re: Question for Andy (when to add ALA)

[Guest guest]

Trish,I spoke with my son's DAN doc yesterday, and

that is how he explained the reason for waiting

to use ALA.

--- losmontez@... wrote:

> I am not a DAN Dr. but; I believe that the reason

> they want you to wait on

> the ALA is because the DMSA stirs everything up in

> order to bind with it and

> rid itself from the body. ALA passes over the blood

> brain barrier,

> theoretically you would want to rid the body of as

> many metals as possible

> before things can cross back and forth across this

> barrier. It is a

> misconception that things will only be pulled out of

> the area, some things

> will also pass into the area thus possibly causing

> more damage. Patience is a

> virtue.

> Trisha Montez

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Kris,

I gather from Andy's lack of messages recently that he is busy

with something. (Which could change any time....I am not trying

to start a panic here, just observing that Andy has not written

anything on the list in a few days.)

The reason I mention that is that I'm answering this mostly

because I don't know if Andy is around. I don't especially

" know the answer " , but will hum a few bars anyway.

On to your question. I think this is one of those " vague "

areas where there is not a clear " right " answer---- Consider that

some people START WITH ALA, some start with BOTH, some start with

just DMSA. Since Andy thinks it is OKAY to start with just ALA,

I hardly think he will think it is horrible to ADD ALA at one point

versus at another. It seems like not such a big deal one way or

the other, you can do it either way.

The only risk I have heard of is that ALA may give you more

side effects. I think you'll know if that happens, so I would

say it is your call which way you want to go. If you get lots

of side effects, you can stop the ALA or lessen the amount.

Or, you could wait till the DMSA stops getting any merc out.

best,

Moria

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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:06:39 -0700

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Subject: [ ] Question For Andy

On March 8th, when you were asked how do you know when you're ready to add

in ALA, and you said " When DMSA is no longer leading to substantial

improvements, or after 3 months have passed, whichever is first. "

I wanted to make sure that I was reading your answer correctly. Ben

doesn't have high copper, but his mercury is still in the high range after

5 months of chelating with DMSA alone. We are no longer seeing substantial

results, but our DAN doctor said that we need to wait until the mercury is

as close to zero on the test as we can possibly get. Which way is correct?

Thanks.

Kris

aka@...

[Guest guest]

Trisha understands this very well. I think she gives the DAN!

doctors more credit than is due, however.

Andy

> I am not a DAN Dr. but; I believe that the reason they want you to

wait on

> the ALA is because the DMSA stirs everything up in order to bind

with it and

> rid itself from the body. ALA passes over the blood brain barrier,

> theoretically you would want to rid the body of as many metals as

possible

> before things can cross back and forth across this barrier. It is a

> misconception that things will only be pulled out of the area, some

things

> will also pass into the area thus possibly causing more damage.

Patience is a

> virtue.

> Trisha Montez