Generic:
Ferric Carboxymaltose
Form:
Injection
Strength:
500mg
Presentation:
Injecfer 500mg/10ml Injection is available in a pack of 1’s vial.
Indication:
Iron deficiency in adult patients for whom oral iron therapy is insufficiently effective, ineffective or impracticable, such as intolerance to oral iron supplements, inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, e.g. ulcerative colitis, which can be aggravated by oral iron therapy, or refractory iron deficiency with suspicion of unreliable use of oral iron supplements. Iron as ferric carboxymaltose should only be administered if iron deficiency is diagnostically confirmed and confirmed by appropriate laboratory analyses (e.g., ferritin plasma levels, transferrin saturation (TSAT), haemoglobin (Hb), haematocrit, erythrocyte count, MCV and MCH).