optifer® solves problems

Op#Fer® solves problems

The Op#Fer® series of heme iron supplements solve many problems

inherent with iron therapy


Reliable therapy Building up adequate normal iron storage is a process that takes #me, just as iron deple#on doesn’t happen overnight.

Iron balance is about what’s coming in through food and what is lost normally by the body.


Minimal side-effects What is not taken up is completely inert in the gastro-intes#nal channel as opposed to non-absorbed free iron ions from non-heme iron, which are reac#ve and strongly irrita#ng.

In clinical studies heme-iron therapy usually has placebo-level tolerance.


No failed therapies There are considerably less poten#ally therapy-ruining side-effects.

This is a major problem when it comes to non-heme iron supplements. It is very common that side effects force the therapy to be terminated and something else tried.

The last alterna#ve when nothing works is very expensive and inconvenient intravenously given iron since iron is absolutely vital to life.


No change in efficacy or tolerance over #me Heme-iron therapy can build up adequate iron storage in a natural and gentle fashion.

There is no change in tolerability or efficacy over longer #me.

With non-heme supplements side-effects are usually, even aNer ini#al good tolerance, slowly accumula#ng un#l the therapy has to be discon#nued.


Reasonable price With a dosage of one or two tablets once per day heme iron therapy is economical compared to the alterna#ves.


No danger of overdosing or poisoning Using heme iron very liPle is wasted.

No cases reported of serious side effects or poisonings in Scandinavia since decades of lage-scale use.

With heme iron overdosing is not an issue.


Works for everybody, in any clinical situa#on Heme iron is taken up along the whole of the gastric passage, not just in the duodenum.

Pa#ents with gastric surgery find it many #mes impossible to absorb (non-heme)iron. Heme iron works in this case also.

For chronic use a mild and steady therapy is always bePer.


Facts of heme iron therapy easily available and make sense

Medical literature has a lot to say about heme iron and why it’s more efficient and bePer tolerated.

MediTec FerroCare Division offers informa#on on www.op#fer.interna#onal and www.hemeiron.com as well as for instance the eBook “Heme Iron”.


Easiest possible dosage One or two tablets at a single administra#on per day steals no working #me.

It is also convenient in other ways. There are no special precau#ons over simultaneously ingested food, drink or medicine.


No synthesized ingredients The heme iron in Op#Fer® is from natural sources.

All Op#Fer® products contain original heme iron.

This is the natural way for the human body to absorb iron, heme iron in the diet has always been the most important source.

MediTec Group AB FerroCare Division, Gothenburg, Sweden W: www.meditec.se E: [email protected] Office: +46 31 3608892

www.op#fer.interna#onal www.hemeiron.com

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