What dose of ferrous gluconate in mg is equivalent to ferrous sulphate prescribed?

Answer 1

it is the same answer because ferrous is metal and it is equivalent gmoubarak: that is incorrect, you have to see how much elemental iron both are equivalent to and dose them by elemental iron content. ferrous sulfate is 20% elemental iron ferrous gluconate is 12% elemental iron therefore 100 mg of ferrous sulfate is 20mg elemental iron, and 100 mg of ferrous gluconate is 12 mg elemental iron. You can then use this to calculate the conversion between the too. When dosing the two you have to use elemental iron need. Hope this helps. G.Moubarak PharmD

Answer 2

Ferrous gluconate is approximately 12% elemental iron, while ferrous sulfate is around 20% elemental iron. To calculate the equivalent dose, multiply the ferrous sulfate dose by 0.6. For example, if a patient is prescribed 325mg of ferrous sulfate, the equivalent dose of ferrous gluconate would be approximately 195mg.