Spatone and diarrhoea?

[NCPuffin]

I've started taking Spatone twice daily because my 28 week blood tests showed I was borderline anaemic. I'm having really loose bowel movements and my tummy is making lots of gurgling noises I don't normally get. Is this a common side effect of taking Spatone? When I was on Pregnacare preconception I had the opposite problem with the iron causing really bad constipation... Can't seem to win this!

Some iron formulas cause you to have the runs while others cause constipation and what causes what depends on the individual.

I personally have found both ferrous sulphate and ferrous fumerate give me the runs, there as other people I know are constipated on them. This means I have to cut the number of iron tablets down I take daily. I should point out I have had anaemia on and off for years due to heavy periods.

The formula that doesn't give me the runs is ferrous gluconate or bisglycinate e.g. solgar gentle iron. It also doesn't give me constipation either.