It is safe; however, the infusion time is
much longer.
William Renwick, MBBS
St Albans, Australia
I treat many pregnant women with
significant iron deficiency. Iron sucrose is
not the safest IV iron preparation. My ex-
perience over the last three years is with
iron carboxymaltose, which has a low
side effect profile and is safe. In Austra-
lia, we can give 1,000 mg in one infusion
over one hour in second trimester of
pregnancy. In my practice, we believe it is
as safe as an IV infusion over one hour.
Richard Herrmann, MBBS
Osborne Park, Australia
We routinely use ferric carboxymaltose,
which is safe. The amount of iron that
can be administered is also higher,
leading to fewer injections.
Aniruddha Dayama, MD
Ghaziabad, India
Carboxymaltose iron preparation would
be my choice.
Evan Slater, MD
Ventura, CA
Use ferric carboxymaltose. It has the
lowest side effect profile. It can be given
as an IV push dose of 500 mg in an
outpatient setting or consulting room.
Michael Pidcock, MBBS
Canberra, Australia
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