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Subject: Iron shots...info appreciated. Author: Richard [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 03:27: pm I am slightly anemic, though I do consume in moderation the foods such as beef, chicken livers, brown rice, etc., that can help stave off anemic episodes; so I am asking if anybody here has had any experience with iron shots,(given for anemic conditions) not IV infusion. I am talking about the injections. Are they given in the arm, the buttocks, thigh or hip? Are they IM or subcutaneous? What size and gauge needle are commonly employed for these shots. I ask because I could possibly be getting them should my condition require them. Thank you. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Iron shots...info appreciated. Author: tom [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 11:39: am The iron shots are only given in the buttocks and they have to use the Z track technique so the fluid does not come back up and stain the skin. 1.5 inch 22 gauge probably will be used. Usually the patient goes to their doc once a week or more often for a shot until the total dosage is received. They only give 2 cc at a time in a shot of the iron. I have never given or received a shot of it, but I have calculate the total dosage several times for docs. It depends on your hemoglobin. Most patients need 5-8 shots given over a few weeks time. If you get the shots please let me know how many and how they feel. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Iron shots...info appreciated. Author: Richard [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014, 06:09: pm Tom thanks for your response. I was seen by visiting nurses a couple of days back. The blood work I'd had done showed I might be slightly anemic. I wasn't given an iron shot at that visit, but my doctor called in a prescription to help me out, though she wanted me started with a B-12 shot.(the home visit) That I got in my right hip from one of the nurses. And because there was a concern as to my body temperature being lower than it should be; while I was on my stomach about to receive the B-12, I had a rectal core temperature reading taken with some type of low reading thermometer. I was low. The shot wasn't too bad. If I do need and get the iron shot(s), I'll advise. Right now I feel great between the prescription and that B-12 shot. But I might be monitored a bit more for my low body temperature. I questioned the route (rectally) and was told it was a core reading and that is what the doctor wanted measured, so in my butt went the thermometer. No biggie though. I've had a colonoscopy, so a thermometer is no real concern, just wasn't expecting it to be taken anally. Thanks again for your response. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]