Re: Re: Melatonin - Help! DMSA Dosage

[Guest guest]

200 mgs is the dosage listed in the revised protocol from Orlando. I hope

it's not wrong, my 6.5 yr old son just finished his third round at this

dosage. I also verified it with Dr. Bradstreet's office that 200mg was the

per dose amount, not the total amount per day.

In a message dated 11/27/00 3:08:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, fancy@...

writes:

<< as that 75 mg every 4 hours or 8 hours? 200 mg seems awfully high!

I would consider increasing much more slowly whether 4 or 8 hours.

Even the insert for chemet says 10 mg/kg every 8 hours (or 350 mg max

for adult) which is about 4 times higher than Dr. Amy seems to

suggest. Sorry don't have weight of oyur son but please go slowly

otherwise the negatives will start to override the positives. Good

luck, KenG

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[Guest guest]

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I'm assuming we're talking about DMSA here and not melatonin at 200mg a

dose?! What Ken is trying to say, I think, is that per the recent protocol

200mg is a high dose as opposed to the 25-50mg dosage which is considered

low dose.......yet, only just recently considered THE dose (1mg per pound of

body weight). Some of us have kept our kids at the low dose (my daughter

will be 8 years old next month and I recently increased her dosage to 50mg

every 4 hours without incident) to reduce the risk factor. If your son is

experiencing negative reactions at the high dose, please follow his lead and

reduce the dose to one he can manage comfortably.

Re: [ ] Re: Melatonin - Help! DMSA Dosage

> 200 mgs is the dosage listed in the revised protocol from Orlando. I hope

> it's not wrong, my 6.5 yr old son just finished his third round at this

> dosage. I also verified it with Dr. Bradstreet's office that 200mg was

the

> per dose amount, not the total amount per day.

>

>

>

> In a message dated 11/27/00 3:08:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,

fancy@...

> writes:

>

> << as that 75 mg every 4 hours or 8 hours? 200 mg seems awfully high!

> I would consider increasing much more slowly whether 4 or 8 hours.

> Even the insert for chemet says 10 mg/kg every 8 hours (or 350 mg max

> for adult) which is about 4 times higher than Dr. Amy seems to

> suggest. Sorry don't have weight of oyur son but please go slowly

> otherwise the negatives will start to override the positives. Good

> luck, KenG

>

> --- >>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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Well, I would say negatives would include a severe worsening of his

autism symtoms or new ones cropping up. Generally, tantrums were an

indicator thay my daughter ate something her body couldn't tolerate. Have

you tried any dietary interventions for your son? They made a wonderful

change in my daughter - much happier and calm.

Re: [ ] Re: Melatonin - Help! DMSA Dosage

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> > 200 mgs is the dosage listed in the revised protocol from Orlando. I

hope

> > it's not wrong, my 6.5 yr old son just finished his third round at this

> > dosage. I also verified it with Dr. Bradstreet's office that 200mg was

> the

> > per dose amount, not the total amount per day.

> >

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 11/27/00 3:08:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> fancy@...

> > writes:

> >

> > << as that 75 mg every 4 hours or 8 hours? 200 mg seems awfully high!

> > I would consider increasing much more slowly whether 4 or 8 hours.

> > Even the insert for chemet says 10 mg/kg every 8 hours (or 350 mg max

> > for adult) which is about 4 times higher than Dr. Amy seems to

> > suggest. Sorry don't have weight of oyur son but please go slowly

> > otherwise the negatives will start to override the positives. Good

> > luck, KenG

> >

> > --- >>

> >

> > >>

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