Wellness

[I am still oxox]

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@ROMARY wrote:

Make sure the iron supplement is time released.

And take with food, imo.  Although whatever the doc and pharmacist recommends.

Feosol was excellent, imo, years ago.  Time released capsules.

I now take iron gummies (Nature Made). It's probably a lower dose.  Easy to chew and I always take it while/in between eating food.

There was a time, in the seventies, that taking non-time released iron made me feeling ill. 

The pharmacist wondered why so many docs kept prescribing non-time released pills, which, in turn made most of his customers feeling bad.  Too hard on the tummy, I guess.

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@ROMARY I am on prescription strength Ferrus  Sulfate 375 mg every other day before dinner

[Shihtzursqmom]

If you can drink an 8 oz glass of orange juice and take a probiotic at the same time you take the iron pill ( ask your pharmacy for the refrigerated probiotic pill that’s kept refrigerated behind the counter if you Pharmacy doesn’t carry it ask another , they are more expensive but work sooo much better than what’s on the shelf , ) it shouldn’t upset your stomach and the orange juice and probiotic combined should help with your body absorbing the iron good luck I hope this helps

[I am still oxox]

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@Shihtzursqmom wrote:
If you can drink an 8 oz glass of orange juice and take a probiotic at the same time you take the iron pill ( ask your pharmacy for the refrigerated probiotic pill that’s kept refrigerated behind the counter if you Pharmacy doesn’t carry it ask another , they are more expensive but work sooo much better than what’s on the shelf , ) it shouldn’t upset your stomach and the orange juice and probiotic combined should help with your body absorbing the iron good luck I hope this helps

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@Shihtzursqmom I do not drink orange juice and I have to take the iron at night as it interacts with the dairy in my coffee 

[spumoni99]

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@Shihtzursqmom wrote:
If you can drink an 8 oz glass of orange juice and take a probiotic at the same time you take the iron pill ( ask your pharmacy for the refrigerated probiotic pill that’s kept refrigerated behind the counter if you Pharmacy doesn’t carry it ask another , they are more expensive but work sooo much better than what’s on the shelf , ) it shouldn’t upset your stomach and the orange juice and probiotic combined should help with your body absorbing the iron good luck I hope this helps

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@Shihtzursqmom I do not drink orange juice and I have to take the iron at night as it interacts with the dairy in my coffee 

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@Shihtzursqmom @I am still oxox  I am pretty sure a vitamin C pill will help the iron absorption also.  I had to have 6 weekly transfusions last year.

[I am still oxox]

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@spumoni99 wrote:

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@Shihtzursqmom wrote:
If you can drink an 8 oz glass of orange juice and take a probiotic at the same time you take the iron pill ( ask your pharmacy for the refrigerated probiotic pill that’s kept refrigerated behind the counter if you Pharmacy doesn’t carry it ask another , they are more expensive but work sooo much better than what’s on the shelf , ) it shouldn’t upset your stomach and the orange juice and probiotic combined should help with your body absorbing the iron good luck I hope this helps

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@Shihtzursqmom I do not drink orange juice and I have to take the iron at night as it interacts with the dairy in my coffee 

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@Shihtzursqmom @I am still oxox  I am pretty sure a vitamin C pill will help the iron absorption also.  I had to have 6 weekly transfusions last year.

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@spumoni99 Thank you but I can not take vitiman c it is to acidic for me 

[I am still oxox]

Update  am the OP and I have been on the iron for about two weeks and my stomach is not happy so I stopping for the time being until I see a Hemotolist in early April about iron infusions

[Pink123]

I've had GERD, Barretts, ulcers for over 25 years.

Just my suggestion, "HELLO",  your senstive tummy can't tolerate it and I mean at all.  Vicamin C is a huge acidic vitamin.  Plus so many others have more acids than you would not think are. Stay away from it for pete's sake.

Do you load up on tomato sauce based foods on a daily basis? Does it feel good? One does not need more rot gut and it is dangerous to continue. Again this forum is not medical.  Your life, your choice.

I would suggest please stay on your whatever proton pump medicine be it, Prilosec, whatever. No panic running around the house. lol.  Yikes. 

(PS. stay away from all acids, especially vitamin C.  I am still alive after not taking it for 25 years at least, unless you care to that is of course and pop them, drink them, whatever.)

[I am still oxox]

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@Pink123 wrote:

I've had GERD, Barretts, ulcers for over 25 years.

Just my suggestion, "HELLO",  your senstive tummy can't tolerate it and I mean at all.  Vicamin C is a huge acidic vitamin.  Plus so many others have more acids than you would not think are. Stay away from it for pete's sake.

Do you load up on tomato sauce based foods on a daily basis? Does it feel good? One does not need more rot gut and it is dangerous to continue. Again this forum is not medical.  Your life, your choice.

I would suggest please stay on your whatever proton pump medicine be it, Prilosec, whatever. No panic running around the house. lol.  Yikes. 

(PS. stay away from all acids, especially vitamin C.  I am still alive after not taking it for 25 years at least, unless you care to that is of course and pop them, drink them, whatever.)

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@Pink123 I have not had tomato anything in 5 years due to other issues. I do not take Vitiman C or another with Citric acid due to torh issues 

[CalminHeart]

I can relate. I found out I was anemic about 18 months ago. Doc put me on 325mg Iron and 500mg Vitamin C, telling me to take them at the same time because C helps absorbion. My blood test 6 months later was normal.

I still take Iron and Vitamin C to maintain it.

[foxywoods]

I was severely anemic pre-meno.  Iron supps in pill form,even the coated type gave me excruciating stomach aches.

I took a liquid vitamin supplement. also added some wheat germ in my cereal

Ed: I can't drink OJ and I have gerd too.