Re: Checkups during chelation

December 10, 2004

I'm in UK with no DAN dr. We did CBC and Liver tests through our

pediatrician every 6 months for the first 18 months of chelation. Tey were

always normal

so haven;t bothered in a while now. You should be able to get these done

locally.

Mandi in UK

I've started DMSA on my 7-year old son, have done two rounds so far.

How often is it necessary to go for checkups, and what tests are

needed? We are doing this under the supervision of a DAN! doctor,

but he's in Britain and we're in Norway, so needless to say we can't

December 10, 2004

Are you seeing Dr Downing? What dose does he have your son on? He generaly

recommneds large dose 8 hourly which are more likley to cause problems. Check

out Andys protocol, small more frequent doses

Mandi in UK

I've started DMSA on my 7-year old son, have done two rounds so far.

How often is it necessary to go for checkups, and what tests are

needed? We are doing this under the supervision of a DAN! doctor,

but he's in Britain and we're in Norway, so needless to say we can't

December 10, 2004

Annet,

DMSA is safe if used properly. We've chelated my son for around 78 rounds

with it along with the ALA.

Most people test every 4-6 months to make sure the liver is handling things

fine and the white blood cell count is high enough (very rare side effect).

Yes, you can alternate rounds like that. Just watch your child to see if

he's too worn out. My son needs lots of mineral boosting to keep him

balanced. We ended up doing 3/11 after doing 3/4 most of the first year

because he got too tired.

Barb

[ ] Checkups during chelation

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> I've started DMSA on my 7-year old son, have done two rounds so far.

> How often is it necessary to go for checkups, and what tests are

> needed? We are doing this under the supervision of a DAN! doctor,

> but he's in Britain and we're in Norway, so needless to say we can't

> keep on going to the doctor that often. The doctors here don't know

> the first thing about chelation, so they are no help whatsoever, in

> fact I don't dare tell our doctor what we are doing because I know

> what he would say. After someone mentioned serious side effects I

> have become a bit scared of doing this, I thought DMSA was supposed

> to be quite safe? Our DAN! doctore doesn't seem to think that it is

> necessary to do any tests apart from urine samples every 3 months to

> see what is being chelated. Is he wrong?

>

> One more question: We have done 3 days on, 11 days off, but these

> two first rounds have gone quite well, so I was wondering if it

> sounds reasonable to do 3days on, 4 days off for two rounds, then an

> 11 -day break, then 3 days on/4off and so on, to speed things up a

> bit?

>

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December 14, 2004

If you are doing every 4 hour dosing you do not need routine check-ups.

3/4 is fine if he is tolerating it.

Andy . . . . .. .