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Iron. My lack of it. Advise needed please.

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Hi All, so I'm low in iron, I have been for over 6 months ( that's when they started testing).

I take 80mg of Tardyferon a day and I have it with 1000mg of vit C. I take it about 12 hours after my levo.

Bloods came back yesterday in bold that I am at 6.1 in a range of 7.2 to 25.9.

How can I get this up?

More meds?

Is it my Endo that would put this up? I see her Friday.

Or my DR?

I can eat liver each week if needs must.

Any help or advice greatly received.

Mara

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I don't think you get Tardyferon in the UK, so not many people will be familier with it. But, I think you can take two tablets a day - I believe it says that in the PIL. And you don't need your doctor to prescribe it, you can buy it in a pharmacy without a prescription. :)

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Zuzka1 in reply to greygoose

Right so shall I just up/double my dose myself if endos not bothered on Friday?

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Zuzka1 in reply to Zuzka1

And do I do both in one hit? With my vit C......

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greygoose in reply to Zuzka1

That I don't know. Hope someone else will reply to that. :)

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Josiesmum

In the thyroid secret series, one of the speakers, Suzy Cohen, mentioned that she supplemented manganese for a year to increase her absorption of iron, so this may be something worth trying. I've also read that colostrum can help. My daughter's GP told her not to worry about low ferritin as long as haemoglobin levels are ok, but I'm not really convinced.

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Zuzka1

I just had some for lunch :)

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