Australians share four points about their iron deficiency

Viatris commissioned researchers to ask 503 women and men about their iron deficiency journey. Here are their insights.

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About the survey

We commissioned market researchers to ask Australians aged 18 to 40 a series of questions about their iron deficiency journey. The gender split of the 503 participants was 70% women, 29% men and 1% other. They all had a previous medical diagnosis of iron deficiency and participated in the survey in December 2020 or January 2021.¹

Do oral iron supplements help improve quality of life?

Almost nine out of ten of the survey respondents agreed with the following statement: “I feel that my quality of life has improved after taking oral iron supplements.”

Two symptoms of iron deficiency that Ferro-grad C^® helps treat are tiredness and fatigue.² Of course, these may have a significant impact on your quality of life, including your ability to work, exercise and enjoy your day.

Medical diagnosis is important

Four out of five respondents agreed with the following statement: “It’s important to get diagnosed professionally so you know the correct product to treat your iron deficiency with.”

A correct diagnosis is crucial so that your doctor can recommend the most appropriate treatment for your individual circumstances. Your doctor will also want to find out the root cause of your iron deficiency.³

Something to remember is that not all oral iron supplements available in Australia are designed to treat medically diagnosed iron deficiency.⁴ You can be confident that Ferro-grad C^® has a therapeutic dose in one convenient tablet a day.²

What was the favoured supplement choice?

Ferro-grad C^® was the most common answer to the following question: “What brand of therapeutic oral iron supplement have you used to treat your diagnosed iron deficiency?”

This result is also supported by Australian sales data that shows Ferro-grad C^® is Australia’s No.1 selling therapeutic oral iron supplement.⁵

References:

Research Survey. Data on file. Sponsored by Viatris. 2021.
Ferro-grad C Product Label. Viatris.
Gastroenterological Society of Australia. Clinical update – Iron deficiency; 2015.
Iron Deficiency. In: eTG complete [Internet]. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited; March 2017. Available at: http://online.tg.org.au/complete/ Accessed Oct 2020.
IMS data May 2021

FGC-2021-0077. August 2021

Food	Serving size	Iron content
Chicken liver	100g	11mg
Beef	100g	3.5mg
Kangaroo	100g	3.2mg
Lamb	100g	2.5mg
Salmon	100g	1.28mg
Tinned tuna	100g	1.07mg
Lamb brains	100g	1.0mg
Pork	100g	0.8mg
Chicken	100g	0.4mg
Snapper	100g	0.3mg

Food	Serving size	Iron content
Weetbix ^TM	30g	4.2mg
All Bran ^TM	30g	3.2mg
Kidney beans	1 cup	3.1mg
Green lentils	1 cup	3.0mg
Tofu	100g	2.96mg
Chickpeas	1 cup	2.7mg
Cooked wholemeal pasta	140g (1 cup)	2.3mg
Cashew nuts	30g (20 nuts)	1.5mg
Raw spinach	1 cup	1.2mg
Rolled oats	30g	1.1mg
Almonds	30g	1.1mg
Dried apricot	30g (5 dried apricots)	0.93mg
Broccoli	1 cup	0.86mg
Cooked brown rice	140g (1 cup)	0.7mg
Wholegrain bread	1 slice	0.4mg

^#Most widely used brand of therapeutic oral iron supplement, based on cumulative total of IQVIA sales data in the last 10 years.

ALWAYS READ THE LABEL AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
For use when you have been diagnosed as iron deficient and your doctor has recommended a therapeutic oral iron supplement.

Ferro-grad C contains ferrous sulfate 325 mg (equivalent to 105 mg elemental iron) and sodium ascorbate 562.4 mg (equivalent to 500 mg Vitamin C).

Ferro-grad C is a Viatris trademark. Copyright ^© 2022 Viatris Inc. All rights reserved. Viatris Pty Ltd. Level 1, 30-34 Hickson Road, Millers Point NSW 2000. Tel 1800 314 527. FGC-2022-0047. Prepared April 2022.