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==Background==
*Multiple types of oral and intravenous therapy available
*IV therapy is usually reserved for patients undergoing epoetin therapy or severely anemic [[Jehovah's Witness patients]]
**Should be cautiously administered due to the risk of [[anaphylaxis]] with some preparations.<ref name="Macdougall">Macdougall IC. Strategies for iron supplementation: oral versus intravenous. Kidney Int Suppl. 1999;69:S61-S66.</ref>

==Oral Preparations==
Recommended oral daily dose for the treatment of iron deficiency in adults is in the range of 150 to 200mg/day of elemental iron
*Ferrous Sulfate
*Ferrous fumarate
*Ferrous gluconate
*Ferrous succinate

===Elemental Iron Percentages===
{{Iron percentages table}}
==Intravenous Preparations==
Occasionally used by nephrologists and patients receiving epoitin. IV iron can increase hemoglobin concentrations by 1-2 g/dL
*Iron dextran
*Iron dextrin
*Iron sodium gluconate
*Iron hyroxysaccharate
===IV iron Regimens===
====Low dose====
*20–60mg every dialysis session<ref name="Macdougall"></ref>
*Hemodialysis patients only
*Any of iron preparations suitable
*May be given as IV push
====Medium dose====
*100–400mg as IV infusion
*All iron preparations (maximum dose of iron sodium gluconate is 62.5–125mg)
====High dose====
*500–1000mg
*Must be given as IV infusion
*Only iron dextran suitable
*Only for patients with large iron deficit and resistance to all other treatment regemins
==Intramuscular preparations==
Rarely if ever used
*Iron sorbitol citrate is only possible formulation

==See Also==
*[[Anemia]]
*[[Iron toxicity]]
*[[Jehovah's Witness patients]]

==References==
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