Guest guest Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Hi all- I am looking for any experience or resources in backing up urinary testing for metals (I will call Doctor's Data tomorrow as well). I have a 64 yo female with osteoporosis that is not responding to ANYTHING, naturopathic or allopathic. I was concerned about the possibilty of leaf so I did a hair analysis and it was questionable so we did a urinary test with a chelation challenge. Her per-test was low on everything but her post-test lead was way in the red zone and at about a 17 (her pre-test was around 2). So we talked about various methods of chelation and discussed pros and cons and I let her decide. Her husband is an MD (you can guess where this is going) and has now written a 3 page letter of his thoughts. Whil he agrees that lead can be a possible risk factor for the development of osteoporosis, he says the allopathic literature has no standards for urinary testing and we should only use blood as standards, that the increase in pre to post challenge is not an adequate reason for doing any type of chelation, and literature doesn't show that lead removal will change bone metabolism, there is no safety data on chelation based on urinary values or chelation of lead for osteoporosis, among other negative comments based solely on allopathic literature. He wants to treat her osteoporosis using " standard protocols with proven efficacy and safety " , despite the fact she's on her second osteoporosis med with no change- so much for efficacy. I want to be able to respond to some of his comments and am looking for good references. I have no intention of getting into a battle about this with him because I honestly doubt that he willl change his mind about much. My goal is to correct him if he really is wrong so she has correct info to make a decision. At the end of the day, she is the one who has to decide and I have talked with her about this MANY times. Unfortunately, he can be rather pushy with his point of view at times and be very black and white- sometimes bordering on " if it's not in the allopathic literature then it has no place in medicine " . This kind of response can really get my ire up, especially since I am really thorough in my research, so I want to respond professionally and with information. Thanks! Hindman, ND, LAc Portland, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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