METHOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR IRON DELIVERY IN HEMODIALYSIS AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS

摘要

A method of administering iron to dialysis patients is accomplished by infusion of a noncolloidal ferric compound, soluble in hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis solutions, by the process of dialysis. A pharmaceutical composition is provided consisting essentially of dialysis solution including a soluble noncolloidal ferric compound, preferably ferric pyrophosphate.