Re: Splitting capsules/small dosages, was Hair test #146

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In frequent-dose-chelation jb43public wrote:

Ok, so nobody got back to me on the autism-mercury board yet, and I

want to ask here.

From the Faq, it looks like you start with 1/8mg per pound of child.

So for my 29 pound son that would be about 3.6mg of DMSA and ALA every

3 hours.

------------Just a reminder, you should probably start with just one chelator

at a time, so you know how your son reacts to each one.----------Jackie

How do you measure such a small amount accurately? I've never seen

capsules at that small a dosage, and I don't want to give him too much

at once.

------------You can get 25mg capsules of DMSA at a few places, in the links

section, www.VRP.com is the one I'm familiar with.

Kirkman's sells 25mg capsules of ALA, http://kirkmanlabs.com/, and I think I

remember hearing that they sell a combination of DMSA/ALA, might be 12.5mg of

each, but it might require a prescription. You could ask Kirkman's about it, or

on Autism-Mercury.

And one of our members has a doctor who compounds very low doses of DMSA/ALA,

and I think she said he would do it for anybody, since these ingredients don't

require a prescription. I'm pretty sure it was Nahla, and I think she has given

the link to her doctor before, so a search of archives might find it. I think

he will do doses as low as 1mg each.

Otherwise, if you have to split the 25mg capsules yourself, I dump mine out on

a sheet of paper, and divide it into equal piles with a knife, as close as you

can get by eye. Then I push one pile onto a smaller piece of paper that I have

folded so it has a crease down the middle. The crease helps get it into the

empty capsule. I just remembered, you won't be putting it into capsules,

because your son will be taking it in juice. Get some of those paper " nut cups "

or small paper cups, and dump one dose in each cup, so you have it ready to mix

with the juice when you need it. I think Andy says it shouldn't be mixed too

far ahead of time, or it will start to lose its effectiveness. You could get

some powdered Vit C and add some of that to each dose also, if you want.

And I know because he's so little you are concerned about giving him too much,

and I would be also, but I do remember hearing that the kids seem to tolerate

higher doses (in comparison, pound wise) than the adults. I think some of us

adults are more toxic from a lifetime of exposures. I have had my 13yo son do a

few sporatic rounds, and he has had no side effects from 12.5mg each of

DMSA/ALA, so in comparison to me, yes he tolerates more.

Hope this helps.

Jackie

Thanks,

- JB

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Here's the message where Nahla said her doctor compounds very small doses of

DMSA/ALA.------Jackie

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/message/19751