Reviewer: caz, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had severe flank pain occurring day 1 and after their 1st infusion. I had mine done at the hospital. My GP told me to take Advil...really helpful. Thanks. Your answers will determine if I go back for the 2nd infusion on Wed.

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I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had severe flank pain occurring day 1 and after their 1st infusion. I had mine done at the hospital. My GP told me to take Advil...really helpful. Thanks. Your answers will determine if I go back for the 2nd infusion on Wed.
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Reviewer: kathy, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Guys i know the doctor tells us that it is the only option, but it is not i had to take it due to low iron and yes side effects are really bad and my doctor gave me the injection which made it way worse.there are spiriluna capsules its a great sourcr of iron plzz consider that. Thats my only advice.

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Guys i know the doctor tells us that it is the only option, but it is not i had to take it due to low iron and yes side effects are really bad and my doctor gave me the injection which made it way worse.there are spiriluna capsules its a great sourcr of iron plzz consider that. Thats my only advice.
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Reviewer: ImGoingInsane, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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My first injection went fine other than the guy put the needle close to the inside of my elbow on my dominate arm, so when i would move my arm at all it would hurt and some iron would push out. After my first injection i was completely wore out and slept as soon as i got home, not even a day after i get the worst inner thigh yeast infection... So second infusion goes great, nothing wrong, after wa ... Show Full Comment

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My first injection went fine other than the guy put the needle close to the inside of my elbow on my dominate arm, so when i would move my arm at all it would hurt and some iron would push out. After my first injection i was completely wore out and slept as soon as i got home, not even a day after i get the worst inner thigh yeast infection... So second infusion goes great, nothing wrong, after wards... Walking out to the car, my legs were weak and i felt like i was going to collapse, I have a giant black and blue bruise on my arm, it looks like someone abused me. I havent been able to sleep at all... I got the infusion on friday afternoon, its now sunday afternoon. ZERO sleep. Wide awake. Im also urinating every half hour which makes it hard to do anything. Im also hallucinating. I dont know if thats from the iron or no sleep. Also im in horrible pain. I went in originally for joint pain and they found that my iron was low... So now i have even more pain than what im use to. I only have 1 more infusion and its 2 days before my birthday. I just pray i can do stuff on my birthday.
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Reviewer: NoShame, 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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The only drawback of using iron sucrose over other options is that it must be done more frequently to keep iron levels up.

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The only drawback of using iron sucrose over other options is that it must be done more frequently to keep iron levels up.
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Reviewer: TiredofAnemia, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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6 months of treatment, once a week. I felt nauseous, clammy, tired and had bone pain. I didn't like the idea of being on weekly treatments indefinitely. I was diagnosed with Thalassemia so the idea of iron-overload worried me. Still, my ferritin went from 1 to 9 in the 6 months but my other values were slow to go up. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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6 months of treatment, once a week. I felt nauseous, clammy, tired and had bone pain. I didn't like the idea of being on weekly treatments indefinitely. I was diagnosed with Thalassemia so the idea of iron-overload worried me. Still, my ferritin went from 1 to 9 in the 6 months but my other values were slow to go up. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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