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Right time to take iron medicine
Hello doctor, can you please tell me the right time to take my Fericip XT tablets. Should I take them after breakfast or after lunch?
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Best to take after food at night, or if you want after lunch
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After lunch
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In between breakfast and lunch
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After breakfast
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You are on a schedule H drug. Your drug history says so. Any medication to you will be given only after consult. Not before that.
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Consultation.
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Need few more details
Kindly consult
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Connect please
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Valli Ponsing
General Physician
11 yrs exp
Chennai
Take it in the mng after bf
But don’t take it along with tea or coffee
It will inhibit the absorption
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Dr. Vivek Rai
General Physician
13 yrs exp
Navi Mumbai
Ideally Iron should be taken empty stomach, it is best absorbed in acidic environment.
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often vitamin C tablets or Citrus fruits are taken after iron tablet to aid absorption.
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Ideal time, 90 mins before lunch
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
Urologist
11 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
After lunch/ dinner
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