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What is Ferrous sulfate?

Ferrous sulfate is to treat iron-deficiency anemia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Iron Deficiency Anemia 45 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Anemia 23 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 12 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Low iron levels 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Iron deficiency 4 2 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 103 patients currently taking Ferrous sulfate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
5
Mild
4
None
9

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ferrous sulfate

Constipation 7
Abdominal pain 1
Stomach upset 1
Stomach problems 1
Black stools 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Ferrous sulfate. See all 34 dosages

  45 mg daily 75 mg daily 159 mg daily 160 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 325 mg daily 600 mg daily 650 mg daily 975 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 26 Number of Patients: 26 4 Number of Patients: 4 15 Number of Patients: 15 10 Number of Patients: 10  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ferrous sulfate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 39%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 26%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 17%
Other 4   Other: 17%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 13%

See all 21 patients who’ve stopped taking Ferrous sulfate

Currently Taking Ferrous sulfate

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Stopped Taking Ferrous sulfate

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ferrous sulfate

Always
9 50%
Usually
5 28%
Sometimes
2 11%
Never
2 11%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ferrous sulfate

Very
1 6%
Somewhat
3 17%
A little
2 11%
Not at all
12 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ferrous sulfate

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
5 100%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.