Guest guest Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 I have a 30 month old who won't give up the bottle. My question is regarding the way to give the DMSA powder to him. He only eats every 4 hours, alternating every 2 hours with a bottle and a jar of food. Every 3 hours won't work with his feeds so I was wondering if every 4 would be okay. Also, if it happened to fall on a bottle feed, would it be okay to put the DMSA in a smaller amount of heated milk to have him drink in the bottle? Will it destroy the DMSA? I want to give him about 10mg of DMSA each feed every 4 hours, for 5 feeds. ***HE WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING AT NIGHT*** I know he will not wake up and I know if I give it to him while sleeping, he will wake up and vomit. He is ASD and is VERY picky on when, how and what he eats. Is it okay to give small amounts throughout the day and wait 8-10 hours during the night until he can eat the next morning? I am not sure on what to do and need help on coming up with a schedule that would be the best. He starts eating at 9:30-10 am and his last feed is at 10:30-11 pm. I am pretty sure I can get it to him during the day but know there is no way to do it during the night. His schedule is pretty set as if it deviates he refuses to eat. Not to mention, he has to eat to the television. By the way, he hates apple sauce and doesn't take many solids either. I am sure that whatever we have to do will not be exactly the best protocol. However, knowing that I need to see what the next best option is for me to give the DMSA to him. I do want to be productive and help him out and looking for the best way to do that to the extent that my son will allow me. Not trying ot start any problems, really just trying to understand better for myself and get a clearer picture, so can someone also give me a link that I can read about redistribution of Mercury so I can understand it better? Trying to understand why using large dose at one time (50mg) wouldn't pull out more Mercury than using 10mg over many hours. How do we know that with one-two times a day doses (say 25mg each time) wouldn't help to pull out better amounts of Mercury and how do we know that in fact it does cause a redistribution of mercury? Not meaning to be scientific but just curious as to who is looking inside the body to get proof that the mercury is in fact redistributing for sure? Thanks so much, Sheryl P.S. We plan to start him the week of Thanksgiving after I figure out what is the best way to go. I don't want to start hastely but prefer to be informed the best I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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