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I want to thank everyone who responded to this thread! After a month of slowly increasing the iron supplements I can tolerate 2 full pills a day. I started eating an orange a day to increase my vitamin c to help my body absorb the iron and now I have no side effects at all.

Thank you all for your advice!
 
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that's awesome. I don't have any side effects anymore either, but I'm always worried about the Vitamin C issue - I take a Vit C supplement with the iron, but I am afraid of the scare of kidney stones - but there's no proof how exactly how much Vit C actually causes the stones.
 
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oh I forgot to ask - did you ever settle upon a certain brand? it doesn't have to be the one I said, as long as it works.

I am experiencing uncomfortable urination (sorry for TMI) on this Vitamin C, so I got to be real careful - I am going to reduce the dose, I'm sure.
 
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