My daughter just had her second infusion of Venofer yesterday. The first infusion was 200mg dripped for one hour. She felt very tired and with flu like symptoms and went home and slept. She vomited six hours after the treatment and still felt bad the next day. The second infusion was 250mg over one hour, 2:30 - 3:30PM, and then we drove home 2.5 hours away. She slept all the way home and complained of leg pain and feeling awful as she exited the car at 7:00PM. She sat on the sofa looking like a limp noodle but shivering under three blankets as her temp rose 99.7, 100, 100.5, 102! I called the on-call doc and he suggested ER as she was now vomiting while I was on the phone with him.
I chose to take her to urgent care to monitor her temp, heart racing, and blood pressure. She took Zofran and 500mg of tylenol and they felt that while she was having an adverse reaction it was not an allergic reaction and that she could go home and sleep. She has slept through the night but I know the day will be spent in bed with her feeling awful for the rest of the day.
I do not know if we will have a third infusion or if we plan ahead of the infusion and take Zofran and tylenol prior to the infusion to see if that helps. I also wonder why they schedule one per week for four weeks rather than waiting two weeks for the test to show production.
Her hemoglobin was 9.6, 9.5, and then 9.3 for the last three months I do not know if that is low enough to have so many iron infusions. I obviously do not understand the blood creation and the total iron picture.
I hope your infusion goes well but be aware of the listed side effects.