about Ferrous Sulfate, etc.

[Guest guest]

Answers many of the questions people have been having....my husband

takes prescription Chromagen 200 mg daily for his iron needs and has

always been told to take it on an empty stomach with another 1000 mg

of vit. C for absorption help--it contains 150 mg...

NOTE: Different iron formulations are not directly exchangeable on a

mg per mg basis; the different salts contain roughly the following

amounts of elemental iron (useable portion):

•Ferrous sulfate: 20% elemental iron

•Ferrous sulfate: exsiccated (dried): 30% elemental iron

•Ferrous gluconate: 12% elemental iron

•Ferrous fumarate: 33% elemental iron

•Carbonyl iron: 100% elemental iron

•Polysaccharide-iron complex: 100% elemental iron

•Ferrochel® (ferrous bis-glycinate chelate)--CHROMAGEN: 75% elemental

iron

He also needs EPO injections and takes folic acid (1800 mcg

daily)...and takes methyl b-12 sublingually (2500 mcg daily)....

I believe it was who was trying to remember what part of the

intestine iron is absorbed from (duodenum and upper jejumum according

to what is written below.....sue

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Action/Kinetics: The normal daily iron intake for males is 12-20 mg

and for females is 8-15 mg, although only about 10% (1-2 mg) of this

iron is absorbed. Iron is absorbed from the duodenum and upper

jejunum by an active mechanism through the mucosal cells where it

combines with the protein transferrin. Iron is stored in the body as

hemosiderin or aggregated ferritin which is found in

reticuloendothelial cells of the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.

About two-thirds of total body iron is in the circulating RBCs in

hemoglobin. Absorption is enhanced when stored iron is depleted or

when erythropoesis occurs at an increased rate. Food decreases iron

absorption by up to two-thirds. The daily loss of iron through urine,

sweat, and sloughing of intestinal mucosal cells is 0.5-1 mg in

healthy men; in menstruating women, 1-2 mg is the normal daily loss.

Least expensive, most effective iron salt for PO therapy. Ferrous

sulfate products contain 20% elemental iron, whereas ferrous sulfate

dried products contain 30% elemental iron. The exsiccated form is

more stable in air.

[Guest guest]

Yes, it was the jejunum! I just couldn't remember. Thanks!

about Ferrous Sulfate, etc.

Answers many of the questions people have been having....my husband

takes prescription Chromagen 200 mg daily for his iron needs and has

always been told to take it on an empty stomach with another 1000 mg

of vit. C for absorption help--it contains 150 mg...

NOTE: Different iron formulations are not directly exchangeable on a

mg per mg basis; the different salts contain roughly the following

amounts of elemental iron (useable portion):

.Ferrous sulfate: 20% elemental iron

.Ferrous sulfate: exsiccated (dried): 30% elemental iron

.Ferrous gluconate: 12% elemental iron

.Ferrous fumarate: 33% elemental iron

.Carbonyl iron: 100% elemental iron

.Polysaccharide-iron complex: 100% elemental iron

.Ferrochel® (ferrous bis-glycinate chelate)--CHROMAGEN: 75% elemental

iron

He also needs EPO injections and takes folic acid (1800 mcg

daily)...and takes methyl b-12 sublingually (2500 mcg daily)....

I believe it was who was trying to remember what part of the

intestine iron is absorbed from (duodenum and upper jejumum according

to what is written below.....sue

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Action/Kinetics: The normal daily iron intake for males is 12-20 mg

and for females is 8-15 mg, although only about 10% (1-2 mg) of this

iron is absorbed. Iron is absorbed from the duodenum and upper

jejunum by an active mechanism through the mucosal cells where it

combines with the protein transferrin. Iron is stored in the body as

hemosiderin or aggregated ferritin which is found in

reticuloendothelial cells of the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.

About two-thirds of total body iron is in the circulating RBCs in

hemoglobin. Absorption is enhanced when stored iron is depleted or

when erythropoesis occurs at an increased rate. Food decreases iron

absorption by up to two-thirds. The daily loss of iron through urine,

sweat, and sloughing of intestinal mucosal cells is 0.5-1 mg in

healthy men; in menstruating women, 1-2 mg is the normal daily loss.

Least expensive, most effective iron salt for PO therapy. Ferrous

sulfate products contain 20% elemental iron, whereas ferrous sulfate

dried products contain 30% elemental iron. The exsiccated form is

more stable in air.

[Guest guest]

Hi

I read your story and just wanted you to know how impressed i am with

your courage and determination. Well done for sticking with it, I am

sure you will eventually succeed in healing yourself. Since joining

this forum i have real hope (for the first time in years) that i too

can regain my health, although I forgot what its like to feel really

well.

Thanks for your advice.

SheilaF

[Guest guest]

Thanks, and I'm inspired by every little bit of info I get, both for myself and

for others. Some people who have come and gone on the forums have gotten well

way ahead of me! Story of my life was always slow and steady and learn as I'm

goofin, but once I get it, I've got it, and I think it's going to be the same

with this disease, in my case. It didn't take day to get here, so it won't take

a day to progress.

Re: about Ferrous Sulfate, etc.

Hi

I read your story and just wanted you to know how impressed i am with

your courage and determination. Well done for sticking with it, I am

sure you will eventually succeed in healing yourself. Since joining

this forum i have real hope (for the first time in years) that i too

can regain my health, although I forgot what its like to feel really

well.

Thanks for your advice.

SheilaF