Re: iron stools / stopping iron before testing

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I never used to stop for 5 days, either. But I did this last time. It appears

they were off by about 10 points, so my ferritin of 70 something was actually

oly 60 something. So not hugely off, but off enough.

I think what it REALLY screws up is the rest of the iron panel as it can really

make the serum iron and so forth look falsely high by taking all those supps

right before the test.

Kathleen

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> > > > > They are dark. I am on about 100 mg of iron. Does this mean I

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> > > > > absorbing. I am going to be doing an iron and ferritin test

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> > > > > Also do I need to stop iron before test? Thanks, R.

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