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Vomiting is an uncommon side effect of oral iron supplements, and so is not as common as dark stools.
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Vomiting
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'Bronze' skin is a feature of hereditary haemachromatosis, which is a genetic iron storage disease in which the body absorbs excessive amounts of iron from the diet. It is not a side effect of iron supplementation.
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'Bronzing' skin
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Darker (though not black, nor tarry) are a very common side effect of iron replacement therapy and patients should be warned of this in advance as it can be a later source of anxiety and non-compliance.
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Dark stools
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Reduced libido is not a known side effect of ferrous fumarate.
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Reduced libido
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Sleeping problems are not a side effect of ferrous fumarate.
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Sleeping problems
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I didn't believe that dark stool was an "adverse" affect, but more a known side-affect 
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Cystic Tazocin
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this side effect isnt in the bnf under ferrous fumarate 
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look under patient and carer advice - "may discolour stools"
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Monoclonal Epidermis
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That doesn't give you an idea of how common it is though
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lil' aneurysm
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Hypertension Kinase
Concept
Chapter
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Anaemia
Topic
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General practice
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Case Presentation: A 27-year-old woman presents to the GP complaining of feeling tired all the time. She suffers heavy periods, and subsequent blood tests reveal a microcytic anaemia. She is commenced on ferrous fumarate 210mg OD.


Question: Select the adverse affect most likely to be caused by this treatment.

**PH** Menorrhagia
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