Drug name: Sorbifer Durules

Active Ingredients:

• Ferrous sulfate and Ascorbic acid

Therapeutic effects of Sorbifer Durules: Sorbifer durules is made up of active ingredients which are ferrous sulfate and ascorbic acid.

Ferum also known as iron is an essential compound of hemoglobin which is a pigment of red blood cells. The said cells are important in transporting oxygen to the different cells found in the body. Iron is also a component of myoglobin, an oxygen-carrying protein of the muscles and heart tissue. Myoglobin stores oxygen during physical exercises. Durules technology gives a slow time bound release of ferrous sulfate for a prolonged duration.

Vitamin C or acid ascorbic is vital to blood clotting, controlling of the oxidation-reduction processes, carbohydrate metabolism, renewal of tissues, hormones production and stabilizing the permeability of the capillary.

Indications: Sorbifer durules is administered to:

• Compensate for the insufficient dietary intake and absorption of iron (iron deficiency anemia)
• Any condition which is caused due to low levels of iron in the blood
• Given to pregnant women, breastfeeding mother, and blood donors as preventive medicine

Precautions and Restrictions: It is not advisable to use Sorbifer durules if you have the below mentioned conditions:

• If you are allergic or hypersensitive to the components of this medicine
• If you have Esophageal Stenosis and Gastrointestinal tract obstruction
• General increase in tissue iron stores without associated tissue damage (hemosiderosis)
• Problems related to iron utilization such as hemolytic anemia, sideroblastic anemia, lead anemia
• If the user is below the age of 12

Observe caution while using this medicine if:

• You have ulcer in the stomach or/and intestine
• You have any condition that causes inflammations in the bowels (Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, enteritis, ulcerative colitis)
• You are pregnant
• You are a nursing mother

Side effects of Sorbifer durules: There is always a distant possibility of users experiencing some kind of adverse effect after taking any medicine. These side effects are only a distant possibility and there are no prior proven records of such effects occurring to every user of Sorbifer durules tablets. Some of the most common adverse effects that may occur are weakness, dizziness, cephalalgia, hyperthermia of the skin, various allergic reactions such as rashes and itching, ulceration of the lining of the oesophagus, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, and nausea.

These are just some of the side effects and this is by no means an exhaustive list of adverse effects caused due to Sorbifer durules. For more information kindly consult your physician, pharmacist, or the full details presented with Sorbifer durules.

Interactions: Before using Sorbifer durules tablets it is best to consult a doctor and apprise him of the treatment or medication (the term medication includes drugs bought without prescription and herbal medication) you are currently under and also get a prescription from your doctor before starting any new drug. This is to make sure that the combination of the two drugs is safe.

• This medicine may decrease the absorption of hormones of the thyroid gland, tetracyclines, penicillamin, methyldopa, levofloxacin, levodopa, grepafloxacin, clodronate, and enoxacin.
• Antacids decrease the absorption of ferrous sulfate. Never use this tablet within 3 hours after the application of the mentioned above medicines.
• Do not use Sorbifer durules along with ofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin.

Additional Information: People are advised not to give Sorbifer durules tablets to any person without proper medical prescription. Do not use this medicine in any other type of health related complication. Keep the medicine and syringes away from children, to avoid any problem.