Product Description
Product Name:
Ferrous sulfate tablets
Package:
10 tablets/blister*10/box
Contains:
Ferrous sulfate 50 mg /tablet
What is ferrous sulfate?
Ferrous sulfate is a type of iron. You normally get iron from the foods you eat. In your body, iron becomes a part of your hemoglobin and myoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen through your blood to tissues and organs. Myoglobin helps your muscle cells store oxygen.
Ferrous Sulfate is an essential body mineral.
Ferrous sulfate is used to treat iron deficiency anemia (a lack of red blood cells caused by having too little iron in the body).
What other drugs will affect ferrous sulfate?
Take your ferrous sulfate dose 2 to 6 hours before or after taking any of the following:
an antacid;
an antibiotic; or
a laxative.
This list is not complete. Other drugs may interact with ferrous sulfate, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Not all possible drug interactions are listed here.
Ferrous sulfate dosing information
Usual Adult Dose for Iron Deficiency Anemia:
Initial dose: 600 mg/day ferrous sulfate (120 mg/day elemental iron) for 3 months
-Give in divided doses (1 to 3 times daily)
Usual Adult Dose for Anemia Associated with Chronic Renal Failure:
Initial dose: 1000 mg/day ferrous sulfate (200 mg/day elemental iron) orally in divided doses (1 to 3 times daily)
Comments:
-If goals are not met with oral iron after 1 to 3 months, consider IV iron supplementation.
-Smaller daily doses may be better tolerated.
Usual Adult Dose for Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation:
Initial dose: 1 tablet orally once a day
or
Initial dose: 30 to 90 mg/day ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) (6 to 18 mg/day elemental iron) orally, in divided doses (1 to 3 times daily)
51 and over: 25 to 40 mg/day FeSO4 (5 to 8 mg/day elemental) orally, in divided doses (1 to 3 times daily)
Usual Pediatric Dose for Iron Deficiency Anemia:
0 to 5 years: 15 to 30 mg/kg/day ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) (3 to 6 mg/kg/day elemental iron)
5 to 12 years: 300 mg FeSO4 (60 mg/day elemental)
12-18 years male: Two 300 mg FeSO4 (60 mg elemental) tablets orally daily
12-18 years female: 300 to 600 mg/day FeSO4 (60 to 120 mg/day elemental)
-Give in divided doses (1 to 3 times daily)
Usual Pediatric Dose for Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation:
Preterm infant (less than 37 weeks gestation), 0 to 12 months: 10 mg/kg/day ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) (2 mg/kg/day elemental iron)
0 to 6 months: 1 to 1.35 mg/day FeSO4 (0.2 to 0.27 mg/day elemental)
7 to 12 months: 35 to 55 mg/day FeSO4 (7 to 11 mg/day elemental)
1 to 3 years: 20 to 45 mg/day FeSO4 (4 to 9 mg/day elemental)
4 to 8 years: 20 to 50 mg/day FeSO4 (4 to 10 mg/day elemental)
9 to 13 years: 30 to 40 mg/day FeSO4 (6 to 8 mg/day elemental)
14 to 18 years: 40 to 75 mg/day FeSO4 (8 to 15 mg/day elemental)
-Give in divided doses (1 to 3 times daily)
or
Tablets (325 mg FeSO4, 65 mg elemental iron)
12 years and older: 1 tablet orally once a day
