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Can you take vitamins and a iron tablet?

  • 31-08-2010 7:07pm
    #1
    susanroth
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    Hi all!
    My doctor has put me on iron tablets for 3 months and I forgot to ask him if I can take a multivitamin as well as the iron tablet-was already taking the wellwoman multivitamin before I had the blood test so maybe they don't contain much iron? I basically just feel really awful at the moment, have a bad cough which only really developed after I went to the doctor:( and just feel generally unwell which is why I want to take a multivitamin.


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  • #2
    ApeXaviour
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    You can get vitamin tablets without iron, or just eat plenty of fruit and veg. Too much iron can make you feel sick as a dog.
    You can also check the back of your current tablets to see how much iron they have...

    Also as an aside (I'm assuming you're a woman) men should usually not supplement with iron.


  • #3
    Johnny Utah
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    ApeXaviour wrote: »
    You can get vitamin tablets without iron, or just eat plenty of fruit and veg. Too much iron can make you feel sick as a dog.
    You can also check the back of your current tablets to see how much iron they have...

    Also as an aside (I'm assuming you're a woman) men should usually not supplement with iron.

    Why not?


  • #4
    susanroth
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    yeah am a woman! I know I should really work on my diet but i've just lost my appetite these days and feel like a boost!!


  • #5
    EileenG
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    Johnny Utah wrote: »
    Why not?

    Haemochromatosis, which is iron overload, and which can kill. Irish people are very prone to it. It has very few symptoms until it is actually killing you, and men are particularly at risk, since they don't have a monthly safeguard against overdose.


  • #6
    Johnny Utah
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    EileenG wrote: »
    Haemochromatosis, which is iron overload, and which can kill. Irish people are very prone to it. It has very few symptoms until it is actually killing you, and men are particularly at risk, since they don't have a monthly safeguard against overdose.

    Thanks for the info. I was advised to take the ferrograd iron supplement by a dietician. I've been taking it for the last six months as my iron levels were low....... think I might stop taking the iron supplement now!


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  • #7
    EileenG
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    Iron is one that you should only take small amounts of unless you have a blood test saying you need more. It's not like vitamin C which your body can pee away any excess. One of the biggest causes of poisoning for young children is their grandparents iron tablets.

    If you are getting an iron blood test, ask them to look at iron reserves as well, this will show if there is a leaning towards haemochromatosis.

    And for what it's worth, frequent blood donation is a good safeguard against it. Not to mention the nice pint they'll give you afterwards.


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