Ferrous Fumarate + Folic Acid

Iron is an essential part of the body. It's needed to make haemoglobin and for the oxidative processes of living tissues. Iron salts should only be given to treat iron deficiency anaemia or to prevent it. Iron deficiency anaemia most often comes from chronic haemorrhage, nutritional deficiency, pregnancy, parasite infestation or malabsorption of iron.

Folic acid deficiency, typically during pregnancy, has long been known to cause megaloblastic anaemia. The body can't store this vitamin. Fetal demand during pregnancy, together with malnutrition, can lead to a deficiency and so to anaemia. It has also been observed that the rapid production of red blood cells after iron treatment may use up the body's folate if the intake is inadequate. Combining folic acid with ferrous fumerate avoids this complication.

Iron and folic acid are absorbed in the proximal small intestine, particularly the duodenum. Ferrous Fumerate and Folic acid supplements replenish the iron deficiency, and this arrests the anaemia process. Absorbed iron is taken up into the bone marrow tissues that form blood cells, where it is used to make haemoglobin.