Ferrous sulfate User Reviews & Ratings (Page 2)

Brand names: Iron Sulfate, Slow Fe, Feosol Original, Slow Release Iron, Feratab, Ferrospace, Fero-Gradumet Filmtab, Chem-Sol Ferro-Time Fe 50 Fer-In-Sol Ferrousal Fe Caps …show all brand names

Ferrous sulfate has an average rating of 5.4 out of 10 from a total of 43 reviews on Drugs.com. 38% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 36% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Ferrous sulfate

RRR
Taken for less than 1 month
August 1, 2022

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "I’ve been taking ferrous sulphate for 2 weeks now and I do notice I have more energy. I still get pretty tired early in the night, but when I wake up I am no longer exhausted. I suffer from GI issues that can easily be triggered if the wrong thing goes into my stomach. I was very skeptical about iron pills, but my doctor told me to take the pills with breakfast. I feel this has helped me not suffer terrible GI issues. If I eat dinner at 6/7 pm and breakfast at 9 am with no lunch or snacks in between I have noticed that I get really nauseous about an hour after dinner. Although, if I eat more frequently throughout the day I am completely fine. There have been a couple of days where I didn’t pass a bowel movement, but I did not feel like I had to. Typically it’s normal for me to go once a day. I feel I will sometimes experience very mild constipation on this pill. I take a probiotic every single day with the pill to make sure I am as regular as possible."

9 / 10

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Jen
Taken for less than 1 month
November 24, 2020

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "I've only been taking this for about 3 days and it's been a 3 day pure gastrointestinal nightmaree. Stomach ache, bloating, nausea and the gas! The gas is out of control and I'm surprised my family still wants to be around me. I am definitely gonna switch to a non-sulfate version."

1 / 10

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Birtee
Taken for 1 to 6 months
April 28, 2023

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "I began to have more energy after about two weeks of taking the iron and vitamin C. Then I began to notice my blood pressure was steadily increasing. Instead of being slightly elevated in the morning and dropping by mid-morning, it was higher levels each morning and staying high all day unless the blood pressure was treated. My doctor and pharmacist say they haven’t heard of this as a side effect. Today was my second morning without the pill and my systolic pressure has dropped 5 points."

9 / 10

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Sicko...
Taken for less than 1 month
July 26, 2020

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "Do they have lactose in them? Third day taking them and felt so sick I checked the ingredients--they contain lactose. Iron deficiency is a direct cause of lactose intolerance and its reported that 70% of us are intolerant anyway. I don't know why they put that in them!! Ask for a lactose free prescription."

1 / 10

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Keerah
Taken for less than 1 month
November 16, 2020

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "Okay so today when I woke up I had a diarrhea and it made me feel very weak and I lost energy because of taking ferrous sulfate I think. I poo dark and watery and it is really the worst thing ever. I just wanna ask should I still continue the ferrous sulfate? By the way it'll be 4 weeks in 2 days and I felt better but still pale. But now I have diarrhea. What do I do?"

6 / 10

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Cassie
Taken for less than 1 month
March 11, 2020

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "Needed for low iron levels. Reduced my period bleeding, extreme bloating and some nausea. Even tried taking it with a meal and lots of citrus for vitamin C. Make stool darker and smellier, I eat lots of vegetables for my normal diet so no constipation was experienced. Stopped after around a week."

2 / 10

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Cee...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
November 2, 2023

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "The drug makes me severely sick to the stomach with bad stomach pains and frequent loose stools. I have also been having headaches, but I am not 100% sure that it is related. I have taken it off and on for years and never had side effects. Perhaps I need to take it with food or not when I take my other meds."

6 / 10

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Jane
Taken for 10 years or more
February 12, 2024

Slow Fe (ferrous sulfate) for Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation and Deficiency "It is supplied in non-blister packaging by some manufacturers. Be specific about what you need if you have difficulty with the individual packaging. Pharmacy staff have been able to help me. I have been taking it regularly for over 10 years, and it has kept my blood levels up."

10 / 10

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fluffy
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 7, 2022

Slow Fe (ferrous sulfate) for Iron Deficiency Anemia "Please pay attention to the comments about the packaging. Always have to look for something--a knife, tine of a fork, etc, etc, to get the stupid pill out--and then hope it doesn't burst out and careen onto the floor."

1 / 10

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Alves
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
December 6, 2023

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "Took this for anemia due to menorrhagia. Caused severe abdominal pain, bad taste in my mouth, slight nausea. My doctor was confused and ready to refer me to a gastroenterologist. I got some relief from the abdominal pain with taking low dose OTC iron instead. All these issues stopped when I had a hysterectomy and no longer needed iron."

6 / 10

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Ariez
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 3, 2021

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "Dr prescribed iron and I was feeling better at two weeks. Take 3 months then follow up at 3 months. Only told watch for constipation. 2 months later suddenly began having diarrhea with sudden urge to go… now. This went on for almost a month thinking it had something to do with new hypothyroid med. but honestly it all began about 4 days before I began this med. I was convinced it was to do with something thyroid as the only other thing I was taking was iron & everybody knows iron makes iron stool and doctor told me only of constipation too…this was not the case. I was waiting for follow up with endocrinologist (thyroid doc) To see what she thought, which was scheduled before my reg. doc follow up for iron. She was as confused as me. Between taking iron that supposedly only will back you up & hypothyroid which also slows that down"

6 / 10

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mousy
October 3, 2018

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "I took one tablet and had diarrhea"

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Anonymous
Taken for 1 to 6 months
July 31, 2017

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "Stomach problems cramps constipation and diarrhea sometimes"

5 / 10

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HORRI...
October 9, 2021

Slow Fe (ferrous sulfate) for Iron Deficiency Anemia "Horrible packaging. Tried to communicate this to the company - similarly impossible. High percentage of seniors using this. Why make it so difficult? Stupid insensitive management."

1 / 10

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White...
February 17, 2018

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "These tablets make me vomit and after taking them for six weeks my mouth is raw throat is sore and I have a thick feeling throat. My GP says I have to persevere with them."

1 / 10

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Maria
August 26, 2020

Slow Fe (ferrous sulfate) for Iron Deficiency Anemia "Packaging impossible!! Whoever invented blister packs should be removed from their job!! Also other products sold on bottles are less costly!!"

4 / 10

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Lisette
Taken for less than 1 month
December 15, 2020

Slow Fe (ferrous sulfate) for Iron Deficiency Anemia "This product is impossible to get out of the package and needs to be sold in an ordinary bottle."

3 / 10

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Anonymous
April 17, 2009

For Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation and Deficiency "I get cramps from racing motorcross. We call it "arm pump". I take only one a day for 3 days before the race and get no arm pump. I now have about 15-20 people using it. It's hard to find sometimes."

10 / 10

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Mack
Taken for less than 1 month
March 3, 2021

For Iron Deficiency Anemia "I started taking iron pills 5 days ago and I woke up this morning with both my ears plugged and I’ve never had plugged ears before! Has anyone else experienced this?"

2 / 10

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