To read the 'Iron deficiency through the female life cycle – who needs to care?' article wirtten by Maggie Evans R.M, HV Cert., Cert. Ed., MSc as published in MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 18:3 2008 click here
Below you will find information on the three published
clinical trials that have been conducted to date on spatone, 100% natural liquid iron supplement.
1. Effective against iron deficiency in pregnancy
Publication by G. Halksworth et al. demonstrated the high absorption of Spatone in pregnant women with iron deficiency anaemia. It concluded “Spatone provides an alternative to the standard ferrous sulphate tablet for prevention of iron deficiency in pregnancy”
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2. No reported side-effects.
Publication by D. McKenna et al. concluded that “Patient compliance with traditional iron supplements is poor and a large number of patients stop their supplements because of gastrointestinal side-effects. In this paper we have shown than Spatone Iron-Plus does not cause these side-effects and helps to prevent iron deficiency in pregnancy”
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3. Proven absorption of up to 40%.
Publication by Prof. Worwood et al.* demonstrated mean absorption of iron in Spatone as high as 40% in patients with low iron stores. Study concluded “Spatone Iron-Plus provides iron in a highly bio-available form”
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NOTE: Spatone was previously known as Spatone Iron-Plus