When you add ALA?

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When you add ALA --

how do you get it at a really low dose? I saw on links or whatever that

Kirkman has 25 mg. But, even that is going to be hard to spllit into VERY low

doses.

I wa able to split DMSA capsules in half.

But I dont know how to do it much less than that. With the powder into all

those pieces. Also, is there some way you can dump the capsule in water and mix

it up and then split the water into amounts, or is that not okay? (I didn't know

if it mixed well or not, and tried to read the stuff on that link where it is

like giving doses to kids and am so confused by what's okay and not!

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I get DMSA via prescription because it's super cheap that way. It's

called Chemet and only comes in 100mg. doses, so I have to break it down

myself. Here's the best method I've found so far. You need a pretty

steady hand to accomplish the dividing.

I use my Cap-m-quik encapsulator. They are pretty cheap online. You

could easily get the same results by figuring out which size drill bit

corresponds to the size capsule you are using and drilling a few 1/4 " or

so deep holes into some plastic or wood. Anything that would hold the

caps upright will work well.

I set the open caps in the slots, four at a time, lined up in a row.

Then open a 100mg. cap and slowly turn it back and forth until the

pellets slowly empty out. Chemet comes in small pellet form, but powder

should work just as well. I can then look at the caps at eye level and

make adjustments if I've poured too much into one or two of the caps.

It takes a good hour or two to make up the caps, but well worth the

effort of getting them precisely divided up.

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[Guest guest]

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> > When you add ALA --

> >

> > how do you get it at a really low dose? I saw on links or whatever

> > that Kirkman has 25 mg. But, even that is going to be hard to spllit

> > into VERY low doses.

> >

> > I wa able to split DMSA capsules in half.

> >

> > But I dont know how to do it much less than that. With the powder

> > into all those pieces. Also, is there some way you can dump the

> > capsule in water and mix it up and then split the water into amounts,

> > or is that not okay? (I didn't know if it mixed well or not, and

tried

> > to read the stuff on that link where it is like giving doses to kids

> > and am so confused by what's okay and not!

>

[Guest guest]

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> When you add ALA --

>

> how do you get it at a really low dose?

I assume you are asking about low doses of ALA not DMSA.

Well my advice (which I hope is more useful what I gave you about

strapping on the invisible clock) is to look in Moria's files for her

" How to buy DMSA " section. Under compounding pharmacies is one called

Village Green/The Apothecary. They will make you ALA capsules in any

dose that you like. We've gotten as low as 5mg with no problem. I

think they might actually be a cheaper place to get even standard

doses of ALA (like 25 mg) than places like Kirkman. (Not absolutely

sure though.)

W.

[Guest guest]

>

> I get DMSA via prescription because it's super cheap that way.

TK--- Cheap because insurance pays for it ? otherwise it is usually

cheaper if you get it on your own.

It's

> called Chemet and only comes in 100mg. doses, so I have to break

it down

> myself. Here's the best method I've found so far. You need a

pretty

> steady hand to accomplish the dividing.

>

> I use my Cap-m-quik encapsulator. They are pretty cheap online.

You

> could easily get the same results by figuring out which size drill

bit

> corresponds to the size capsule you are using and drilling a few

1/4 " or

> so deep holes into some plastic or wood. Anything that would hold

the

> caps upright will work well.

>

> I set the open caps in the slots, four at a time, lined up in a

row.

> Then open a 100mg. cap and slowly turn it back and forth until the

> pellets slowly empty out. Chemet comes in small pellet form, but

powder

> should work just as well. I can then look at the caps at eye

level and

> make adjustments if I've poured too much into one or two of the

caps.

> It takes a good hour or two to make up the caps, but well worth

the

> effort of getting them precisely divided up.

>

>

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I had to put the DMSA in water at first.

It doesn't last very long in water, and i forget how long that

actually is. Maybe TK or somebody else remembers.

I only had to do the water method for a couple of rounds. In the

beginning, I put one 100mg into 24 ounces and took a little sip for

each dose. (even that was too much for the very first few doses, but

then my attacks quite quickly started diminishing) Perhaps you could

probably take half the pill and put it into some water and then do the

other half, so it doesn't expire.

The other thing that seems to work well for me, is that I measure some

DMSA into the SHORTER end of the capsule. I can easily make it just

about 1/2 full and then that's my dose. How much precisely it is, I

don't know, but I am getting a pretty equal dose each time.

I remember Andy once mentioning that it is much more important to get

your timing correct on taking the chelators, than it is having the

actual doses being real precise, so I thinkthat measuring into the end

of a cap work quite well.

~Inga

> When you add ALA --

>

> how do you get it at a really low dose? I saw on links or whatever

> that Kirkman has 25 mg. But, even that is going to be hard to spllit

> into VERY low doses.

>

> I wa able to split DMSA capsules in half.

>

> But I dont know how to do it much less than that. With the powder

> into all those pieces. Also, is there some way you can dump the

> capsule in water and mix it up and then split the water into amounts,

> or is that not okay? (I didn't know if it mixed well or not, and tried

> to read the stuff on that link where it is like giving doses to kids

> and am so confused by what's okay and not!