Drug details

Feraheme (ferumoxytol injection)

type of Iron Products

Feraheme (ferumoxytol) Injection is a type of iron used to treat iron deficiency anemia in people with chronic kidney disease. Anemia is a lack of red blood cells caused by having too little iron in the body.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • nausea,
  • headache,
  • low blood pressure (hypotension),
  • dizziness,
  • vomiting,
  • diarrhea,
  • constipation,
  • stomach pain,
  • fainting, 
  • chest pain, or
  • cough.
  • injection site reactions (pain, swelling, or redness),
  • swelling in your hands or feet,
The following drugs are related to Feraheme, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Accrufer (ferric maltol capsules)
  • BiferaRx (folic acid heme iron polypeptide iron dextran, cyanocobalamin tablets)
  • Monoferric (ferric derisomaltose injection)
  • Ferrlecit (sodium ferric gluconate)
  • Niferex Gold Tablets (ferrous bis-glycinate chelate and polysaccharide iron complex)
  • Glofil-125 (sodium iothalamate i-125 injection solution)
  • Infed (iron dextran)
  • Lupron Depot 11.25 mg (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
  • Lupron Depot 7.5 mg (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
  • Lupron Depot (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
  • Lupron Depot 22.5 (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension injection)
  • Lupron (leuprolide acetate injection)
  • Lupron Depot 3.75 mg (leuprolide acetate injection)
  • Lupron Depot Pediatric (leuprolide acetate injection)
  • Niferex Capsules (polysaccharide iron complex capsules)
  • Niferex Elixir (polysaccaride-iron complex)
  • Niferex-150 (polysaccharide-iron complex capsules)
  • Niferex-150 Forte (polysaccharide-iron complex capsules)