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Soitis83 · 2025-03-01T20:56:02+00:00

Posting here mainly for traffic. The last week or so I've felt terrible. Finally took an iron tablet and felt so much better. Problem is that better didn't last very long so I took another one..then another and then another. All together 80mg, one packet is mixed with other things and one is just 20mg. I've convinced myself I'm going to die. Please someone reassure me I'm going to be okay

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 01/03/2025 21:30

111 do get it spectacularly wrong sometimes. My
Baby had a cough and they sent an ambulance. It was all a bit ridiculous but at the time it was so stressful. You don't call the ambulance OP so it's not on you....if it turns up, it turns up.

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Soitis83 · 01/03/2025 21:30

TeenLifeMum · 01/03/2025 21:28

Oh wow, you think that having 3 dc means you’re entitled to an ambulance home visit because going to A&E yourself is inconvenient? 🙄

Not at all. I genuinely didn't believe that's where it would end up. I googled for a number that dealt with toxicity or something but it said to call 111. I was just calling for advice. I was surprised when she said she was dispatching an ambulance but panicked thinking it must be serious

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Sendhelp101 · 01/03/2025 21:30

I'm prescribed 200mg 3x a day by the doctor you may get constipated and a tummy ache and some black poo but that's just the iron. Call 111 if your panicking but it's not a huge dose x

123helloitsme · 01/03/2025 21:30

Taking an iron tablet doesn’t make you feel instantly better.
It takes a long time to build up in your system.
My mind is blown that they are sending an ambulance. You need to cancel it.
You have taken 80mg of an iron supplement, when I was pregnant my dosage was in the hundreds and hundreds.
The state of the NHS, people dying in corridors and they have sent an ambulance for 80mg of iron 🤯🤯🤯

Lostworlds · 01/03/2025 21:29

Low iron levels during pregnancy is pretty common and tends to return to normal once you’ve had the baby. You’d be best going to your gp for a check up and they can test your iron levels and then give you a prescription. As others have said, I also used to take 250mg of iron tablets so I reckon you’ll be fine, other than perhaps a sore stomach.

111 are acting in a precautionary manner as I imagine they think you’ve overdosed.

I think the tablets gave you a placebo effect into thinking you were feeling more energised and feeling better. Once this is all over with then I’d phone the gp to discuss how you’re feeling.

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Soitis83 · 01/03/2025 21:28

Lileas · 01/03/2025 21:26

I still find it hard to believe that the cash strapped NHS is sending an ambulance for the sake of four vitamin tablets.

I've worked in care before and have had to phone NHS many times when there have been medication errors etc. The call handlers have always been meticulous, going over the type of drugs, doses and then liaising with a nurse to decide on the best course of action. I don't believe for one second that you told them you took four over the counter iron tablets, the dose of which is significantly LESS than what people take on a day on prescription tablets and they are sending an ambulance.

You don't have to believe it but that's exactly what happened. I told them the exact amount at the exact times I took them and that was what she said. She said she has to speak to her colleague, came back to the phone and said "I have dispatched an ambulance for you. If your symptoms get worse before they arrive please call back or 999"

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Anewuser · 01/03/2025 21:28

You’ve now had multiple people tell you how low a dose you have taken.

You can’t look after your children if the ambulance take you in anyway. Either cancel the ambulance, get your children looked after and get yourself a taxi to hospital. Or accept you’ve made a mistake with telling 111 the dosage and cancel the ambulance and stay at home.

You might want to get yourself some lactulose though as iron tablets cause contipation.

TeenLifeMum · 01/03/2025 21:28

Oh wow, you think that having 3 dc means you’re entitled to an ambulance home visit because going to A&E yourself is inconvenient? 🙄

LovelyLeitrim · 01/03/2025 21:27

Thread started at 20.56

Ambulance in its way 21.02

Six minutes…. Amazing!

Lileas · 01/03/2025 21:26

I still find it hard to believe that the cash strapped NHS is sending an ambulance for the sake of four vitamin tablets.

I've worked in care before and have had to phone NHS many times when there have been medication errors etc. The call handlers have always been meticulous, going over the type of drugs, doses and then liaising with a nurse to decide on the best course of action. I don't believe for one second that you told them you took four over the counter iron tablets, the dose of which is significantly LESS than what people take on a day on prescription tablets and they are sending an ambulance.

happytobee · 01/03/2025 21:25

Cancel the ambulance and tell them your friend is going to drive you to hospital, they will need to take you and stay with the children whilst you sit in a&e for 12 hours but surely you don’t want to waste resources of an already struggling public system?

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Soitis83 · 01/03/2025 21:25

RobertaFirmino · 01/03/2025 21:23

You'll be fine. You can expect to have a massive black shit the size of King Kong's finger in around 48 hours though.

Thank you for making me laugh while I'm fighting off a panic attack

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StillweriseLH · 01/03/2025 21:24

Soitis83 · 01/03/2025 21:22

I stupidly got onto google that told me an iron overdose can be fatal. Anything over 60mg was dangerous is what I read..

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You didn’t read it properly though did you? It’s 60mg/kg for fatal toxicity.

LovelyLeitrim · 01/03/2025 21:24

Barrenfieldoffucks · 01/03/2025 21:16

And? What's going to happen to them if you miraculously need to go to hospital?

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Quite!

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Soitis83 · 01/03/2025 21:24

happytobee · 01/03/2025 21:22

I’d ring 999 and tell them to cancel the ambulance, who is going to look after the children if you go to the hospital anyway?

I have someone who can drive over and sit here if needed. I literally just called 111 for advice I didn't expect the ambulance at all. It as soon as she said an ambulance will be on its way I went into panic mode thinking it was serious

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Hercisback1 · 01/03/2025 21:24

Google says 60mg/kg

Which means 60mg per kilogram of bodyweight.

You're fine OP. Cancel that ambulance.

Hercisback1 · 01/03/2025 21:23

This is why you don't trust Google.

RobertaFirmino · 01/03/2025 21:23

You'll be fine. You can expect to have a massive black shit the size of King Kong's finger in around 48 hours though.

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Soitis83 · 01/03/2025 21:23

CoastalCalm · 01/03/2025 21:21

Did you tell them you were feeling unwell ?

No she asked me all the questions and my answer was no to all other than heart palpitations which I have told her I've had for over a week anyway so not related

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RedVelvetIcing · 01/03/2025 21:23

This is a massive overreaction. The call handler must have misunderstood.

happytobee · 01/03/2025 21:22

I’d ring 999 and tell them to cancel the ambulance, who is going to look after the children if you go to the hospital anyway?

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Soitis83 · 01/03/2025 21:22

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 01/03/2025 21:17

I certainly don't think you need an ambulance if that makes you feel any better....

Surely the body just pisses out any excess vitamins? It doesn't absorb everything in them and it doesn't sound like a massive dose anyway.

I stupidly got onto google that told me an iron overdose can be fatal. Anything over 60mg was dangerous is what I read..

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MiserableMrsMopp · 01/03/2025 21:22

I'm prescribed 400mg a day so I think you'll be fine on 80mg.

Reugny · 01/03/2025 21:21

Placebo effect.

It takes a few weeks for iron to make you feel better.

Those who are told to get prescriptions get prescribed 1-4 of iron compound tablets which contain 60-70mg of iron in each tablet. So that's nearly 4 times the amount you have taken.

(I remember at one point one of my SILs had to take 6 per day. )

CoastalCalm · 01/03/2025 21:21

Did you tell them you were feeling unwell ?