IRON PREPARATIONS IRON IS PRESENT IN THE HUMAN BODY CHIEFLY AS A COMPONENT OF HAEMOGLOBIN IN BLOOD (2/3 ) AND THE REST ( 1/3) IN BONE MARROW, SPLEEN IRON STORES ) AND MUSCLE. AS IS WELL KNOWN, IRON DEFICIENCY ESSENTIALLY RESULTS IN A FALL IN BLOOD HAEMOGLOBIN CONTENT WHICH CAUSES A VARIETY OF SYMPTOMS LIKE POOR GENERAL WELL BEING, EARLY EDUCABILITY, VERTIGO PALPITATION, NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOMS CLOUDINESS OF INTELLECTUAL PROCESS, BREATHLESSNESS, VAGUE MUSCLE & BODY ACHES DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY, RAPIDITY, DURATION OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA, ALSO CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL STATES LIKE PREGNANCY, LACTATION OR IN\FANCY NEED MORE IRON TO MAINTAIN HAEMOGLOBIN DUE TO MORE PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMAND. DAILY IRON REQUIREMENT FOR ADULT 1 -1.5 MG/DAY ( HIGHER DEMAND IN FEMALES ). IRON ABSORPTION FROM G,I,T, 10% OF DIETARY INTAKE, THIS FIGURE CAN GO UPTO 30% IN CASE OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA.. IN PREGNANCY / LACTATION, IRON REQUIREMENT 2.2.5/DAY. IN INFANCY 1-1.5 MG / KG BODY WT / D