Ferrous fumarate for Iron Deficiency Anemia User Reviews
Brand names: Ferrocite, Iron Fumarate, Femiron, Ferretts Iron, Ferrimin 150, Hemocyte, Fumasorb, Feostat
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 19, 2021
Ferrous fumarate "I have been taking ferrous fumarate, and I have had terrible sleep, high temperature, terrible headache, and black bowel motions. I'm worried about the headaches and have a temperature from them. There was no leaflet to say what side effects there were."
- Mr ...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 3, 2018
"I have been taking ferrous fumarate 210 mg twice a day since last month, but now I have started to have a skin rash. It is red and a lot of itching, and sometimes difficult swallowing and hoarseness."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- March 13, 2024
"Works very well. I feel much better now after years of low iron. I’m just happy I finally found something that works."
- Mrs...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 28, 2022
"I was advised to take one 210 mg of ferrous fumarate twice a day. I quit taking them because I have developed a rash virtually all over that is very, very itchy."
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"I took it for a week, and day 2 into it I experienced some crawling-like and itchiness of my skin, nausea, green stools, loose stool, abdominal discomfort, poor appetite. My doctor advised me to stop it yesterday."