.Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.V.V08CA07 .Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.V.V08CA07| name: | FerricAmmoniumCitrate |
| ATC code: | V08CA07 | route: | oral |
| n-compartments | 1 |
Ferric ammonium citrate is an iron(III) salt of citric acid used as a source of iron in food supplements and occasionally as a contrast agent in medical imaging. Historically, it has been used to treat iron-deficiency anemia but is now rarely used for this indication due to the availability of better-tolerated iron preparations. Ferric ammonium citrate is not a first-line iron supplement in contemporary clinical practice.
No published human pharmacokinetic (PK) studies specific to ferric ammonium citrate as a drug for systemic absorption were identified. Parameters are estimated based on typical oral iron salt PK characteristics reported in the literature.