iron pills

im anemic atm so my doc gve me iron pills he warned me that they mite gve me D so i took them wen i didint haf work.few hours lata i had the most terrible tummy cramps,they lasted for bout an hour maybe less then the nxt morn i had D. so now wat i dnt wanna tke the iron pills again even thou the doc sed to try em a couple of days lata if i get D but im not going thru that pain again wat else could the doc give me? im not very tired and the doc didnt tell me how badly anemic i am....urgh dumb pills.

i am taking a dessicated buffalo liver supplement for iron to treat my anemia. check out carlson labs. most iron supplements constipate you. i have found this does not. also animal based iron is better than plant based iron since we are animals we can utilize it in that form better than what is found in plants (like vitamin A vs beta carotene and AlA vs EPA - omega 3)

i also eat a lot spinach, take a green drink, and 2-3 x week i eat red meat cooked medium rare. this is my protocol and it seems to be working so far. i also started to take a b-12 supplement since i have discovered that if you are anemic chances are your b-12 stores are low too. get a sublingual b-12 supplement.

increased iron promotes rbc production. hopefully you get to normal soon, which is about 12-14 for hemoglobin.

i used slow fe in the distant past (i was anemic when i was first diagnosed with CD). it does work but it does constipate you. just FYI.

Solgar's "Gentle Iron" (25mg) worked for us.

Along with getting the SlowFe, I found taking with food as very important.