Feraheme iron infusions

what is the feraheme dosage and frequency?

I've done ferlicet (sp?) which was once a week and then venofer which was 5 infusions in 10 days. i hated getting the venofer infusions so close together but they just said that is how the medication is supposed to be taken.

Hi Habs,
The dosage for me was 510 (ml, mg??? not sure) They have me scheduled to do it twice, one week apart. Today is the first day I stopped having D from my colonoscopy on Thursday, but that is a typical response for me. I doubled my probiotics and I think it helped. I'm still pretty tired but I think it takes awhile for the iron to kick in. I'm waiting to hear back from my GI with biopsy results for the next plan of action. I am also wondering if I am hypothyroid, which may contribute to anemia. My TSH was 4.23, which is in range according to my hospital lab, but not from what I'm reading. My internist is not willing to do more thyroid testing. I will wait to talk to my GI about it, and then switch internists if I need to. My GI can not find any source of bleeding in my GI tract, after the pill cam and colonoscopy, so it must be an absorption issue. Everything moves so slowly! Meanwhile, I'm hanging in there....thanks for asking. I hope you are doing ok too.

oh, so it's just two infusions? that's convenient.

the venofer infusions I had were 200 mg each and then the ferlicet was even a smaller amount (but I had way more them- 14 total). venofer seems to be holding me pretty well so far and I just had my infusions in may. hoping to not need anymore this year. it's good to know there is another kind of iron though.

I still take oral iron every day just because i'd rather do that than get infusions.