Slow Fe Slow Release Iron Tablets 90-Count Box

by Slow Fe

Product Features

• One box containing 90 slow release iron tablets
• Unique controlled delivery system delivers high-potency iron in just one tablet per day
• Contains ferrous sulfate, the ingredient most recommended by doctors
• Clinically shown to reduce the side effects (constipation and abdominal discomfort) common to iron use
• Made in Great Britain

Product Description

Slow Fe Slow Release Iron is a high-potency, once-a-day iron supplement that is gentle to your system. Slow Fe contains ferrous sulfate, the ingredient most recommended by doctors. Easy-to-use dosage provides the high dose of iron your body needs in one slow-releasing tablet. Tablets non-USP (disintegration, content uniformity).

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000052YTI
• UPC: 300830125752 300674347907
• Item model number: NOVARTIS393025
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,174 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous product, HORRID packaging, July 12, 2007

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Jayni Mosher "Tough Critic" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slow Fe Slow Release Iron Tablets 90-Count Box (Health and Beauty)

This is the only iron product that many people--including me--can tolerate. It is substantially more expensive than many other iron preparations, but I don't mind paying extra to avoid the awful side effects associated with those. (AMAZON'S PRICE, however, was better than my local Wal-Mart or CVS.)

I DO MIND VERY MUCH that the manufacturer ignores customer reviews that talk about the terribly inconvenient packaging. Why should loyal customers who are willing to pay more for the product be subjected to trying to wrest these tablets from the packaging? Perhaps people with small children or mentally incompetent people in their households prefer such packaging, but why can't a plastic bottle be made available to the rest of us?

Thanks, Amazon, for friendly pricing. Boo-Hiss, Novartis, for your ongoing disregard of your customers' preferences.

Jayni Mosher.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy way to take tablets out from the packaging, April 8, 2010

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scorp3175 (Livermore CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Slow Fe Slow Release Iron Tablets 90-Count Box (Health and Beauty)

Its too early to comment on the effectiveness of this pill, but I share the pain which everybody is feeling about the packaging of these tablets. While trying different ways to make it easier, I found a way which will ease your pain and make it very easy to remove tablets from its strip.

Take warm water in a bowl and dip the whole strip in the water for few minutes. Since packaging is water proof, tablets are safe. After few minutes, remove the strip from the water and start peeling the paper backing. The paper should be easily peeled off now in one piece and you'll end up with only silver foil backing which should bring smile on your face and no more fighting with the packaging :)

Once the paper backing is removed, wipe the strip dry and store it back in the box.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good product., August 28, 2005

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Nunya (texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Slow Fe Slow Release Iron Tablets 90-Count Box (Health and Beauty)

I had a hemoglobin level of 8. A rather dangerous low level of iron. I ordered the tablets. I had been taking a different brand. But, after, starting on these, I felt much better. I have not had my levels drawn again. But, they have made a difference in how I feel.