Ferriprox anvendes til behandling af jernophobning (for meget jern i kroppen) hos patienter med thalassaemia major (en arvelig sygdom hvor patienterne ikke er i stand til at danne tilstrækkeligt hæmoglobin, som er det protein i de røde blodlegemer, der transporterer ilt rundt i kroppen).
Ferriprox is used to treat iron overload (an excess of iron in the body) in patients with thalassaemia major (an inherited disease where patients are unable to make enough haemoglobin, the protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body).