Ferrous Sulfate Toxicity

Abstract

FERROUS sulfate is generally considered a wholly innocuous drug. It is universally prescribed and with some abandon. The bulk of the research related to it has concerned its beneficial effects in anemias. Reports of toxicity are rare and, indeed, only 1 such case is to be found in the American literature of the last sixty years. Reports of 2 fatal cases in England stimulated descriptions of similar cases, with pertinent discussion and research. It seems important, therefore, to describe the following case in considerable detail — not only to draw attention to a drug that can be harmful and even . . .