Paper I
2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

All of the following are adverse effects of oral iron therapy EXCEPT:

  • a) Nausea and vomiting
  • b) Constipation
  • c) Diarrhoea
  • d) Acute kidney injury
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Answer

Correct answer: d) Acute kidney injury

Oral iron therapy characteristically causes GI adverse effects — nausea, vomiting, epigastric discomfort, and altered bowel habit (constipation or diarrhoea) — from local mucosal irritation. Acute kidney injury is not a recognized adverse effect of therapeutic oral iron dosing (it is a feature of acute iron overdose/poisoning at much higher, toxic doses, not routine oral therapy).

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