Iron, ferrous fumarate, how many mg do you take daily?

homecie
on 1/27/15 10:55 am

I think I am anemic. I take 18 mg of iron along with 36mg of vit C once a day. Please, how much do you take?

kokosuggs
on 1/27/15 11:58 am

My NUT & Dr suggest 60 mg

RNY 1/19/15 SW 238 CW 169 GW ??

pghgirl
on 1/27/15 12:09 pm

I'm anemic too and I take 65 mg of iron and 500 mg of vit c, twice a day.

HW:325, SW:281, CW:250

ShebasMom
on 1/27/15 2:53 pm, edited 1/28/15 3:57 am

Revision on 07/05/16

How far out are you from your surgery? Have you had your iron levels checked? The ASMBS recommends 54 to 63 mg of elemental iron daily for menstruating women and 36 mg a day for everyone else. That's the amount recommended right after surgery. Then, adjusting the amount, according to your labs.

I'm anemic and I take FIVE 60 mg of carbonyl iron with 400 mg vitamin C capsules daily. (carbonyl iron is all elemental iron and less constipating. I buy them from vitalady.com). I am 3.5 years post-op and have steadily increased my dosage based on my labs.

homecie
on 1/27/15 3:35 pm

I am 2 1/2 months out and have not had any labs yet. I am due at the end of Feb. I have 2 emails into my surgeon and PC doc. Just by reading some of the above replys, I have not been taking enough of iron or vit C.

AngryViking
on 1/27/15 9:13 pm, edited 1/27/15 9:13 pm

RNY on 07/17/14

I take 4 Ferro-Sequels a day w/500mg of vitamin C. I was taking 2 a day, but at my last checkup, my iron was even lower so I've been upped.

poet_kelly
on 1/28/15 12:06 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Ferrous fumerate is only 33% elemental iron, so 18 mg ferrous fumerate is only about 6 mg elemental iron. I don't know what anyone would bother taking so little, really.

I take 300 mg carbonyl iron. That's all elemental iron. That would be equivalent to about 900 mg ferrous fumerate.

Kelly

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