Instructions for Maltofer (Iron (III) hydroxide polymaltose) chewable tablets
English product name
Maltofer®
Release Form
tab. chewing 100 mg: 30 pcs
Description Maltofer
Tablets chewing brown color with indentations of white color, round, flat cylindrical, with risk.
1 tab.
iron(III) hydroxide polymaltozate 357 mg,
which is iron content 100 mg
Auxiliary substances: dextrates - 232 mg, macrogol 6000 - 37 mg, talc peeled - 21 mg, sodium cyclamate - 9 mg, vanillin - 2.9 mg, cocoa powder - 29 mg, chocolate flavor - 0.6 mg, microcrystalline cellulose - up to 730 mg.
10 pcs. - blisters (3) - packs of cardboard.
ATC codes
B03AB05 Ferric oxide polymaltose complexes
Clinical-pharmacological groups / Group affiliation
Antianemic drug
Active substance
iron (in the form of an iron hydroxide complex (III) with polymaltose)
Pharmaco-therapeutic group Maltofer
Iron preparation
Storage Conditions
The drug should be stored in the original packaging in a place not accessible to children at a temperature not higher than 25 ° C.
Best before date
The shelf life is five years. Do not apply after the expiry date indicated on the package.
Pharmacological effect Maltofer
In iron (III), the polymaltozate hydroxide, the multi-core iron hydroxide (III), is externally surrounded by a plurality of covalently bound polymaltozate molecules, providing a total average molecular mass of approximately 50 kDa.
Testimony Maltofer
Treatment of iron deficiency without anaemia (latent iron deficiency) and clinically expressed iron deficiency anaemia.
Method of use, course and dosage Maltofer
The drug is taken during or immediately after a meal. 100 mg of chewing tablets can be chewed or swallowed whole. The daily dose can be divided into several receptions or taken simultaneously.
The dose and duration of treatment depends on the degree of iron deficiency.
Treatment of iron deficiency anaemia in older children and adults
One hundred to three hundred milligrams of iron (one to three tablets) per day are prescribed for three to five months prior to hemoglobin normalization. Treatment should then be continued for several weeks at the dose described for iron deficiency anemia in order to replenish the iron
- Nosology (ICD codes)
- D50
- Iron deficiency anaemia
- E61.1
- Iron deficiency
