Question

A doctor diagnosed a patient with iron defeciency, and gave him tablets containing iron. But the tablets were not hard and did not look like iron at all. What do you think the tablets contained?

Answer 1

Iron supplements, also known as iron salts and iron pills, are a number of ironformulations used to treat and prevent iron deficiency including iron deficiency anemia. For prevention they are only recommended in those with poor absorption, heavy menstrual periods, pregnancy, hemodialysis, or a diet low in iron. Prevention may also be used in low birth weight babies. They are taken by mouth, injection into a vein, or injection into a muscle.While benefits may be seen in days up to two months may be required until iron levels return to normal.

Answer 2

There are many salts through which Iron is supplied to our body.
Some of them are
→Ferrous sulfate
→Ferrous gluconate
→Iron Dextran: It is an iron complex.
→Ferrous Carboxymaltose

These salts when entering into our bloodstream, increase the Iron content of our blood.