Question for those taking an iron supplement

myst33 · December 2010

Do you take it with your prenatal or at another time? With or without food? I thought the nurse said to take it with food but I just read that it's better absorbed on an empty stomach.

I have a Dr's appt tomorrow but I'd like to take my 1st dose tonight.

Thanks!

kirbnjame48 · December 2010

My doctor and pharmacists both said take it with something in my stomach and at the opposite time as my prenatal so it doesn't bother my stomach. Hope this helps.

rosesandpeonies · December 2010

i take it with my prenatal and i do eat with it....i cant do it on an empty stomach or I get sick. If you can than try to do it without eating.

JimsBride08 · December 2010

It absorbs better on an empty stomach, but a lot of people can't tolerate it because it bothers the stomach. Don't take it with calcium-it's best to take it with vitamin C.

Your friendly pharmacist :-)

audgleigh · December 2010

I am also on synthroid, and they really stressed that that be taken alone and be the only thing other than water for 45 mins, so after I take that I wait and take all of my other medications while I eat a yogurt or banana. I don't know if the way I do it is right, but my blood work has been great since I started doing it that way

trp77 · December 2010

I take mine with lunch.. and I take my prenatals at night before bed.

Bengalbelle04 · December 2010

I take them all at night before bed. that way none of it upsets my stomach. i am on prenatal vitamins, iron, glucophage, pepcid and others so it's easier to not have to split it up.

Mrs.LD813 · December 2010

My OB said to take it at a diff. time than my prenatal b/c it doesn't absorb as well when taken w/ other things. I do eat a little something with mine because when I don't, I feel very queasy.

kateweave · December 2010

I take my prenatals before bed and my iron supp after breakfast. My pharmacist said to take it with food so it doesn't upset my stomach. He also said it can cause constipation so watch out for that too

monkey_pants · December 2010

Whoops -- I didn't realize I'm not supposed to take it with calcium. I take my prenatal, iron and two calcium pills all together and with a meal. I guess I'll start taking the iron at a different time...

LovingStepMom · December 2010

I take mine with food and orange juice...and was told NOT TO take it with my prenatal

myst33 · December 2010

Thanks for all the responses! Just to complicate things, I'm also on synthroid. I take that in the morning and my prenatals after dinner. Maybe I'll try taking the iron before I go to bed.

dantessock · December 2010

I was told to take it two hours apart from any calcium otherwise neither the iron or calcium would be absorbed well...so I just take mine in the middle of the night during one of my many bathroom trips.

Also, initially I was taking an iron pill that upset my stomach and now I am taking a grape flavored chewable that provides the same dosage and doesn't bother my stomach at all...

missmiss307 · December 2010

Mine is part of my prescription prenatal, so I take them at the same time, right before I go to bed.

SarahSmile907 · December 2010

I take my prenatals, Vitron C (iron) and Vit D all right before bed after a bowl of cereal. I can't stand the burping of the iron so I take it at night and sleep through it.

bre87 · December 2010

i'm taking the generic Slow Fe. i take it at night since i take my prenatal at lunch. they told me the opposite time of my prenatal. they didn't to say whether or not to take it with food, but she specifically said dont take it with milk. the box suggests taking it with food so it doesn't upset my stomach, but i take it after dinner/before bed.

mlkbride03 · December 2010

I take my prenatal with breakfast.

I take my iron with dinner.

mrsjanks · December 2010

Ditto pps about not taking it with your prenatals, taking it with vitamin C and NOT with calcium (blocks Fe absorption).

Just wanted to add... Iron causes acid reflux and heartburn, so don't take it too close to bedtime. Give yourself an hour or so before lying down.

aprlbaby · December 2010

i take mine before bed with my prenatal vitamin.....it is usually about 2 hours after i have eaten dinner.

SweetGirlC79 · December 2010

I take mine with orange juice in the morning and then take my prenatals a few hours later because if you take them together you will get sick according to my OB.

EndeavorsInDomesticArt · December 2010

I take liquid chlorophyll as an iron supplement-1 tbsp with 1 package of emergen-c and a shot of water, every other day (because my iron is really high to begin with) I take it atleast 20 minutes before a meal or before my prenatals.

natvo1983 · December 2010

Take your iron supplement at a different time than you take your prenatal & take it with food or else you can feel sick. Also, what no one told me to do, take a stool softener along with the iron supplement - you will be sorry later on (see hemorrhoid he!! message board)!

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