Guest guest Posted October 14, 2002 Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 Dr. G. told us to put our daughter on iron and the office recommended fesol. They no longer make fesol. I found another brand called ferrinsol but I'm not sure if we have the dosing correct. weighs 28 lbs. Anyone know the correct dosage in milligrams. Also, her stools are now very dark (I know this is typical). Just wondering, does this mean that her body is just spilling off the excess like a B vitamin does or does this have something to do with her not being able to absorb the iron or is it just because the supplement is elemental iron. Thanks, Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2002 Report Share Posted October 15, 2002 We switched to use " Qualitest " brand Ferrous Sulphate elixir when Feosol disappeared. 5 ml contains 220 mg of iron sulphate which produces 44mg of elemental iron. This is the same strength as Feosol elixir and the same strength as one Feosol caplet (45mg elemental iron). You will need to determine the strength of the ferrinsol that you are using and match with the dose Dr G recommends. Our son started with 3mls then went to 5mls (44mg) - he is 48lbs. His iron levels went from 20< to 45 to 67 over this period and seem to have settled (well within the range) - we reduced to 2.5 mls recently as a maintenance for now. Iron supplementation Dr. G. told us to put our daughter on iron and the office recommended fesol. They no longer make fesol. I found another brand called ferrinsol but I'm not sure if we have the dosing correct. weighs 28 lbs. Anyone know the correct dosage in milligrams. Also, her stools are now very dark (I know this is typical). Just wondering, does this mean that her body is just spilling off the excess like a B vitamin does or does this have something to do with her not being able to absorb the iron or is it just because the supplement is elemental iron. Thanks, Terri Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with the original author, and is not necessarily endorsed by or the opinion of the Research Institute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2002 Report Share Posted October 15, 2002 Almost any iron supplement can make a child constipated. Also, please be very careful about the child getting too much iron as it can be very toxic. Perhaps your doctor could prescribe a stool softener while he/she is on the iron - like Colace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 > Almost any iron supplement can make a child constipated. Also, please be > very careful about the child getting too much iron as it can be very toxic. There have been *many* threads on this on the recovered kids list from . The basic " gist " of what I read was that iron overload can cause anemia. I can't verify it but you can look through the threads on the recoveredkids list on groups (look especially at the threads by Blanco) It is an interesting theory. We recently tried to give iron to our son and yep.. his digestive track did NOT handle it and he was not well in terms of his GI track. We basically stopped. OUr pediatrician felt that his levels were fine and that he just may be a naturally " low " person. I recently tried to donate blood and almost couldn't. The tech pricked my finger 3X and ran three tests to get the test to show the levels high enough for me to donate. A.C. A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 i dont know where u live but in los angeles, i bought feosol (sp?) at sav on drugs. it is a 45 mg red tablet (i wash die off) and dr g said to give my son weight 52 lbs 1/2 tab 1 x day. vicki in los angeles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2002 Report Share Posted October 26, 2002 Have any of you asked Dr. G what he thinks of supplementing iron by cooking on an iron skillet? Just curious. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 > I've started supplementing my son for chelation. His tests showed > just below normal for iron. I don't remember reading anything about > supplementing for iron and I'm wondering if I should. My son is iron toxic. So if your son is " just below normal " , I would not supplement. My memory is > blurry, but I seem to remember some of my pregnant friends saying that > supplementing with iron was constipating. Is that true? Is it only > true for pregnant women? According to a really good book I have, iron sulfate is VERY constipating, but that is the form found in most formulations for pregnant women. More absorbable forms that don't tend as much towards constipation are citrate, glycinate, succinate, and fumarate. Vitamin C enhances iron absorption. Calcium, magnesium, and zinc interfere with absorption. For foods, heme [meat] foods have more absorbable iron than non-heme [plant] sources. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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