RE: Re: Chelation Therapy and Gleevec

[Guest guest]

Hi Giles,

I googled the net looking for clinical trials on chelation. I found several

and all of them said that there was no improvement when compared to a

placebo.

http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t990310a.html

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/422905

A couple of other sites that make interesting reading are:

http://www.gordonresearch.com/articles_oral_chelation/oral_chelation_hoax_pr

otector_rowen.html

http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/articles/p55.htm

Zavie

Zavie (age 69)

67 Shoreham Avenue

Ottawa, Canada, K2G 3X3

dxd AUG/99

INF OCT/99 to FEB/00, CHF

No meds FEB/00 to JAN/01

Gleevec since MAR/27/01 (400 mg)

CCR SEP/01. #102 in Zero Club

2.8 log reduction Sep/05

3.0 log reduction Jan/06

2.9 log reduction Feb/07

3.2 log reduction Jun/07

3.6 log reduction Sep/07

e-mail: zmiller@...

Tel: 613-726-1117

Fax: 309-296-0807

Cell: 613-202-0204

ID: zaviem

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Gilles

Cousineau

Sent: November 11, 2007 7:04 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Chelation Therapy and Gleevec

Hi Margot,

Thank you very much for this information. It's very

important for me. I think also that the chelation therapy with the

wrong dosage can really damage the kidney.

However, Dr Wittel said to me that he had treated

patients with chelation ( very very cautiously) who had creatinins up

to 350. that one came back to below 200 and did not have to go for

dialysis. He also treated a man aged 75 who was on Gleevec and

tolerated very well the chelation therapy. Dr Wittel tell me the good

experience but I am sure that he had bad experience too.

I want to know the persons who had bad experience with the

chelation therapy (ex; damage to the kidney or interaction with

Gleevec). I a sure that there are too some people who had good

experience.

I will check this out with cardiologist, hematologist and

nephrologist. Before 2003, I have a good health. Since I took VIOXX,

I discovered hypertension and high creatinine rate. Few month later,

I had a atrial fibrillation and after CML.

I appreciated very much your intervention.

Gilles

Gilles: I cannot speak to the above subject from personal

experience. I always thought chelation was a lifesaver. However, a

friend of ours who was put on chelation for heart problems and has

been on it for several years, suddenly finds himself on 3 times a

week dialysis. I could not find out the reason, other than that some

of the medications he had to take probably caused it. Nevertheless,

after hearing this, I would strongly advise you to check this out in

much detail with all the doctors you work with, as it has

really caused me to get concerned.

Margot