Iron deficiency with the band

I am asking for a friend of mine who has a band as well. She seem to having issues with maintain he iron levels. She take supplements and eats more iron enriched foods but her iron levels are not increasing. I had the same issue with damaged from my first band. But received iron injections which did the trick. My friends doctor is reluctant to do the injections. Just wondering if there are any other ways to help her iron level. Thanks in advance.

Some people even non WLS people have trouble maintaining iron levels, she may want to see a hematologist to see if there is a medical reason she is having this problem. If her primary is reluctant then maybe he would send her to  hematologist to get her check out good and then he can decide whether injections are the answer.

There are a variety of iron supplements, I take ferralet 90 it has a few other vitamins added to aid with absorption.

Maybe she can ask the doctor to switch her prescription and see if it helps.

But sometimes it doesn't, my Mom does not absorb iron well and has to have injections quarterly to get her back.

As the others say, naybe she needs to be referred to a specialist. Iron deficiency is not caused by the band except insofar as we eat less so it is hard to get a fully balanced diet. As we don't have any malabsorption, any deficiencies may have other causes.