Re: 10 Doses of Ferritin IV's ????

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Venofer is sold to pharmacies in " cases " of 10. Is it possible that you are to

PURCHASE a case of 10, but may not need all 10 ADMINISTERED? If this is the

issue, shop around for a pharmacy that will sell one vial at a time, that's what

I had to do, and it took a lot of calling around to find one, too. Some

pharmacies don't want to break up the 10-case. A dear friend of mine could not

find a cooperative pharmacy and had to buy the 10-case; she needed only 5 IVs.

OK, if Dr. really does want you to get 10 IVs...everyone varies in how much

their ferritin will go up with an IV. The most sensible thing to do is test

along the way. I usually go up 30 points per IV, so yes, 10 sounds like a lot.

I would get three, wait a week, then test to see how far I'd gotten.

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> My MD recommends 10 doses of 100mg of Venofer IV. My ferritin is 31 and I

don't have the rest of the labs yet.

> I think 10 doses is too much and suggested MAYBE 5 the most before testing.

Can anyone have any imput to this and amount because I see that some people get

there ferritin up with just a couple of doses.

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> Thanks

> Christie

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