oral iron

Iron Infusions

Products In many countries, injection solutions containing ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject, 2007), ferrous sucrose (Venofer, 1949), ferumoxytol (Rienso, 2012), and ferric derisomaltose (ferric isomaltoside, Monofer, 2019) are commercially available. In other countries, other products with different compositions are available, for example, ferrous sodium gluconate. Iron dextrans are rarely used anymore because of the risk for severe … Iron Infusions

Ferumoxytol

Products Ferumoxytol is commercially available as a solution for intravenous injection (Rienso). It has been approved in many countries since 2012. Structure and properties Ferumoxytol is a colloidal iron-carbohydrate complex. It contains iron oxide particles with an iron oxide core surrounded by a shell of polyglucose sorbitol carboxymethyl ether. Effects The supplied iron substitutes for … Ferumoxytol