orally administrable non-food dosing system; orally administrable composition; method for supplementing iron nutrition in a human individual in need thereof; method for mitigating one or more gastrointestinal adverse effects of unabsorbed iron

摘要

Orally administrable non-food dosing system; orally administrable composition; method for supplementing iron nutrition in a human individual in need thereof; Method for Mitigating One or More Gastrointestinal Adverse Effects of Unabsorbed Iron. ”Summary The present invention relates to an orally administrable dosage system comprising (a) iron in a form of one or more physiologically acceptable types of iron compounds and / or complexes ; and (b) an agent for mitigating one or more gastrointestinal adverse effects of unabsorbed iron, said agent comprising one or both of a zinc component and a chelating component, said zinc component comprising one or more compounds and / or physiologically acceptable zinc complexes, and said chelating component, if present comprising an ion chelating compound formulated for distal release to the major iron absorption site in the duodenum. 1/1