Journal of Heavy Metal Toxicity and Diseases Open Access

Iron chelation therapy

Iron chelation is a drug therapy for iron overload. This therapy uses drugs called iron chelators to remove extra iron from your body. There are two iron chelators that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States. They are 1) Deferoxamine (Desferal) 2) Deferasirox (Exjade)