8hr vs 4hr and combinations

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There have been times when I would call my daughter a night-owl but, these days,

I'd say she just needs less sleep than the average kid her age. We dose every 4

around the clock and, I've got to say, we prop her up, pop it in her mouth, she

swallows, then hits the pillow: out. We are not worried about this becoming a

learned sleep pattern though I had similar concerns before we started.

Marisol

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> Message: 25

> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:14:50 EST

> From: Carrob1@...

> Subject: 8 hr vs 4 hr dosing, and combinations thereof

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> Hello, All...

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> I have been following the 4 vs 8 hr dosing issue quite closely, and I seem to

> be getting a 'mixed bag' of responses.

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> I guess what it comes down to is practicality of administration vs chelation

> efficiency. Dr. Cutler makes sense in his remarks that 4 hour dosing results

> in a higher continuous Chemet blood level, but (at the same time) running

> precisely at 4 hour intervals (round the clock for a year or more) could

> (quite possibly??) result in the 'learned behavior' of a 4 hour sleep

> pattern. My son is a 'night owl' (we HAVE to use melatonin) and his sleep

> patterns are erratic at best.

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> My question is for those families dosing religiously every four hours:

> Has/have your child(ren) developed erratic sleep behaviors as result of 4

> hour dosing?

> Have any of you tried 'split dosing' (4 hours apart except bedtime when you

> dose for 8)? If so, any adverse effects?

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> We're going to start chelating in 2 weeks, and (as the saying goes):

> " Let the baby sleep " . If 8hr dosing at bedtime is a possibility, we'd like to

> try it...but not at the expense of doing this right.

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> Any feedback would be much appreciated.

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> Regards,

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> Rob

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