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My husband's Dr. prescribed Ferrous Sulfate 325 mg, when he came home from his by-pass last week, and I already had Iron tablets 27 mg. which I have been giving him instead of the other. Should I be giving him more of the iron 27 mg? His nurse when he left the hospital said I could just buy the over the counter but didn't go into details.
He should carry on with the ferrous sulphate and get it on repeat presciption from his doctor.I had to have ferrous sulphate for a while as well.
Julie
Hi Mindymork,
When I first went to the pharmacy to fill my scrips after I was d/c'd from the hospital after surgery, I was prescribed 324mg Ferrous Sulfate (Iron) pills to take as well. The pharmacy lady saw that I obviously looked like I had just been hit by a Mack truck, and so offered to collect the supplementals for me. I didn't realize until after about two weeks of taking my meds that she had inadvertantly given me the 27mg pills to take. When I went back to the pharmacy to ask about it, they went behind the counter and gave me the right dosage pills (which were much bigger than the 27 mg ones I was taking) and told me I could take 12 of the 27mg ones until they ran out, which I did. There are 324mg dosage pills available, you just have to ask for them. Hope that helped (sorry about the roundabout way I have of answering questions.....lol!).
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