Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 > I am going to start cheleting my 13 yr. old son. Trying to figure out > which is the best way to go. EDTA? DMSA? ALA? etc..... > How do you know which is the best way to go and which brands do you > use? Does it matter who you order from. Are all of the products the > same? A little help please. > Thanks, > Pam Hello Pam, well, which chelation agent(s) can be affected by a few things. EDTA is not a good chelator for mercury, so mostly it is out of the ballpark here. (It is a backup choice, after DMSA, for lead.) The general starting point is that DMSA chelates lead and mercury (and *maybe* other stuff)-- the mercury is not brain mercury. ALA chelates mercury (body AND brain) and arsenic. While this can sound really confusing, in MOST cases it comes out to either ALA only or DMSA + ALA. If by chance your child is high (red) hair copper and NOT mercury toxic, then none of that will help you, but zine will make a world of difference. I would suggest you read the following, which has a short little bit about ALA vs. DMSA: http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/Andy_dose_sched.html About where to buy things, read this: http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_buy_DMSA.html I'm sure it won't answer ALL possible questions, but it will give you some info and hopefully lead you in the right direction(s). With ALA as far as I know all brands are okay, but do read label carefully for other active ingredients as well as fillers. good wishes, Moria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 > I am going to start cheleting my 13 yr. old son. Trying to figure out > which is the best way to go. EDTA? DMSA? ALA? etc..... Depends on which metals you need to remove, which chelators your child tolerates, the protocol you want to use, etc etc etc. > How do you know which is the best way to go and which brands do you > use? Does it matter who you order from. Are all of the products the > same? Watch for additives in the products you use. For general chelation information, here is my page http://www.danasview.net/chelate.htm Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 I think dmsa is known to be more effective than EDTA... ALA crosses the blood brain barrier and is readily available at a health food store... dmsa needs to be bought online and if you want to use the prescription brand, chemet, then you do need a doctor's rx for it. The decision on what to use can depend on what kinds of metals you are dealing with-- kids with high lead definitely need to use dmsa for a while. If you don't have acceess to dmsa and aren't worried about lead then you could choose to go the ALA-only route. As far as does it matter who you order from-- people have certain brands that they prefer to use. We had used thorne brand of dmsa, available only through a health care provider or through the internet. As far as ALA, some taste bitter. I think Kirkman Labs has a flavored ALA. W --- In , " fleenorap " <fleenorap@y...> wrote: > I am going to start cheleting my 13 yr. old son. Trying to figure out > which is the best way to go. EDTA? DMSA? ALA? etc..... > How do you know which is the best way to go and which brands do you > use? Does it matter who you order from. Are all of the products the > same? A little help please. > Thanks, > Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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