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What amount iron is in a 200mg ferrous sulphate tablet?
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40 mg: Ferrous sulfate (US spelling) is about 20% iron. That means that there is about 40 mg of elemental iron in a 200mg tablet of ferrous sulfate
Answered 7/20/2014
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