FeraMAX® Powder
FeraMAX® Powder
FeraMAX® Powder makes iron therapy convenient for children. It has a pleasant grape raspberry taste to help children stay with the treatment and does not stain teeth. For more information about iron deficiency in children. click here
Benefits
Tastes great!
Easy to dissolve in water, juices or just sprinkle on food.
Flexible dosing: 15 mg iron per ¼ tsp.
Does not stain teeth.
Did you Know?
Iron is very important to health and development of your child. Without sufficient levels of functioning and stored iron, cognitive and physical growth of children could be affected.
More about FeraMAX® Powder
Dosing by Age of Child
The recommended treatment dose for infants and children (up to 13 years of age) of FeraMAX® Powder can also be calculated as 3-6mg/kg/day, depending on the degree of iron deficiency as directed by a health care practitioner‡.
FeraMAX® Powder Product Details:
Iron (Polysaccharide iron complex) 15mg per ¼ teaspoon.
Grape and raspberry flavouring, maltodextrin, sucralose.
Helps prevent iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia.
- Infants and children (3 years or younger): Take ¼ or ½ tsp (15-30 mg of elemental iron), 1 time per day. Dosing by weight of the child (3 - 6 mg/kg of body weight) and degree of iron deficiency, or as directed by a health care practitioner
- Children (4–13 years): Take ¼ to ½ tsp (15–30 mg of elemental iron), 1 time per day. Dosing by weight of the child (3–6 mg/kg of body weight) and degree of iron deficiency, or as directed by a health care practitioner
- Adolescents and adults (14 years and older): Take ½ to ¾ tsp (30–45 mg of elemental iron), 1 time per day, or as directed by a health care practitioner.
- Dissolve dose in a small amount of water before administration to infants and children (3 years or younger).
- Dissolve FeraMAX® Pd Powder 15 in water or mix in soft foods or powdered cereals.
- Take with food, a few hours before or after taking other medications or natural health products.
- Consult your health care practitioner prior to use and for prolonged use.
- Measure FeraMAX® Pd Powder 15 into level scoops (¼ tsp measure provided). Stir into warm or room temperature water until fully dissolved. Additional water may be added to dilute FeraMAX® Pd Powder 15 to taste
- Can be dissolved in water or mixed in soft foods or powdered cereals
- Solution will turn a brown color when dissolved.
Keep out of reach of children. There is enough drug in this package to seriously harm a child. Take with food a few hours before or after taking other medications or natural health products. Store at controlled room temperature (15°C–30°C). Do not store in areas of high humidity.
FeraMAX® Powder product label
Anemia Review Panel. Anemia Guidelines for Family Medicine. 3rd ed. Toronto: MUMS Guidelines Clearinghouse; 2014:8
‡ Iron Deficiency – Investigation and Management. (June 15, 2010). https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/practitioner-pro/bc-guidelines/iron_deficiency.pdf
FeraMAX® Powder product label
Check to see if you have any signs of iron deficiency
Iron Deficiency / Iron Deficiency Anemia Symptoms Tracker for Adults and Children
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