Prakt. lékáren. 2012; 8(5): 225-226

Pharmaceutical care in patients with the iron substitution

PharmDr.Marie Zajícová

Lékárna Slezské nemocnice v Opavě

The patients coming to pharmacy with the prescription on the medications with the iron salts suffer probably by iron deficiency anemia.

Pharmacist can’t know its reason at this concrete patient, but his primary task is the right pharmaceutical care. The main cause of the

problem could be the excessive loss of the iron (excessive bleeding, mainly in GIT, gynecologic origin) or its impaired absorption or less

often lack in the food (veganism, drug and food interaction). In the Czech Republic there are available these oraldrugs with the iron:

Aktiferrin, Ferro-folgamma, Ferroglobin, Ferretab, Maltofer, Sorbifer, Tardyferon. Many of them contain further therapeutic components:

folic acid, cyanocobalamine, pyridoxine or additional substances which enhance absorption and utilization of the iron in organism –

serin, ascorbic acid. Food supplements with iron and other minerals or vitamins are available in pharmacies too, but usually with lower

iron dosage. It is necessary to keep some recommendations which are provided by pharmacist in the form of pharmaceutical care for all

of these cases. Food supplements can not replace drugs registered by state authority.

Keywords: iron, anemia, pharmaceutical care

Published: November 1, 2012  Show citation