cheap carbonyl iron
Kelly
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Pre-op I always had issues with my iron. December 2010, my ferritin tanked to it's lowest 5. I used Sundown carbonyl and got my iron up to a normal range. I believe it was around 13. Not high, but so much better. I was pretty consistant and aggressive with it - took with vit C.
I'd be interested in what people will say here. During the time I used it, I had no diet restrictions at all.
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Leila
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Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
2nd - How much iron are we supposed to be taking? My surgeon asked me how much I was taking and said that it sounded wrong -- I take feosol carbonyl 45mg per day. Enough for someone without deficiency?
Now, they are talking about elemental iron. Carbonyl is all elemental iron. Ferrous sulfate, however, is not. It's a little bit of elemental iron and a lot of iron salts. So with ferrous sulfate, 325 mg equals just 65 mg elemental iron.
Your surgeon might be used to people taking ferrous sulfate and that might be why the amount you take sounded wrong to him. If you took 45 mg ferrous sulfate, you'd be getting almost no actual iron at all.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
