Re: Michele/was: Re: DMSA question...

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Hi Michele,

No typo, is what we have done, any less and we find her putting things in her

mouth and recently we have also noticed intermittent grinding her teeth at

night, although I think that is due to her having trouble moving calcium around

like she should (long standing problem for her).

We are using dmsa/ala oral at 14mgs both. We have used Ala alone and it does not

seem to pull the zinc like dmsa does. We dose at weight + 20 mgs just prior to

the round and end the day after. Excess zinc, I have read, can be neurotoxic

also, so always timid about giving too much, but we use the above symptoms as

far as dosing.

It is best to give zinc on an empty stomach, but when we did this she complained

of stomach aches and zinc is irritating to the stomach. Also, best to give zinc

away from calcium, I have read, but we don't do that either, too much dosing.

If she eats late at night before she goes to bed, as she sometimes does, we will

give a little extra zinc, without the calcium, and that seems to help.

[ ] Re: DMSA question...

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> We dose zinc at weight + 20 mgs during a round.

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, just checking what you wrote was not a typo. You dose weight + 20 mg,

or half

weight + 20 mg?

I'm asking because from the Files section it reads " Zinc: 1 mg per 2 lbs + 20

mgs divided

into four doses over the day " .

And, the increased zinc is during rounds using DMSA? Or ALA only? (I forget

which

chelator(s) you are using).

Thanks. We have quite a bit of finger chewing, and lots of teeth grinding at

night, in both

kids. We are dosing half weight + 20 mg per day of zinc citrate. We are

chelating with

ALA only for 3 rounds and then DMSA + ALA for 1 round, etc.

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