Iron IV

 

Under the delegation of our medical director, we offer Iron IV therapy. Our protocol for this IV includes the following prior to administering IV to ensure safety:

  1. Bloodwork including: Iron panel, ferritin, kidney function tests, liver function tests, hs-CRP, electrolytes and CBC. Your medical doctor has the authority to requisition this for you and therefore should be covered under OHIP. If your medical doctor refuses to requisition these blood tests for you, we can requisition them for you at a cost. These tests need to be completed within 3 weeks prior to tyhe beginning of treatment.

  2. Live Blood Cell Analysis: Performed to ensure parasites and bacteria levels are within normal limits because they can affect your iron levels.

  3. Referral from your ND or you are an existing patient of the clinic.

  4. After review of your live blood cell analysis and bloodwork, if you are verified as a candidate we will perform the IV. If there are abnormalities in your Live blood cell analysis wwe will treat those abnormalities as they can affect the outcome of the iron IV.

Below is the insert for the iron medication utilized in this treatment. Please read through thoroughly so that you are aware of the risks and any potential complications. 

We will retest the iron panel after administration of the IV to determine if another treatment is necessary as overdosing on iron can be dangerous.

As naturopathic doctors, we want to treat the underlying root cause of disease. The underlying root casue of disease for iron deficiency can be some or all of the following:*

  • Crohn’s Disease

  • Ulcerative Collitis

  • Fibroids

  • Heavy menstration

  • Malabsorption of nutrients

  • Parasites

  • Bacteria

  • Imbalance with Copper, Vitamin A & Cerulosplasmin

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  • Inflammtory Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

To effectively treat the underlying root casue. We need to:

A) Identify the root cause

B) Provide appropriate care and treatment to address the root cause

The Iron IV is treating a symptom of the root cause and is therefore providing symptomatic relief, however, not solely eliminating the issue.

Conditions that are contraindicated for iron infusion:

  • Alpha and beta thalassemia

*This list is not exhaustive.

 
 

Our Iron IV is administered by a nurse practitioner.