Dear Dr. Roach: I was prescribed iron for a low iron level due to “microcytic anemia.” I couldn’t tolerate oral iron because of constipation and hemorrhoids, so my doctor prescribed iron infusions.

Shannon Wood Rothenberg walked into her annual physical feeling fine. But more than a year later, she's still paying the price. Routine bloodwork from that spring 2018 medical visit suggested ...

A total of 100 patients were identified as receiving at least one 300-mg dose of elemental iron i.v. as iron sucrose. Of these patients, 73 had NDDCKD; the remaining 27 patients had a CL cr of ≥60 ...