Doesn't hurt to try does it? A bit of extra iron is harmless.
My question is, basically, is having a non-anemic iron deficiency something that can be easily remedied by having low-dose over the counter vitamins, or is it something that requires a higher dose (to make up the difference in what you're missing) and so requires a doctor. And yet it sounds like this is difficult to diagnose.
The medical sites say a safe value is no more than 45 mg per day.
There are also low iron pills (or "gentle iron") that are 28 mg.
So not only are many over the counter pills potentially over the safe levels, but it still doesn't even really answer the question, which is whether the low-dose pills that are under the RDA effective in countering an iron deficiency.
Anyway. I think I'll ask my doctor at a once-every-several-years checkup.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557376/#:~:text=The%20....