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[trtlifter291]

Fwiw instead of iron dextran you can try this..it stains less..in pigs lol. You can use an iv hose to pin the DG if you can't reach it.

Post in thread 'Chronic Low ferritin. Need advice from those who have fixed low ferritin.'

Oct 31, 2025

The posts on low iron are all over the forums in different threads lol.

I did my piggy iron shot today.
Used gleptoferron which has significantly lesser chance of staining.


Mixed in an old insulin vial
3ml L-carnitine 700mg/ml
3ml glutathione 700mg/ml
3ml piggy iron 200mg/ml


Injected 3ml IM DG 25g 1.5in.
Used an IV hose.
Flushed with 1ml of carnitine + airlock method.
Total was 3+1=4ml.




Will do 2 more shots in the following weeks then pull labs.

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Thanks for this! Have you injected the glepto pig iron by itself ever? If so, how was the soreness? I'll have to read up on how it stains less, I thought "iron is iron" as far as that goes.

 

[Photon]

Thanks for this! Have you injected the glepto pig iron by itself ever? If so, how was the soreness? I'll have to read up on how it stains less, I thought "iron is iron" as far as that goes.

By itself?
No, that's a waste of syringe space..

There's newer generations of iron that stain less, but those are primarily used for IV. It doesn't mean you can't IM it tho.

Nobody wants to buy poultry that looks bloodied all over...hence the invention of iron that..stains less..

 

[trtlifter291]

By itself?
No, that's a waste of syringe space..

There's newer generations of iron that stain less, but those are primarily used for IV. It doesn't mean you can't IM it tho.

Nobody wants to buy poultry that looks bloodied all over...hence the invention of iron that..stains less..

It makes sense that they'd want to reduce staining. Could you point me to the sources stating this? I'm curious as to the mechanism of action that reduces the staining. My google-fu skills failed me.

Any notable soreness when you inject the cocktail of iron plus gluta and l-carnitine?