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“Recent findingsThe newer iron products, ferumoxytol , ferric carboxymaltose, and iron isomaltoside, more avidly bind iron , minimizing the release of labile iron during infusions, thus permitting large dose infusions.”
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension • 2014 | View Paper
“In phase III, randomized, … trials, two doses of ferumoxytol (510 mg iron/dose) given 2-8 days apart increased … haemoglobin levels from baseline to week 5 significantly more than oral iron (200 mg/day for 21 days) in adult patients with iron deficiency anaemia and CKD stages 1-5.”
“Emerging new iron therapies such as heme iron polypeptide and ferumoxytol may further enhance the tolerability, efficacy, and ease of administration of iron in PD patients.”