Table 5.

Available oral iron medicinal products for prevention and treatment of iron deficiency and IDA.

-Ferrous (Fe2+) iron salts: Ferrous sulfate, ferrous gluconate, ferrous fumarate, ferrous acetate, ferrous ascorbate -Ferric (Fe3+) iron salts: Ferric citrate -Heme iron polypeptides -Carbonyl iron (available in oral suspension and in tablets with iron alone or combined with folic acid, zinc, vitamin C, vitamin B12 in various combinations) -Iron chelates with amino acids: Ferrous bis-glycine chelate, ferric tris-glycine chelate, ferrous bis-glycinate hydrochloride, ferric glycinate -Iron (Fe3+) hydroxide polymaltose complex -Sucrosomial iron, other forms of liposomal oral iron -Iron protein succinylate, iron acetyl aspartylate