Another iron question- sorry!

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Sorry guys, I have tried searching around about this a little bit

and have not found the answers I feel like I need, so I am asking

you guys. I know there has been a lot of discussion about iron on

here and apologies in advance if this has been repeated on here

before.

My Ferritin level is down to 5 and all I do is sleep or walk around

like a zombie wanting to sleep. My PCP has little experience with

WLS patients and flat out told me he wasn't sure what to do with me

since I had WLS and his advice to take iron pills had done nothing

but reduce my ferritin from a 10 to a 5 in 60 days.

I decided to check with the bariatric program dietician at the

hospital where I had surgery. She said that I should try Nu-Iron

liquid Elixir. She stated it was elemental iron, sugar free and

would not upset the gastric system. I called my pharmacy and they

said that the manufacturer had discontinued this product entirely

but Niforax (sp??) was an identical product and came in liquid

form. Does anyone know anything about this and is it true? I know

that some of you had to have iron infusions and I wanted to know if

you tried the elixir/liquid irons before you did the infusions. I

am assuming you did and the elixir did not work which of course

already has me worried that this won't work for me either. I was

spooked and depressed that my iron dropped that much in 60 days

considering I have been pumping the iron pills, avoiding calcium

within 2 hours of taking the iron, taking Vit C with the iron and

trying to eat red meat all the time.

Help in Nashville,

R

[Guest guest]

Sorry guys, I have tried searching around about this a little bit

and have not found the answers I feel like I need, so I am asking

you guys. I know there has been a lot of discussion about iron on

here and apologies in advance if this has been repeated on here

before.

My Ferritin level is down to 5 and all I do is sleep or walk around

like a zombie wanting to sleep. My PCP has little experience with

WLS patients and flat out told me he wasn't sure what to do with me

since I had WLS and his advice to take iron pills had done nothing

but reduce my ferritin from a 10 to a 5 in 60 days.

I decided to check with the bariatric program dietician at the

hospital where I had surgery. She said that I should try Nu-Iron

liquid Elixir. She stated it was elemental iron, sugar free and

would not upset the gastric system. I called my pharmacy and they

said that the manufacturer had discontinued this product entirely

but Niforax (sp??) was an identical product and came in liquid

form. Does anyone know anything about this and is it true? I know

that some of you had to have iron infusions and I wanted to know if

you tried the elixir/liquid irons before you did the infusions. I

am assuming you did and the elixir did not work which of course

already has me worried that this won't work for me either. I was

spooked and depressed that my iron dropped that much in 60 days

considering I have been pumping the iron pills, avoiding calcium

within 2 hours of taking the iron, taking Vit C with the iron and

trying to eat red meat all the time.

Help in Nashville,

R

[Guest guest]

An excellent form of iron supplementation is iron amino acid chelate.

THis is the supplement form used in prenatal vitamins because the iron

in it is very easily passed through to the fetus. THe iron amino acid

chelate molecule is so small, it is a dipeptide molecule, that it does

not need to be broken down by digestive action to be able to be

absorbed. Two of the bariatric supplement vendors use iron amino acid

chelate in their products. They are http://www.vistavitamins.com and

http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com If you want an iron supplement

that is not in a multivitamin form, then try SOLGAR GENTLE IRON KOSHER

VEGICAPS at

http://www.vitacost.com/Store/Products/ProductDescription.cfm?SKUNumber=03398401\

2509

The iron is stated to be in Iron Bisglycinate form. That is just the

trade name for the iron amino acid chelate made by Albion Labs.

Ray Hooks

For WLS nutrition info, visit

http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com

angela6237220 wrote:

>

> Sorry guys, I have tried searching around about this a little bit

> and have not found the answers I feel like I need, so I am asking

> you guys. I know there has been a lot of discussion about iron on

> here and apologies in advance if this has been repeated on here

> before.

>

> My Ferritin level is down to 5 and all I do is sleep or walk around

> like a zombie wanting to sleep. My PCP has little experience with

> WLS patients and flat out told me he wasn't sure what to do with me

> since I had WLS and his advice to take iron pills had done nothing

> but reduce my ferritin from a 10 to a 5 in 60 days.

>

> I decided to check with the bariatric program dietician at the

> hospital where I had surgery. She said that I should try Nu-Iron

> liquid Elixir. She stated it was elemental iron, sugar free and

> would not upset the gastric system. I called my pharmacy and they

> said that the manufacturer had discontinued this product entirely

> but Niforax (sp??) was an identical product and came in liquid

> form. Does anyone know anything about this and is it true? I know

> that some of you had to have iron infusions and I wanted to know if

> you tried the elixir/liquid irons before you did the infusions. I

> am assuming you did and the elixir did not work which of course

> already has me worried that this won't work for me either. I was

> spooked and depressed that my iron dropped that much in 60 days

> considering I have been pumping the iron pills, avoiding calcium

> within 2 hours of taking the iron, taking Vit C with the iron and

> trying to eat red meat all the time.

>

> Help in Nashville,

> R

>

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[Guest guest]

An excellent form of iron supplementation is iron amino acid chelate.

THis is the supplement form used in prenatal vitamins because the iron

in it is very easily passed through to the fetus. THe iron amino acid

chelate molecule is so small, it is a dipeptide molecule, that it does

not need to be broken down by digestive action to be able to be

absorbed. Two of the bariatric supplement vendors use iron amino acid

chelate in their products. They are http://www.vistavitamins.com and

http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com If you want an iron supplement

that is not in a multivitamin form, then try SOLGAR GENTLE IRON KOSHER

VEGICAPS at

http://www.vitacost.com/Store/Products/ProductDescription.cfm?SKUNumber=03398401\

2509

The iron is stated to be in Iron Bisglycinate form. That is just the

trade name for the iron amino acid chelate made by Albion Labs.

Ray Hooks

For WLS nutrition info, visit

http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com

angela6237220 wrote:

>

> Sorry guys, I have tried searching around about this a little bit

> and have not found the answers I feel like I need, so I am asking

> you guys. I know there has been a lot of discussion about iron on

> here and apologies in advance if this has been repeated on here

> before.

>

> My Ferritin level is down to 5 and all I do is sleep or walk around

> like a zombie wanting to sleep. My PCP has little experience with

> WLS patients and flat out told me he wasn't sure what to do with me

> since I had WLS and his advice to take iron pills had done nothing

> but reduce my ferritin from a 10 to a 5 in 60 days.

>

> I decided to check with the bariatric program dietician at the

> hospital where I had surgery. She said that I should try Nu-Iron

> liquid Elixir. She stated it was elemental iron, sugar free and

> would not upset the gastric system. I called my pharmacy and they

> said that the manufacturer had discontinued this product entirely

> but Niforax (sp??) was an identical product and came in liquid

> form. Does anyone know anything about this and is it true? I know

> that some of you had to have iron infusions and I wanted to know if

> you tried the elixir/liquid irons before you did the infusions. I

> am assuming you did and the elixir did not work which of course

> already has me worried that this won't work for me either. I was

> spooked and depressed that my iron dropped that much in 60 days

> considering I have been pumping the iron pills, avoiding calcium

> within 2 hours of taking the iron, taking Vit C with the iron and

> trying to eat red meat all the time.

>

> Help in Nashville,

> R

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

>

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