Ferritin

[alderney]

I have moved so I have had to change my

Medical centre.when I moved I had my blood retested and my Ferritin level was 80.62 ( 33-400 ) I take 1 capsule of 300 mg of Ferrous Gluconate every day as prescribed by my previous dr, this was left off my prescription and I asked for it to be added again. A very rude

GP phoned saying I was over medicated that’s why it has been stopped. First of all no one phoned or explained why. I am underactive that’s why my previous dr had given it to me in the first place along with Vitamin D which they haven’t stopped as that was previously 10. Can you please tell me what it should be.

It seems to be one continuous battle I had to buy my T3 overseas as that was stopped.

[humanbean]

80.62 ( 33-400 ) 13% of the way through the range

Since many people feel best with their ferritin level being half way through the range your result is not showing over-medication or anything remotely like it.

But doctors think anything within range is fine and dandy, and with some reference ranges a result of 80 for ferritin would be roughly mid-range. So I suspect the rude GP didn't actually read the reference range. That really isn't good enough, but GPs being rude is par for the course in my experience.

I have some good news though...

Prescription-strength iron tablets can be bought without a prescription at pharmacies in the UK - you only need the pharmacist's permission. I buy my own iron supplements without prescription and I've only been refused once, by Boots. I just went to another pharmacy and bought what I wanted there. Your dose of 1 tablet of ferrous gluconate 300mg is actually a small dose, by the way.

For info on what to buy and how to dose various different kinds of iron supplements, see this post I wrote for someone else :

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...