Polysachride-iron complex

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Iron-deficiency anaemia (prophylactic) 

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Child 1 month–1 year:

1 drop (approximately 500 micrograms iron) per 450 g body-weight to be to be given 3 times a daily, dose to be administered from dropper bottle, prophylactic iron supplementation may be required in babies of low birth-weight who are solely breast-fed; supplementation is started 4–6 weeks after birth and continued until mixed feeding is established

Child 12–17 years: 2.5 mL daily

Adult: 2.5 mL daily

Iron-deficiency anaemia (therapeutic)

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Child 2–5 years: 2.5 mL daily

Child 6–11 years: 5 mL daily

Child 12–17 years: 5 mL 1–2 times a day

Adult: 5 mL 1–2 times a day

Iron-deficiency anaemia (therapeutic) if required during second and third trimester of pregnancy

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Child 12–17 years: 5 mL once daily
Adult: 5 mL once daily 

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