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Does Excessive Iron Cause Frequent Bowel Movements?

My 89 year old mother in law came for a visit and meds changed. She has pernicious anemia and takes B 12, now she also is taking 965mg of iron. I have noticed that she needs to go to the bathroom about 20 minutes after eating. Is this too much iron?
posted on Mon, 29 Dec 2014
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