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Intravenous (IV) iron for severe iron deficiency Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 97 examines intravenous (IV) iron for severe iron deficiency. Conclusions Intravenous iron markedly benefits appropriately selected people with chronic severe iron deficiency. Rare but potentially fatal reactions occur with all IV iron products. This requires administration in a setting where immediate treatment is available, including adrenaline. No formulation is proven to be safer than others. IV iron is preferable to IM injection.

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Intravenous (IV) iron for severe iron deficiency
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 97
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2015-12
Description
Therapeutics Letter 97 examines intravenous (IV) iron for severe iron deficiency. Conclusions Intravenous iron markedly benefits appropriately selected people with chronic severe iron deficiency. Rare but potentially fatal reactions occur with all IV iron products. This requires administration in a setting where immediate treatment is available, including adrenaline. No formulation is proven to be safer than others. IV iron is preferable to IM injection.
Subject
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency; Epinephrine; Injections, Intramuscular; Iron
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433676
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85086
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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