Features
- Combines sodium phosphate and iron phosphate in a single tablet.
- When prescribed by a healthcare professional S.P.I.P. is generally well tolerated at the recommended dose and may be prescribed for infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, and the elderly.
- The easy-to-swallow tablet can be halved or crushed to facilitate low-dose prescribing for infants and children.
Background Information
- Haematology: Due to its role as a component of haemoglobin, iron plays a vital role in the structure and function of healthy blood.
- In the body, iron is found most commonly associated with phosphate, the main anion for energy storage and release.
- Phosphate acts as a regulator of iron phosphate absorption, and forms part of ferritin, the iron storage complex. It is also incorporated into 2,3 diphosphoglycerate (2,3 DPG, a compound in red blood cells that regulates oxygen release by haemoglobin), and consequently plays an integral role in energy production.
- Acid-base balance: One of the body’s important mechanisms for maintaining intracellular acid-base balance is the phosphate buffer system, in which sodium monohydrogen phosphate and sodium dihydrogen phosphate act as efficient buffers in acid and alkaline conditions respectively.
Ingredients
Sodium phosphate - dibasic anhydrous 260 mg
(elemental sodium 84.2mg)
Iron phosphate 15 mg
(elemental iron 5mg)
(contains 175mg of lactose per tablet)
Directions
Adults – Take 1 tablet 3 times a day with meals, or as professionally prescribed.
Children under 12 years – As professionally prescribed.
Key for Celloid Minerals
C.F. - Calcium Fluoride
C.S. - Calcium Sulfate
M.P. - Magnesium Phosphate
P.P. - Potassium Phosphate
S.D. - Silicon Dioxide
S.S. - Sodium Sulfate
C.P. - Calcium Phosphate
I.P. - Iron Phosphate
P.C. - Potassium Chloride
P.S. - Potassium Sulfate
S.P. - Sodium Phosphate
