Ferric (III) Sucrose Complex

2 Drugs classified under this active ingredient

Ferric (III) Sucrose Complex 20 mg/ml.
AMPS: 5. 1-2 amps 2-3 x wkly, depend.
on hemoglob. level. Adults: Max dly
dose: 500 mg iron. See lit. Child: 0.15
ml/kg bdy wt (=3 mg iron/kg bdy wt)
dly. Max. dly dose: 0.35 ml/kg bdy wt
(=7 mg iron/kg bdy wt/day). See lit.
Severe iron defic. when oral admin.
impossible. If GI malabsorpt. rules out
oral ther., pts. on dialysis treated with
erythropoietin.

Hematinic. Ferric (III) Sucrose Complex 100 mg /5 ml.
AMPS: 5, 50. See lit.
Severe iron defic. when oral admin.
impossible, gastro-intest. malabsorp.
which rules our oral iron ther., pts. on
dialysis treated with erythropoietin.
C/I: Hypersens. to iron polysaccharide
complexes, anem. not caused by iron
defic., decomp. liver cirrhosis, epedem.
hepatit., asthma, progress. chron.
polyarthrit., acute renal infect.