Research

Absorption rate of up to 40%

This paper demonstrated mean iron absorption of up to 40% in patients with low iron stores. The study concluded that “Spatone Iron-Plus provides iron in a highly available form”.

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Patient compliance - lower levels of side effects

This paper concluded that “ Patient compliance with traditional iron supplementation is poor and a large number of patients stop their supplements because of gastrointestinal side-effects. In this study it was shown that Spatone Iron Plus (previous trading name of Spatone) did not cause these side-effects and helps to prevent iron deficiency in pregnancy”.

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Effective against iron deficiency in pregnancy 

This paper demonstrated the high absorption rate of the iron in Spatone in pregnant women with iron deficiency, concluding that “Spatone provides an alternative to the standard ferrous sulphate tablet for prevention of iron deficiency in pregnancy”.

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If you would like to find out more about iron absorption and iron deficiency the following papers might be of interest to you:

Beard JL, Hendricks MK et al (2005) Maternal iron Deficiency Anaemia Affects Postpartum Emotions and Cognition. Journal of Nutrition 135:267-272

Konofal E, Lecendreux M et al (2004) Iron Deficiency in Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 158(12): 1113-1115.

Lozoff B (2000) Perinatal Iron Deficiency and the Developing Brain. Pediatric Research 48:137-138.

Perez EM, Hendricks MK, Beard JL et al (2005) Mother-infant interactions and infant development are altered by maternal iron deficiency anaemia. Journal of Nutrition 135(4):850-5

Ursell B (2005) Management of iron deficiency in pregnancy. Midwives 8(2):78-9

X Wang et al (2004) Thy 1 expression in the brain is affected by iron and is decreased in restless legs syndrome. Journal of Neurological Science 220:59-66.