Indications: iron-deficiency anemia

Cautions: 24 hours should elapse between iron administered orally and start of therapy with iron sorbitol injection. When another injectable iron preparation has been used, a week should elapse between the last injection and the start of therapy with iron sorbitol.

Contra-indications: liver disease, kidney disease (particularly pyelonephritis), untreated urinary tract infections, cardiac abnormalities like angina or arrhythmia.

Dose: by deep IM injection, adults and children over 3 kg, 1.5mg iron/kg to a max. of 100mg iron, repeated daily or, in patients with low tolerance to IM iron injection, on alternate days.