Can I take Centrum Multivitamins & Iron Capsules (Niferex-150) both at the same time? Is it okay and safe?
Question:
The Centrum Multivitamins is just the regular kind and taking it once a day--in the afternoon.
So I want to know if it is safe to take it at the same time?..Is it too much iron ..... Am I getting overdose of Iron?
Or is it ok?
Serious answers please!
Thanks!
Answers:
Be careful about this...do not take more than 100% RDA of iron in a day.
"There is considerable potential for iron toxicity because very little iron is excreted from the body. Thus, iron can accumulate in body tissues and organs when normal storage sites are full."
Since I don't know why you are taking the iron - I suspect anemia, but the best person to get this answer from is your doctor or whoever is treating you with Niferex. Call their office and ask. It may be harmless, but you never can tell. It's better to be safe than sorry.
Okay, you are a 'nubile female' which means that you are 'prone' to menstrual anemia during and just after your periods. Look at the 'nutrtition information' on your Centrum Multivitamins. You may find it listed as 'Iron' or as 'Ferrous sulfate' ... check both the 'amount' (usually in milligrams) and the % recommended for a daiy diet. Next, find the 'nutrition information on your Niferex-150 ... is that 150 the amount in milligrams, or the % for a daily diet.
Frankly, you are 'overdosing' on your iron, which can actually make you 'more anemic' ... you should NEVER get more than 120% of the 'recommended daily iron' and that includes the iron we get from the foods we eat. So ... STOP TAKING THE NIFEREX and go to the doctor ASAP for a 'blood test' of your 'iron levels' plus 'hemoglobin' ... if you are showing ANEMIA, don't be surprised, because it's from that 'overdosing' you were doing. get a second 'iron blood test' done in three months. If you are still 'substantially anemic' then your doctor will need to run 'different tests' ... you may have a very 'rare disorder' where eating ANY 'iron' other than what you get in food can make you anemic. My son has this disorder, and we used to get into LOUD FIGHTS ... I would try to get him to eat the 'junk food' at Jack in the Box, and he wanted me to make him liver and onions with mustard greens and rice! HE WAS ONLY 3 years old! I actually had to put him on a 'junk food diet' for one to two weeks every three months, because my son has this disorder, and he also 'craves' the 'high liver content' foods like liver and mustard greens. To this day he really 'hates hamburgers and fries, but put a HUGE PLATE of liver in front of him, and ALL you'll have left is the dirty (and not very dirty, because he actually licks the plate) dishes! He's now 32, with two daughters of his own, and he 'watches' their 'iron intake' because they could get his 'rare condition' at any time. I HOPE you don't have it ... but if you do, it would at least explain why you are 'taking so much iron' when you don't really NEED IT!
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