Cut use of high-dose iron for mild deficiency: expert guide
New evidence-based advice is to maximise absorption with a low-dose oral regimen
Low-dose oral iron supplementation every second day is safer and more effective for treating iron deficiency than a daily high-dose tablet, new guidance suggests.
And dividing a high dose into twice or thrice daily doses is “physiologically inefficient” and does nothing to improve iron absorption, the Australian researchers say.
