Indeed, a Kaiser Health News analysis of Medicare claims found that Injectafer and Feraheme — the two newest (and priciest) infusions on the American market — made up more than half of IV iron ...

Iron-deficiency anemia is often remedied with drugstore iron pills. But if that doesn't work, doctors sometimes prescribe iron infusions — and the bill for that can vary by thousands of dollars.

More information: Una E. Choi et al, A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study of Intravenous Iron versus Red Cell Transfusions for Preoperative Iron-Deficiency Anemia, Anesthesia & Analgesia (2024). DOI ...

Monofer provides the opportunity to infuse a single dose of 1,000 mg iron from 15 to more than 30 minutes, reducing the duration of a session of IV iron treatment from hours to less than an hour ...

The findings, published July 22 in Anesthesia & Analgesia, contribute to mounting evidence that such iron infusions, which boost the production of a person's own red blood cells, are better than ...

Iron-deficiency anemia is often remedied with drugstore iron pills. But if that doesn't work, doctors sometimes prescribe iron infusions — and the bill for that can vary by thousands of dollars.

Researchers report iron infusions were associated with a 37% reduction in mortality and a 24% reduction in medical complications among study participants Peer-Reviewed Publication ...