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Unread 03/02/2012, 02:04 PM   #7
FragIt Dan
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Originally Posted by Randy Holmes-Farley View Post
You might look at your local pharmacy and see what iron supplements are available. Perhaps a local brand will work.

I would use Ferrous salts, preferably, and EDTA may be too strong of a chelator, but it does work as a supplement. It has to break down under UV to be bioavailable.

I'm not familiar with Eno. What is it?
Here is a pretty good description:
http://www.drugs.com/uk/eno-spc-8800.html

It is sodium citrate in a bottle . My concern is the resultant pH of the solution and the possible consequences on the precipitation of Fe. This is getting beyond my knowledge.

I have looked at my local pharmacies for other Fe supplements. My other question is specifically regarding Ferric Chloride and the difference between it (Fe III) vs Ferrous sulfate (Fe II) and the bio-availability of the Fe (III)... IYO would you say Ferric Chloride with sodium Citrate will be sufficiently effective? Thanks Randy, I appreciate the help.
Dan


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