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Posted 1/22/2012 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
I started taking those iron supplements yesterday (the Nature's Bounty "Gentle Iron" for anyone interested in the brand), this morning I had a significantly more formed poop. Maybe it was just a fluke but I wonder if the iron supplement had anything to do with the improvement? I know they're supposed to slow things down in there anyway, which for me would be a blessing after 13 years of diarrhea. Anyone have improvement from getting iron into their system?
Posted 1/22/2012 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
Nope made me constipated but I still had to take it at one point.
Posted 1/22/2012 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
I think it would be very unexpected to have that effect from one day of iron supplements. I don't think it would show results over night. Maybe you're just improving :)
Posted 1/23/2012 6:15 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I had improvement but I had to try different brands (slow or fast acting) of iron to find one that did not constipate.

I now eat raisins in oatmeal and take a multi-vitamin with iron. Works well.

When losing blood from UC or from hemmorhoids it's necessary to get that iron supplement.

Raisins - a person at the local blood mobile told me that if you've been turned down from donating because of low iron, just eat a handful of raisins the day before to get the required iron level.
Posted 1/23/2012 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
That's interesting about the raisins. Thankfully, I've never been low in iron, even when I was extremely sick when I first got UC and losing tons of blood. My iron levels were still normal (and I'm a vegetarian! :)
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