Researchers found that a medicine called ferric carboxymaltose given in drip through the vein works faster and better than an iron tablet taken by mouth for the treatment of anemia—and it is as safe as the tablet. The findings were published in Lancet Global Health in a paper titled “Intravenous versus oral iron for anemia among pregnant Nigerian women (IVON): an open label randomised controlled trial.”
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