How is FERRLECIT different from iron dextrans?
FERRLECIT is sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose injection and it does not contain the dextran moiety of the iron dextrans. In a post-marketing safety study, FERRLECIT was administered to 144 patients with known sensitivity to iron dextran, 34 of which were classified as anaphylactoid. Logistic regression analysis did not identify cross sensitivity between FERRLECIT and previous iron dextran sensitivity in the incidence of all adverse events. Thus there was no demonstrable cross-reactivity between FERRLECIT and iron dextran.
