Labelling and trickery, WAS DMSA capsules, where do you buy?

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Ann Schimka wrote:

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> I tried Thorne's Captomer which is succinic acid

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Wow. Talk about label " white lies " .

The label actually says:

Succinic Acid 65mg (from 100 mg DMSA†)

This means that the caps contain DMSA (C4H6O4S2), but _implies_ that the

labelled " wanted " ingredient is succinic acid (C4H6O4). In fact I'm

pretty sure you can't get from one to the other inside the human body.

Andy has said: " DMSA and succinic acid are not related in any

biochemically relevant

manner, and share no properties relevant to their use as supplements

or detox agents. The similarity in their names is a formality of

chemical nomenclature, not a relevant relationship. "

http://onibasu.com/archives/amc/24733.html

This is sort of like labelling a bottle " Calcium " when the ingredient in

the tablets inside is calcium ascorbate, i.e. Vitamin C!!!

Or, in the extreme, trying to convince people to drink potassium cyanide

because it is a good source of " Potassium " ?

My point is that Thorne's Captomer _is_ in fact DMSA, a good thing in

this particular case. But this is a very slippery road to go down to

avoid FDA inquisition.

> and my son had the worst

> tantrums...I told my dr and he said that the dosing is not evenly

> distributed and that ASD don't metabolize it well...From now on I will

> stick

> with the compounding.....

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> ANN

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> On Behalf Of Jingwen Jin

> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:12 AM

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> Subject: [ ] DMSA capsules, where do you buy?

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> Hi Listmates,

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> My son has been on DMSA oral capsules for about 2 months now. We've been

> getting our capsules from our DAN's compounding pharmacy - every time they

> could only send me 1 month of supply, so every time I had to pay about

> 10USD

> just for shipping 10+ capsules. I'm thinking of buying more capsules from

> the Internet (e.g., Amazon), but am not sure whether or not those sold on

> the Internet are reliable in terms of quality. Do any of you know?

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> Thanks very much,

>

> Jingwen

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