by urinary excretion. In a study evaluating a single intravenous dose of Venofer® containing 1,510 mg
of sucrose and 100 mg of iron in 12 healthy adults (9 female, 3 male: age range 32-52), 68.3% of the sucrose was eliminated in urine in 4 h and 75.4% in 24
h. Some iron also is eliminated in the urine. Neither transferrin nor transferrin receptor levels changed immediately after the dose administration [1]. In this
study and another study evaluating a single intravenous dose of iron sucrose containing 500-700 mg of iron in 26 anemic patients on erythropoietin therapy
(23 female, 3 male; age range 16-60), approximately 5% of the iron was eliminated in urine in 24 h at each dose level [2].

Jill, yes you are correct.  Venofer is just one type.  I had Iron Dextran.  It is more common in the US and about half the price of Venofer.  Worked great.  They gave me some benedryl first and a test dose.  I think Karen had a newer one also but I have forgotten the name.