Re: We've re-commenced Chelation after a yr and sons urinating less

March 8, 2010

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> Hi all,

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> Im new to this group but have been on the biomed parents group for a couple of

years.

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> We've re-commenced Chelation after a yr and my 4 yr old son who was almost

fully toilet trained day and night (except no.2's) is urinating less frequently

and refuses too wee in the toilet. If I back track it appears to have commensed

4 weeks ago when i started the dmsa.If I put nappy's on him and give him lots to

drink his nappy's are full.

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> My question iregression for whatever reason as his nappys are full of wees, or

is it possible that this time round his body isnt agreeing with the dmsa??

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It's possible that the dose is too high.

> (As we had previously done 30+ rounds of dmsa & ala without any issues, we

commensed at roughly 7mg and have it now at 20mg which is roughly my sons body

weight.

4 weeks is too fast to go from 7 mg to 20 mg.

Start chelation at 1/8 mg/lb. If side effects are too great then lower the dose

for the next round until a dose is found where chelation is comfortable.

Chelate at that dose for several months before increasing. Increase by no more

than 1/2 of previous dose (from 7mg the next dose would be 7+3.5=10.5mg).

The top end of the dose range, for when chelation is close to finished, is 1/2

mg/lb. Andy says to never go above 1 mg/lb. If you are chelating at 1 mg/lb it

is way way too high.

> We were going to add in ALA in 2 weeks time but does anyone know what dose to

start at?)

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Be sure to have the comfortable dose of DMSA figured out before starting ALA.

It takes several rounds at one dose to be confident that the dose is right

because side effects can creep up and they can change from round to round.

The starting dose is usually 1/8 mg/lb. If side effects are too much then the

round can be stopped and the dose must be lowered for the next round.

J

> Thanks for your help,

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> Bel mum to 4yr old with asd

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