Question:
What suppliment do you take to help anemia?

   — lindabarba (posted on March 20, 2005)

March 19, 2005
Hi Linda, I was taking regular Ferrous Sulfate pills but after reading a post from Delores on the main board, I started taking carbonyl Iron which absorbs so much better than Sulfate. I have been taking it since Thursday and I already feel more enegerized, we are supposed to take it with Vitamin C so it will absorb even better. Hope this helps I purchased mine at CVS for 5.99 for a bottle of 200. I am also doubling up on mine until my levels get back to normal so about 3 weeks. Hope this helps.
   — Toy T.

March 19, 2005
If you already have a problem, you might want to check out the Iron offered by the Vitalady.. Espeically made for 'distal' patients or those suffering from Anemia.
   — star .

March 24, 2005
I take Walgreens brand ferrous gluconate which is the type of iron my dietician and surgeon recommended.
   — catleth

March 24, 2005
I tried everything, ferrous sulfate, ferrous fulmate, prenatal, liquid iron (yuck!) and Chromagen (Prescription iron) My iron level kept falling and falling until I was severely anemic. I finally asked my PCP about taking Procrit and he referred me to hematology. I received 3 infusions of Iron and my iron level is great right now. I will probably have to had the infusions repeated about once a year. The hematologist explained that iron is absorbed in the first 6 inches of the small intestine which is bypassed if you had RNY. So no matter how much Iron I took, I wasn't absorbing it. My dr. said that this is a common side affect with Gastric Bypass Surgery. Don't mess around with anemia. Insist that you go to hematology and get it taken care of as soon as possible. Good luck.
   — jean.campbell