Editing Iron overload (section)

=== Medication ===

Medications are used for those unable to tolerate routine blood draws, there are [[chelating]] agents available for use.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1021/cr00097a011| volume = 89| issue = 7| pages = 1563–79| last = Miller| first = Marvin J.| title = Syntheses and therapeutic potential of hydroxamic acid based siderophores and analogs| journal = Chemical Reviews| date = 1989-11-01}}</ref> The drug [[deferoxamine]] binds with iron in the bloodstream and enhances its elimination in urine and faeces. Typical treatment for chronic iron overload requires subcutaneous injection over a period of 8–12 hours daily.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} Two newer [[Chelation therapy|iron-chelating drugs]] that are licensed for use in patients receiving regular blood transfusions to treat [[thalassaemia]] (and, thus, who develop iron overload as a result) are [[deferasirox]] and [[deferiprone]].<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Choudhry VP, Naithani R |title=Current status of iron overload and chelation with deferasirox |journal=Indian J Pediatr |volume=74 |issue=8 |pages=759–64 |year=2007 |pmid=17785900 |doi=10.1007/s12098-007-0134-7|s2cid=19930076 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hoffbrand|first1=A. V.|title=Role of deferiprone in chelation therapy for transfusional iron overload|journal=Blood|date=20 March 2003|volume=102|issue=1|pages=17–24|doi=10.1182/blood-2002-06-1867|pmid=12637334|doi-access=free}}</ref>