Complete adverse effect profile including incidence rates and management
Important Safety Information
This is not a complete list of all possible side effects. Contact your healthcare provider if you experience any unexpected symptoms. For serious or life-threatening side effects, seek emergency medical attention immediately.
Adverse Reactions: Folic Acid: Allergic sensitizations have been reported following both oral and parenteral administration of folic acid.
Ferrous Fumarate: Gastrointestinal disturbances (anorexia, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, heartburn and vomiting) occur occasionally, but are usually mild and may subside with continuation of therapy.
Reducing the dose and administering it with meals will minimize these effects in the sensitive patient.
Increasing fiber in the diet can relieve constipation.
Iron may turn stools black.
This is a harmless effect that is a result of unabsorbed iron.
Although the absorption of iron is best when taken between meals, giving Integra FTM after meals may control occasional G.I.
disturbances.
Integra FTM is best absorbed when taken at bedtime.
WARNING: Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under
Keep this product out of reach of children.
In case of accidental overdose, call a doctor or poison control center immediately.
WARNING: Folic acid alone is improper therapy in the treatment for pernicious anemia and other megaloblastic anemias where Vitamin B12 is deficient.
PRECAUTIONS: General: Anemia is a manifestation that requires appropriate investigation to determine its cause or causes.
Like all medications, Integra F can cause side effects. However, not everyone who takes this medication will experience them. Many side effects are dose-dependent and may improve as your body adjusts to the medication. Others may require dose adjustment or medical attention.
Contact your healthcare provider promptly if you experience:
Seek immediate emergency medical care if you experience signs of: