Re: dmsa difference between vitamin research, kirkman and chemet from pharmacy?

[Guest guest]

My understanding is that Chemet IS DMSA. If anything, compounded

DMSA or the DMSA from VRP or Kirkman's is preferable because it is

packaged in a " veggie cap " and therefore free of the dyes and binders

used in the prescription Chemet. I suggest the brand you have chosen

to use may even be easier on the liver without these additives.

Rhonda

> Hello, I am wondering , Chemet is what i had a script from my ped

for in the

> beginning of chelation. This cost me a fortune b/c he prescribed

18 100 mg

> caps my copay was 35.00. I used some dmsa from vitamin research

the next

> round and my son did great(with ala). BEcause my doc is so

squimish about

> all this he is making my son do a cbc with differential etc liver

profiles

> every two rounds. Is there really a difference between the way

chemet is

> broken down versus the dmsa from vrp or kirkman? Because vrp let me

purchase

> it is it less of a product? I am absolutely doing this along with

my doc.

> Just curious. If anyone out there can enlighten me, please do.

[Guest guest]

I think the DMSA is the same. The fillers or binders used

might be different. No one has reported any problems or issuees

with the VRP stuff. It is cheaper unless your insurance pays,

in which case you are probably better off with the Rx one.

At 08:00 PM 8/24/2001 EDT, you wrote:

>Hello, I am wondering , Chemet is what i had a script from my ped for in the

>beginning of chelation. This cost me a fortune b/c he prescribed 18 100 mg

>caps my copay was 35.00. I used some dmsa from vitamin research the next

>round and my son did great(with ala). BEcause my doc is so squimish about

>all this he is making my son do a cbc with differential etc liver profiles

>every two rounds. Is there really a difference between the way chemet is

>broken down versus the dmsa from vrp or kirkman? Because vrp let me purchase

>it is it less of a product? I am absolutely doing this along with my doc.

>Just curious. If anyone out there can enlighten me, please do.