What is Ferrlecit infusion?

COMMON BRAND NAME(S): Ferrlecit. USES: This medication is used to treat “iron-poor” blood (anemia) in people with long-term kidney disease and using a certain class of drug (man-made form of erythropoietin). You may need extra iron because of blood loss during kidney dialysis.

Can you give Ferrlecit daily?

Transferrin saturation and serum iron levels should be drawn 48 hours after the completion of the third dose to assist in recognition of iron accumulation. Do not continue daily infusions of Ferrlecit unless the transferrin saturation is less than 40%.

How do you give Injectafer?

Give each dose as 15 mg/kg body weight. Injectafer may be administered as an undiluted slow intravenous push. Give at the rate of approximately 100 mg (2 mL) per minute. Injectafer should only be administered when personnel and therapies are immediately available for the treatment of serious hypersensitivity reactions.

How do you administer Ferrlecit?

For adult patients, injectable solutions of Ferrlecit are given in a single dose of 62.5mg/5mL (12.5mg/mL). In adult cases of iron deficiency anemia, Ferrlecit can be given as a slow-drip IV infusion of 125mg/10mL over the course of an hour. The administration rate should not exceed 12.5mg per minute.

How do you infuse Ferrlecit?

Ferrlecit may be diluted in 100 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride administered by intravenous infusion over 1 hour per dialysis session. Ferrlecit may also be administered undiluted as a slow intravenous injection (at a rate of up to 12.5 mg/min) per dialysis session.

When do you give Ferrlecit?

Ferrlecit is indicated for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adult patients and in pediatric patients aged 6 years and older with chronic kidney disease receiving hemodialysis who are receiving supplemental epoetin therapy.

Can iron be given IV push?

Iron infusions involve delivering a dose of iron through the vein with an IV drip. Iron injections involve injecting iron into a muscle with a needle. The injection is usually done into the buttocks. Iron infusions may take up to several hours, whereas iron injections deliver a whole dose immediately.

What is the difference between venofer and Injectafer?

Injectafer contains the active drug ferric carboxymaltose, while Venofer contains the active drug iron sucrose. Both Injectafer and Venofer belong to a class of medications called iron replacement products. (A class of medications describes a group of drugs that work in the same way.)

How long is Ferrlecit stable?

Undiluted generic SFG was stable for ≥2 days at room temperature and ≥7 days under refrigerated conditions, and generic SFG diluted in IV infusion bags containing 0.9% sodium chloride solution was stable for ≥1 day at room temperature and ≥7 days under refrigerated conditions.

What is the J code for Ferrlecit?

Sodium Ferric Gluconate Complex in Sucrose (Ferrlecit) HCPCS code J2916: Billing Guidelines.

Is Ferrlecit compatible with normal saline?

Adult Dosage And Administration Ferrlecit may be diluted in 100 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride administered by intravenous infusion over 1 hour per dialysis session.