Guest guest Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 My doc won't do 300 mg at once (I wish she would!), only 100 mg at a time. I'd have to go for 100 mg each on Monday/Wednesday/Friday to get 300 mg. (ly I wonder if this is truly for safety reasons or because that is more profitable for her IV center.) Crystal, your ferritin must have gone up so much more than mine because you got more Venofer; your higher dose is also consistent with how long it took your IV to finish. Your IV takes three times longer than mine because you get three times as much iron. The Venofer prescribing info talks about two sizes: >>>Venofer® is available in 5 mL single dose vials (100 mg elemental iron per 5 mL) and 10 mL single dose vials (200 mg elemental iron per 10 mL). from the full prescribing information at venofer.com I've only ever seen the 5ml/100 elemental iron vials in the U.S. I thought the larger size was only available in other countries, but I'm not sure if this is still true. > > > > > > I am looking for some info on Iron IV's. If you have had some can you please tell me how many, the milligrams of each one (if you know), and your starting and ending ferritin levels. Thanks > > > Kim > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Yep, that makes sense. I had no problems with the 300mg all at once. The nurse told me that 300mg was a fairly high amount but not too high! I'd do it again if I had to. My levels did start dropping too low after 5 months but ferrets brand (200mg) has seemed to keep it up. Subject: Re: Iron IV/Venofer sizesTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 1:51 PM My doc won't do 300 mg at once (I wish she would!), only 100 mg at a time. I'd have to go for 100 mg each on Monday/Wednesday/ Friday to get 300 mg. (ly I wonder if this is truly for safety reasons or because that is more profitable for her IV center.) Crystal, your ferritin must have gone up so much more than mine because you got more Venofer; your higher dose is also consistent with how long it took your IV to finish. Your IV takes three times longer than mine because you get three times as much iron. The Venofer prescribing info talks about two sizes: >>>Venofer® is available in 5 mL single dose vials (100 mg elemental iron per 5 mL) and 10 mL single dose vials (200 mg elemental iron per 10 mL). from the full prescribing information at venofer.com I've only ever seen the 5ml/100 elemental iron vials in the U.S. I thought the larger size was only available in other countries, but I'm not sure if this is still true. > > > > > > I am looking for some info on Iron IV's. If you have had some can you please tell me how many, the milligrams of each one (if you know), and your starting and ending ferritin levels. Thanks > > > Kim > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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