All the following are indications of intravenous iron administration , except
Ref Harrison 19 th ed pg 629 Intravenous iron can be given to patients who are unable to tolerate oral iron; whose needs are relatively acute; or who need iron on an ongoing basis, usually due to persistent gastrointestinal blood loss. Parenteral iron use has been increasing rapidly in the last several years with the recognition that recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) therapy induces a large demand for iron--a demand that frequently cannot be met through the physiologic release of iron from RE sources or oral iron absorption.
Intermittent gastrointestinal blood loss
Iron malabsorption
Inability to tolerate oral iron
Patients on erythropoietin therapy
Haematology