ferritin levels

[dirtwarrior]

My ferritin levels are 28 ng/mL which is low normal. I would like to get them up a little to around 50. I got iron injectable . To get iron levels up how much iron do I need each day?
IM or SQ?

[dirtwarrior]

Re: ferritin levels

The iron was easy to dose. it is 100mg/ml. It is water base so on a slin pin I drew a 10 mark which is 10mg. The stuff is black so it is easy to see in the pin.
Painless SQ. I am going to continue with 1omg daily until my next blood test then I ill shift it up or down. 10mg is is a decent low dose.

[jipped genes]

Re: ferritin levels

Do you take vitamin C? If not just taking vitamin C and eating red meat, broccoli and kale might help. C helps make ingested iron bioavailable.

[dirtwarrior]

Re: ferritin levels

Thanks about telling me about vit c I did not know that. I just take a multi vitamin

[guns01]

Re: ferritin levels

be careful messing with your iron levels man. it can mess you up if you get them way to high. if you cant do it with jipped suggestion, i would work with a doc to get it corrected.