1Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
*Corresponding author: Bandya Sahoo, MD Pediatrics, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Email: bandyasahoo@gmail.com, Mob: 8895731353
Online published on 26 April, 2016.
Presently, the market is flooded with different oral iron salt preparations. Most formulations marketed in India as hematinics contain not just iron, folic acid, vitamin B12, and vitamin C, but also other B complex vitamins and trace elements. The rationality of such combinations is questionable. The purpose of this article is to help clinicians in choosing an ideal iron preparation for treatment of iron deficiency anemia. Therefore, we extensively reviewed various index journals. It was found that, still the conventional iron preparations are the best cost effective choice with tolerable side effect for treatment of IDA in clinical practice.
Iron salts, iron deficiency anemia, treatment, children
