Ferplex 40 mg 20 Drinkable Vials

Treatment of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia: latent or overt iron deficiency anemia in children and adults- secondary to chronic blood loss- pregnancy; breast-feeding.
How to use:
Adults: 1 to 2 vials a day (equivalent to 40-80 mg of Fe3+)- in 2 administrations- preferably before food.
Children: Take 1.5 ml/kg/die from a vial (equivalent to 4 mg/kg/die of Fe3+)- in 2 administrations- preferably before food.
Drink the solution out of the vial or dilute it in natural water.
Duration of treatment: the treatment must be carried on until total recovery of normal iron stores (usually for 2-3 months).
Maximum daily dose: clinical trials on the product effectiveness and tolerability were made administering the product at the above specified dosage levels (adults: 1600 mg/day - Children: 1.5 of ml/kg/day of iron proteinsuccinylate); no data about clinical efficacy and tolerability of higher dosages of the product are available.
Caution & Warnings:
No particular warnings are required about risks of tolerance or addiction.
The treatment should not exceed 6 months- unless in case of persisting bleeding- menorrhagia or pregnancy.
Any disease possibly underlying iron deficiency or iron deficiency anemia must be ascertained and properly treated.
As the product contains milk proteins- it must be used with caution in patients suffering from milk-protein intolerance- who may have allergic reactions.
Ferplex vials contain sorbitol- therefore patients with rare hereditary fructose intolerance must not take this medicine.
Ferplex vials contain parabens (methyl-p-hydroxybenzoate sodium salt- propyl-p-hydroxybenzoate sodium salt) that may cause delayed allergic reactions.