Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?

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Autor(a) principal: Cançado,Rodolfo Delfini
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Muñoz,Manuel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia (Online)
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Resumo: Oral iron supplementation is usually the first choice for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) because of its effectiveness and low cost. But unfortunately in many iron deficient conditions, oral iron is a less than the ideal treatment mainly because of adverse events related to the gastrointestinal tract as well as the long course required to treat anemia and replenish body iron stores. The first iron product for intravenous use was high-molecular-weight iron dextran. However, dextran-containing intravenous iron preparations are associated with an elevated risk of anaphylactic reactions, which made physicians reluctant to prescribe intravenous iron in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia for many years. In 1999 and 2001, two new intravenous iron preparations (ferric gluconate and iron sucrose) were introduced into the market as safer alternatives to iron dextran. Over the last five years, three new intravenous iron dextran-free preparations have been developed and have better safety profiles than the more traditional intravenous compounds, as none require test doses and all these products are promising in respect to a more rapid replacement of body iron stores (15-60 minutes/infusion) as they can be given at higher doses (from 500 mg to more than 1000 mg/infusion). The purpose of this review is to discuss some pertinent issues in relation to the history, pharmacology, administration, efficacy, safety profile and toxicity of intravenous iron for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia.
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spelling Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?Iron deficiencyAnemia, iron-deficiencyIron compoundsInfusions, intravenousOral iron supplementation is usually the first choice for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) because of its effectiveness and low cost. But unfortunately in many iron deficient conditions, oral iron is a less than the ideal treatment mainly because of adverse events related to the gastrointestinal tract as well as the long course required to treat anemia and replenish body iron stores. The first iron product for intravenous use was high-molecular-weight iron dextran. However, dextran-containing intravenous iron preparations are associated with an elevated risk of anaphylactic reactions, which made physicians reluctant to prescribe intravenous iron in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia for many years. In 1999 and 2001, two new intravenous iron preparations (ferric gluconate and iron sucrose) were introduced into the market as safer alternatives to iron dextran. Over the last five years, three new intravenous iron dextran-free preparations have been developed and have better safety profiles than the more traditional intravenous compounds, as none require test doses and all these products are promising in respect to a more rapid replacement of body iron stores (15-60 minutes/infusion) as they can be given at higher doses (from 500 mg to more than 1000 mg/infusion). The purpose of this review is to discuss some pertinent issues in relation to the history, pharmacology, administration, efficacy, safety profile and toxicity of intravenous iron for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia.Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular2011-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842011000600016Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia v.33 n.6 2011reponame:Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia (Online)instname:Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHHTC)instacron:ABHHTC10.5581/1516-8484.20110123info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCançado,Rodolfo DelfiniMuñoz,Manueleng2012-03-12T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-84842011000600016Revistahttp://www.rbhh.org/pt/archivo/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpsbhh@terra.com.br||secretaria@rbhh.org1806-08701516-8484opendoar:2012-03-12T00:00Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia (Online) - Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHHTC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
title Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
spellingShingle Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
Cançado,Rodolfo Delfini
Iron deficiency
Anemia, iron-deficiency
Iron compounds
Infusions, intravenous
title_short Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
title_full Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
title_fullStr Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
title_full_unstemmed Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
title_sort Intravenous iron therapy: how far have we come?
author Cançado,Rodolfo Delfini
author_facet Cançado,Rodolfo Delfini
Muñoz,Manuel
author_role author
author2 Muñoz,Manuel
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cançado,Rodolfo Delfini
Muñoz,Manuel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Iron deficiency
Anemia, iron-deficiency
Iron compounds
Infusions, intravenous
topic Iron deficiency
Anemia, iron-deficiency
Iron compounds
Infusions, intravenous
description Oral iron supplementation is usually the first choice for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) because of its effectiveness and low cost. But unfortunately in many iron deficient conditions, oral iron is a less than the ideal treatment mainly because of adverse events related to the gastrointestinal tract as well as the long course required to treat anemia and replenish body iron stores. The first iron product for intravenous use was high-molecular-weight iron dextran. However, dextran-containing intravenous iron preparations are associated with an elevated risk of anaphylactic reactions, which made physicians reluctant to prescribe intravenous iron in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia for many years. In 1999 and 2001, two new intravenous iron preparations (ferric gluconate and iron sucrose) were introduced into the market as safer alternatives to iron dextran. Over the last five years, three new intravenous iron dextran-free preparations have been developed and have better safety profiles than the more traditional intravenous compounds, as none require test doses and all these products are promising in respect to a more rapid replacement of body iron stores (15-60 minutes/infusion) as they can be given at higher doses (from 500 mg to more than 1000 mg/infusion). The purpose of this review is to discuss some pertinent issues in relation to the history, pharmacology, administration, efficacy, safety profile and toxicity of intravenous iron for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia.
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