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The Problems With Ferro-grad C & Maltofer
Steph LoweApril 8, 2022
The Problems With Ferro-grad C & Maltofer
No one should be prescribing Maltofer or Ferro-grad C at 100mg (1 tablet)/day. And most certainly, no one should be prescribing 200mg or 300mg/day when the initial dose fails to...
Conventional Pathology Reference Ranges Are Not Evidence Based for Pregnancy
Steph LoweApril 4, 2022
Conventional Pathology Reference Ranges Are Not Evidence Based for Pregnancy
All too often I work with pregnant women who have been ill-informed when it comes to their iron levels – whether that be from the incorrect prescription of Maltofer/Ferrograd-C, right...
Eating for Your Menstrual Cycle
Steph LoweMarch 1, 2022
Eating for Your Menstrual Cycle
Unfortunately the use of the COCP has become normalised and rationalised. The good news is that I’m starting to see the tides shifting. I see women looking for alternatives. If...
Fertile Foods for Conception & Beyond
Bianca StuurmanFebruary 27, 2022
Fertile Foods for Conception & Beyond
Getting Back To BasicsMy approach to fertility in my own life, and also to the women I have helped along the way, is to start with the basics. I know...
“Your Thyroid is Fine”…But is it Really? – Part 3
Steph LoweFebruary 20, 2022
“Your Thyroid is Fine”…But is it Really? – Part 3
One of the biggest drivers of sub-optimal thyroid function is chronic stress or hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal, HPA axis dysfunction. Remember we discussed TSH is a pituitary hormone, right? Well in summary, TSH...
The DL on the Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill (COCP)
Steph LoweJanuary 31, 2022
The DL on the Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill (COCP)
Unfortunately the use of the COCP has become normalised and rationalised. The good news is that I’m starting to see the tides shifting. I see women looking for alternatives. If...
Introducing Solids – Setting Our Little Ones Up For Success
Bianca StuurmanJanuary 9, 2022
Introducing Solids – Setting Our Little Ones Up For Success
Introducing solids to your first born child is a big deal and can sometimes be a little nerve-racking. I believe there are some key ingredients (see what I did there)...
Top Tips for Keeping Your Nutrition Goals on Track These Holidays
Steph LoweDecember 20, 2021
Top Tips for Keeping Your Nutrition Goals on Track These Holidays
Have you ever entered the holidays with a sense of fear that the work you put into creating new behaviours that year might all be undone? Or have you entered...
“Your Thyroid is Fine”…But is it Really? – Part 2
Steph LoweDecember 9, 2021
“Your Thyroid is Fine”…But is it Really? – Part 2
Have you been told “your thyroid is fine” when: * You have only had thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) tested? * Your TSH is 2.0 mIU/L? * You haven’t tested free...

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I am a true women’s health advocate and strongly believe our greatest assets are to understand our body, to use our symptoms to guide inquiry and to gain the knowledge and support required to create true health, not just the absence of disease.

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On 1 September 2026, the US FDA added a Boxed Warning, its highest safety alert, to ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject) for symptomatic hypophosphataemia (dangerously low phosphate).
In short: this infusion can raise a hormone called FGF23, which tells your kidneys to dump phosphate.
Here’s the kicker. Low phosphate looks like low iron: fatigue, weakness, breathlessness, headaches. If you still feel flat after your infusion, the infusion may not have “failed.” Your phosphate may have crashed. In severe or prolonged cases, low phosphate can cause bone pain, muscle weakness, osteomalacia (soft bones) and fractures.
Everyone assumes I’m anti-infusion. I’m not. But true iron deficiency anaemia must be confirmed first. The right product chosen. The right dose determined. And every potential side effect discussed.
IV iron is brilliant when oral iron hasn’t worked or can’t be tolerated. But before you book one:
✔️ Ask which formulation you’re getting. Ferinject isn’t the only option, and ferric derisomaltose (Monofer) causes low phosphate far less often.
✔️ Ask for phosphate testing, especially if you’ve had a repeat infusion within 3 months.
✔️ Get FBE/CBC, CRP and full iron studies, never ferritin alone. 
✔️ And as always, figure out WHY you’re low in the first place.
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