Re: mixing DMSA with water in an oral syringe

[Guest guest]

> On Friday I am starting the DMSA with my boys.

>

> However, they don't swallow pills/capsules so I give all their

> supplements with an oral syringe.

>

> I was reading in the files section about mixing the DMSA with a

> liquid ahead of time and storing it in the fridge. This will make

> the night time doses much easier, but if I mix it with water and

put

> it in the fridge will it stay stable?

no, it will start to break down.

> I read that it's best to mix

> it with an acidic beverage, but my 4 yr. old is allergic to

oranges

> so I try to stay away from citrus things.

hummm---- lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit-- all citrus---

pineapple juice is also an option.

You can also use just vitamin C powder, but I'm sorry

I don't recall the amount to use to get it acid enough.

Moria

[Guest guest]

We had DMSA compounded into liquid form by a compounding pharmacist

for the same reason, our son does not take capsules. I was told that

in liquid, DMSA has a shelf life of 3 days and it shouldn't matter

whether you keep it cold or not.

> On Friday I am starting the DMSA with my boys.

>

> However, they don't swallow pills/capsules so I give all their

> supplements with an oral syringe.

>

> I was reading in the files section about mixing the DMSA with a

> liquid ahead of time and storing it in the fridge. This will make

> the night time doses much easier, but if I mix it with water and

put

> it in the fridge will it stay stable? I read that it's best to

mix

> it with an acidic beverage, but my 4 yr. old is allergic to

oranges

> so I try to stay away from citrus things.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

> We had DMSA compounded into liquid form by a compounding

pharmacist

> for the same reason, our son does not take capsules. I was told

that

> in liquid, DMSA has a shelf life of 3 days and it shouldn't matter

> whether you keep it cold or not.

you should seriously question the pharmacy that told you this.

What is the pH of the solution? This does matter.

Do they have any testing to show it is good after 3 days?

I ask this seriously, and I would very much like to know

the answer. If you get any real information on the degree

of stability, I would like to update the DMSA file with this

information. It may be that they do not know or are wrong,

and then again it may be that they have tested and know

the level of deterioration is minimal.

Moria

[Guest guest]

Moria,

There were quite a few calls made to different sources. I could go

back and track down what we found. He was mixing DMSA with some

natural sweetener (didn't make it very sweet-smelling but didn't

cause yeast problems either). We tested urine toxic elements

periodically during the treatment and those tests told us that the

stuff worked.

> > We had DMSA compounded into liquid form by a compounding

> pharmacist

> > for the same reason, our son does not take capsules. I was told

> that

> > in liquid, DMSA has a shelf life of 3 days and it shouldn't

matter

> > whether you keep it cold or not.

>

> you should seriously question the pharmacy that told you this.

> What is the pH of the solution? This does matter.

> Do they have any testing to show it is good after 3 days?

> I ask this seriously, and I would very much like to know

> the answer. If you get any real information on the degree

> of stability, I would like to update the DMSA file with this

> information. It may be that they do not know or are wrong,

> and then again it may be that they have tested and know

> the level of deterioration is minimal.

>

> Moria

[Guest guest]

You could divide it and put it back into capsules. It would be easy then to tip

just one dose into whatever liquid you want at the time without ever having to

store it in the liquid.

Dagmar.

[ ] mixing DMSA with water in an oral syringe

On Friday I am starting the DMSA with my boys.

However, they don't swallow pills/capsules so I give all their

supplements with an oral syringe.

I was reading in the files section about mixing the DMSA with a

liquid ahead of time and storing it in the fridge. This will make

the night time doses much easier, but if I mix it with water and put

it in the fridge will it stay stable? I read that it's best to mix

it with an acidic beverage, but my 4 yr. old is allergic to oranges

so I try to stay away from citrus things.

Thanks,

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