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Episode 421: Iron-ing out the wrinkles in anemia management

In episode 421, Mike and James discuss the best available evidence around the newer and typically more expensive iron formulations used for iron deficiency anemia. We find the newer iron formulations are inferior to older ferrous salts when it comes to treating anemia and the evidence that newer formulations have less adverse effects is at best inconsistent.

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Iron-ing Out the Wrinkles in Anemia Management

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