Unknown Manufacturer • Iron sucrose is elemental iron as an injection. It replenishes body iron stores in patients with iron deficiency.
Iron sucrose is an compound used as a source of iron in patients with iron deficiency anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Following intravenous administration, iron sucrose is dissociated into iron and sucrose and the iron is transported as a complex with transferrin to target cells including erythroid precursor cells. The iron is then incorporated into hemoglobin as the cells mature into red blood cells.
