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Iron Tablets & Medication

CurrantCottage

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Hi 

 

I'm nearly a week into consuming gluten again and am wondering should I stop my iron tablets???  Will they interfere with the blood test results and any other tests?  Also, I do take antihistamine (daily - for sinuses and itching) and also domperidone  omeprazole for when my stomach gets really bad.  Will these hinder any test ?  should I just come off everything so that the doctors can see me at my worst?

 

I've made an appointment to see my GP and am going to ask to be referred to a private gastrologist (if that is the right word) as I've realised my husband has Bupa as a perk of his job and we've never used it - I do find it so hard to be taken seriously by my doctor, she's very willing to hand out various drugs but that is about it !  Hopefully, even if the results are negative, I can get peace of mind once and for all !

 

Ali

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I think this is something worth discussing with your doctor. I can not imagine that an antihistamine or iron tablet would alter the outcome of a celiac blood panel, but I am not a doctor. Not sure about the other drugs you are taking and their impact.

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I think this is something worth discussing with your doctor. I can not imagine that an antihistamine or iron tablet would alter the outcome of a celiac blood panel, but I am not a doctor. Not sure about the other drugs you are taking and their impact.

 

Thank you so much for your advice and for replying - much appreciated !!!  Ali

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Hi CurrantCottage

 

Love your user name!

 

Just to say that I was taking iron tablets prescribed by my GP when I was referred to my BUPA gastroenterologist as I was recovering from iron anemia - and he (the gastroenterologist) told me post diagnosis to keep taking them, too.   I was taking something called ferrous gluconate.  

 

Do check with your GP regarding the other stuff as sometimes medication can affect blood tests.  If you have already seen your GP by now, and still haven't got an answer, you could put a call through to the consultant's office and the secretary could check with the consultant for you.  I think the main thing is that you make your consultant aware of what medication you are taking so he/she can factor this in.

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