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Your symptoms and history
Discuss fatigue, changes in exercise tolerance, heavy menstrual bleeding, digestive conditions, and any previous reaction to iron treatment. Bring your medication list and recent laboratory reports.
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Put your iron results in context.
Explore what your symptoms and lab results may mean, and what to do next, with an iron consultation at Davis Integrative Medicine.
Call to arrange an iron consultation
$300 consultation, credited toward treatment.
If prescribed: $500 per 200 mg infusion.
Iron infusions replenish deficient iron stores and can support recovery from iron-deficiency anemia when appropriate. Iron helps your body make hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in red blood cells. Your care also considers why iron is low, including possible blood loss or poor absorption.
IV iron may be considered when iron deficiency is confirmed and oral iron is unsuitable, poorly tolerated, or has not worked well enough. Symptoms alone do not establish eligibility. Consultation, laboratory assessment, and clinician approval are required before treatment.
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Discuss fatigue, changes in exercise tolerance, heavy menstrual bleeding, digestive conditions, and any previous reaction to iron treatment. Bring your medication list and recent laboratory reports.
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Review your blood count, ferritin, and other iron studies with your clinician to understand your iron status and whether more testing is needed.
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Discuss oral iron, IV iron, or other next steps. If infusions are prescribed, your plan sets the dosing, schedule, monitoring, and follow-up.
Recognize changes. Seek an assessment.
Persistent fatigue, reduced stamina, and difficulty concentrating can occur with iron-deficiency anemia. Tell your clinician when these changes began and how they affect your daily life.
Heavy menstrual bleeding can increase the risk of iron deficiency. Discuss your bleeding pattern so care can address both your iron status and the cause of ongoing iron loss.
Iron stores can be depleted while hemoglobin remains normal. Iron-deficiency anemia develops when insufficient iron leads to low hemoglobin. A normal complete blood count (CBC) therefore does not rule out low iron stores. Ferritin and, when appropriate, transferrin saturation help clarify the picture. Inflammation can raise ferritin, so results need clinical interpretation.
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements · American Society of Hematology
Restless legs syndrome can disrupt falling asleep or staying asleep, and iron testing may be part of its assessment. This association does not establish that an iron infusion will improve sleep or restless legs.
Breathlessness, palpitations, and unusually pale skin can occur with anemia. They are not specific to iron deficiency and do not establish low ferritin without anemia.
Persistent cravings to chew ice or eat non-food items such as paper or clay, sometimes called pica, can occur with iron-deficiency anemia. Mention them during your consultation.
Clear pricing. An individualized plan.
$300
The $300 consultation fee is credited toward treatment.
Start with a review of your symptoms, medical history, and available laboratory results.
$500
For each prescribed 200 mg infusion.
The number of infusions and total cost depend on your clinician’s prescribed plan.
Ask about any separate laboratory charges before proceeding.
IV iron can cause infusion reactions, including serious allergic reactions. Your clinician will discuss the relevant risks and appropriate monitoring. The response to treatment and time needed for improvement vary; relief of a particular symptom, faster recovery, and hair or skin benefits are not guaranteed.
Bring recent laboratory reports, a list of medications and supplements, and the name and dose of any oral iron you have tried. Note any side effects or previous reactions to iron treatment.
The number and timing depend on your prescribed plan. Your clinician will explain the recommended course and follow-up testing.
The $300 consultation fee is credited toward treatment. Each prescribed 200 mg infusion is $500.
Call 352-641-0123 to arrange your iron consultation.
Discuss your symptoms, review your laboratory results, and learn the next step in your care.
322 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
Davis Integrative Medicine
322 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
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