Iron Supplements: How to Reduce Side Effects

Chris Aingworth
3 min readNov 9, 2020
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Side Effects from Iron Supplements

If you have ever taken iron as a supplement, you know that side effects can be a problem.

Iron supplements are known to cause a lot of side effects. Most side effects being gastrointestinal in nature (constipation, nausea, indigestion, gas and bloating) and can sometimes be severe, such as stomach pain.

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Chris Aingworth

I am a pharmacist who has been in practice for over 25 years. Living in Alberta Canada. Wanting to share nuggets of information as simply as possible. Enjoy!