Re: Taking Iron For Low Blood Counts

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Alice

Iron can be taken if the red cell count is low, IF it is also low in the

bone marrow. My bone marrow is full of iron that has trouble getting out, so

I was told to never use iron again. My anemia has gradually improved since

eliminating the iron supplementation. I don't even use vitamins with iron.

My brother's bone marrow had almost no iron, so he supplements after some

blood transfusions. It is not coming up very fast, but started to climb

after switching to chelated iron. I guess I would be hesitant to take iron

without a bone marrow test.

laurie

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> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:21:56 -0600

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> Subject: Taking Iron For Low Blood Counts

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> I know we have discussed this in the past. I have looked thru the archives

> but have not had any success finding information on this. I'm searching for

> someone else, not myself.

>

> Please share the pros and cons of taking supplemental iron for anemia with

> Mito. I need to have all the details meaning the why's and why not's. Also,

> what have listmembers who do not use iron supplements do when the white blood

> count is high and the red is low?

>

> Thanks all.

>

> Alice

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>

[Guest guest]

Hi Alice,

Dr Tarnopolsky briefly mentioned iron supplementation at the conference in his

presentation. He said it's okay to take iron IF the person has low iron stores.

If the iron stores are okay and the person is supplementing on top of that then

iron can produce oxidative damage which is bad in mito.

When they check my iron levels, they measure ferritin, % iron saturation and a

few others, as well.

Malisa

[Guest guest]

My ferritin is always low, something to do with platelets being small

I understand.

I take 60 mg of iron per day, in a prenatal vitamin. I do tend

towards anemia also.

I am now taking Vitamin K, which helps with clotting (interestingly,

it is supposed to help with either poor or too much clotting, the

body is supposed to balance how it works). My bruising has been

greatly decreased since starting it.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002407.htm

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/feb00-report.html

The funny part is, I started taking Vitamin K after my vet

recommended it for my rabbit who had severe calcification in his

arteries. Seems Vitamin K is used in Japan to treat arteriosclerosis

and osteoporosis, but it is more known for normalizing clotting (thus

be careful if one is on coumadin or heparin).

Take care,

RH

> Hi Alice,

> Dr Tarnopolsky briefly mentioned iron supplementation at the

conference in his presentation. He said it's okay to take iron IF the

person has low iron stores. If the iron stores are okay and the

person is supplementing on top of that then iron can produce

oxidative damage which is bad in mito.

>

> When they check my iron levels, they measure ferritin, % iron

saturation and a few others, as well.

> Malisa

[Guest guest]

My ferritin is always low, something to do with platelets being small

I understand.

I take 60 mg of iron per day, in a prenatal vitamin. I do tend

towards anemia also.

I am now taking Vitamin K, which helps with clotting (interestingly,

it is supposed to help with either poor or too much clotting, the

body is supposed to balance how it works). My bruising has been

greatly decreased since starting it.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002407.htm

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/feb00-report.html

The funny part is, I started taking Vitamin K after my vet

recommended it for my rabbit who had severe calcification in his

arteries. Seems Vitamin K is used in Japan to treat arteriosclerosis

and osteoporosis, but it is more known for normalizing clotting (thus

be careful if one is on coumadin or heparin).

Take care,

RH

> Hi Alice,

> Dr Tarnopolsky briefly mentioned iron supplementation at the

conference in his presentation. He said it's okay to take iron IF the

person has low iron stores. If the iron stores are okay and the

person is supplementing on top of that then iron can produce

oxidative damage which is bad in mito.

>

> When they check my iron levels, they measure ferritin, % iron

saturation and a few others, as well.

> Malisa

[Guest guest]

-Hi Alice, it's my iron stores and serum ferritin that I have trouble

with too. I usually supplement with ferrous gluconate (from the family

doc or Gastroenterologist) until the levels are in the (low) normal

range again, then I stop for a while, until they go down again, Celia--

In , Malilibear@a... wrote:

> Hi Alice,

> Dr Tarnopolsky briefly mentioned iron supplementation at the

conference in his presentation. He said it's okay to take iron IF the

person has low iron stores. If the iron stores are okay and the person

is supplementing on top of that then iron can produce oxidative damage

which is bad in mito.

>

> When they check my iron levels, they measure ferritin, % iron

saturation and a few others, as well.

> Malisa