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In patients with iron deficiency due to history of gastric bypass or IBD, would you consider oral iron therapy if the iron deficiency anemia is mild?
The patient can otherwise tolerate intermittent oral iron therapy
Answer from: at Community Practice
A trial of oral ferrous sulfate (often with a stool softener) given every other day is worth a try in patients with mild iron deficiency with or without anemia. Vitamin C by diet or supplement may help with absorption (https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(24)00410-5/fulltext). The optimal ...
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