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Drop in Ferritin level

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mamabear
mamabear

My ferritin level went down from 66ug/L in 2016 to 36ug/L at my last test a couple of weeks ago but my gp just marked it as normal no action, so I have started my own supplement with Cytoplan Wholefood Iron which causes none of the side effects of other iron supplements and am already starting to feel the benefit.

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  • martin31040
    martin31040 mamabear

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    Hi, my ferritin level got down to 37 and my GP put me ferrous fumarate which played havoc with my guts, after 3 to 4 weeks it raised my ferritin to 39, pretty useless, so I bought an iron supplement, bisglycinate gentle iron, took a couple of 20 mg capsules a day no side effects at all, and ferritin level went up to 138 in 8 weeks.

  • martin31040
    martin31040 mamabear

    Posted

    Hi again, forgot to say to take vitamin C at the same time as the iron, it absorbs much better, I mixed the contents of the capsules in a vitamin C drink, seemed to work well.
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