Drug details

Ferrlecit (sodium ferric gluconate)

type of Iron Products

Ferrlecit (sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose) Injection is an iron replacement product used to treat iron deficiency anemia in adults and children 6 years and older with chronic kidney disease receiving hemodialysis who are receiving supplemental epoetin therapy. Ferrlecit is available in generic form.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• shortness of breath,
• chest pain,
• nausea,
• headache,
• dizziness,
• vomiting,
• diarrhea,
• high or low blood pressure,
• injection site reactions (pain, redness, swelling, or irritation),
• cramps,
• general ill feeling (malaise),
• leg cramps and
• pain.

The following drugs are related to Ferrlecit, either as a replacement or used together:

• Accrufer (ferric maltol capsules)
• Extraneal (icodextrin peritoneal dialysis solution)
• Feraheme (ferumoxytol injection)
• Monoferric (ferric derisomaltose injection)