Had an iron test in Jan, ferritin level was 9.
Told to take an iron supplement for 3 months and retest. Took Maltofer, retest shows I have gone down a point to 8.
GP is now going scorched earth and wants me to get a scope done on stomach and a colonoscopy to find why it hasn’t responded and get an infusion.
Fine with the infusion, even though it’s going to cost me $400 but not fine with the rest at this point in time.
With DVT and PE last year I am just over being poked and prodded and constant time off work for Dr’s appointments.
I did take Ferrograd C a few years back which did get my levels back up.
I have also heard of a lot of people having issues with low iron whilst on Eliquis, both male and female.
Has anyone else failed on Maltofer and tried a different supplement with success?
I kind of want to try something else before invasive testing…