TY - JOUR T1 - Oral iron therapy reduced unexplained fatigue in non-anaemic women with serum ferritin concentrations ⩽50 μg/l JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 47 LP - 47 DO - 10.1136/ebm.9.2.47 VL - 9 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2004/03/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/9/2/47.abstract N2 - Verdon F, Burnand B, Fallab Stubi CL, et al. Iron supplementation for unexplained fatigue in non-anaemic women: double blind randomised placebo controlled trial. BMJ 2003;326:1124–7.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text 
 
 Q Is iron therapy effective for non-anaemic women with unexplained fatigue? Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ IM/Ambulatory care ★★★★★★☆ Design: randomised, placebo controlled trial. Allocation: concealed.* Blinding: blinded {patients, clinicians, data collectors, and outcome assessors}†.* Follow up period: 1 month. Setting: an academic primary care centre and 8 private general practices in western Switzerland. Patients: 144 women 18–55 years of age (mean age 35 y, based on n = 136) whose primary reason for consulting was fatigue. Exclusion criteria: anaemia (haemoglobin concentration <117 g/l), other obvious physical or psychiatric causes of fatigue, or chronic fatigue syndrome. Interventions: oral, long acting … ER -