Abdominal discomfort, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea/constipation suffered by patients on oral iron is directly related to the amount of elemental iron ingested.
1. One should switch such patients on low elemental iron content tablets.
2. One tablet of iron bis-glycinate contains 27 mg of elemental iron
3. One 325 mg tablet of ferrous gluconate contains 36 mg of elemental iron.
4. ferrous sulfate elixir provides 44 mg of elemental iron per 5 mL.
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