[SPAM] Re: Charges Dropped Against Doctor Over Autistic B

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" Well, wait a minute. The only reason that the doctor was even tried

was because the chelation procedure is so controversial and hasn’t

been blessed by the medical establishment. "

This statement is incorrect. Chelation is a proven treatment. It was

designed for another purpose. It hasn't been blessed for use in 3 year

olds with Autism. It is a hundred year old treatment that has been

used on many adult men who have served in the military or those that

worked for Manufacturing plants that used toxic metals in an everyday

environment. This is why some people view the use of chelation in

Autism as being kin to a snake-oil salesman that travels around

selling his " cure-all " .

" " Chelating agents were introduced into medicine as a result of the

use of poison gas in World War I. The first widely used chelating

agent—the organic dithiol compound dimercaprol, also named British

Anti-ite or BAL—was used as an antidote to the arsenic-based

poison gas, ite. The sulphur atoms in BAL's mercaptan groups

strongly bond to the arsenic in ite, forming a water soluble

compound that entered the bloodstream, allowing it to be removed from

the body by the kidneys and liver. BAL had severe side-effects.

After World War II, a large number of navy personnel suffered from

lead poisoning as a result of their jobs repainting the hulls of

ships. The medical use of EDTA as a lead chelating agent was

introduced. Unlike BAL, it is a synthetic amino acid and contains no

mercaptans. While EDTA had some uncomfortable side effects, they were

not as severe as BAL.

In the 1960s, BAL was modified into DMSA, a related dithiol with far

fewer side effects. DMSA quickly replaced both BAL and EDTA, becoming

the US standard of care for the treatment of lead, arsenic and mercury

poisoning, which it remains today.

Research in the former Soviet Union led to the introduction of DMPS,

another dithiol, as a mercury chelating agent. The Soviets also

introduced ALA, which is transformed by the body into the dithiol

dihydrolipoic acid, a mercury and arsenic chelating agent. DMPS has

experimental status in the US FDA, while ALA is a common nutritional

supplement.

Since the 1970s, iron chelation therapy has been used as an

alternative to regular phlebotomy to treat excess iron stores in

people with haemochromatosis.[1]

Other chelating agents have been discovered. They all function by

making several chemical bonds with metal ions, thus rendering them

much less chemically reactive. The resulting complex is water soluble,

allowing it to enter the bloodstream and be excreted harmlessly.

EDTA chelation is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

(FDA) for treating lead poisoning and heavy metal toxicity. " "

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> > Charges Dropped Against Doctor

> > Over Autistic Boy's Death

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> > By Dan Nephin for The Associated Press _tinyurl.com/5bge4u_

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> > Pittsburgh AP †" Criminal charges were dropped Tuesday against a

> doctor

> > accused of causing the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy by

> incorrectly

> > administering the wrong drug for him.

> > Dr. Roy Kerry was trying to use chelation therapy on Abubakar Tariq

> Nadama

> > in 2005. Chelation is an approved treatment for acute heavy metal

> poisoning

> > and while some people believe it is a promising treatment for

> autism, the Food

> > and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and

> Prevention do not

> > agree.

> > The County district attorney charged Kerry last year with

> involuntary

> > manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless

> endangerment,

> > but recently moved to drop charges. A judge granted the dismissal

> on Tuesday.

> > Kerry, 70, still faces a civil lawsuit by the boy's parents.

> > In a petition, prosecutor Fullerton asked that the charges be

> > dropped after reassessing the merits of the case and " given the

> existence of

> > additional and more germane judicial avenues for addressing the

> conduct of Dr.

> > Kerry. "

> > A message left for the prosecutor seeking comment was not returned

> Tuesday.

> > Kerry had surrendered his license pending the outcome of the case,

> but his

> > license will be reinstated based on the withdrawal of the criminal

> charges, a

> > Department of State spokeswoman said.

> > The boy went into cardiac arrest in Kerry's office on Aug. 23, 2005,

> > immediately after receiving chelation therapy.

> > The CDC, which investigated the boy's death, has said the boy was

> given a

> > synthetic amino acid called Disodium EDTA instead of Calcium

> Disodium EDTA.

> > Both are odorless, colorless liquids and may have been confused,

> the CDC found.

> > The Department of State also contended Kerry prescribed an IV push

> †" giving

> > the drugs in one dose intravenously instead of over a period of

> time †"

> > despite warnings that it could be lethal.

> > Kerry's attorney, Al , denied that the drug caused the boy's

> death.

> > He said Tuesday that the drug given was not the wrong drug, as

> prosecutors

> > contended, though he said it was not the " preferred " drug. He also

> said it was

> > not administered incorrectly.

> > " The administration by an IV push is the preferred method to do

> it, "

> > said.

> > said the boy died of a lack of oxygen to the brain, which

> was caused

> > by a heart problem not associated with the drug. commended

the

> > district attorney's office for dropping the charges and said his

> client was

> > relieved.

> > " There was a lot of misinformation that was out there and we were

> anxious to

> > present it to a jury, " said. " But the truth of the matter

> is, we're

> > obviously grateful that the district attorney took this position. "

> > The boy's parents, Mawra and Rufai Nadama, had moved from Plymouth,

> England,

> > to the Pittsburgh area to seek treatment for the boy's autism. They

> have

> > since returned to the United Kingdom.

> > Attorney Gismondi, who represents the family in the civil

> case, said,

> > " I don't agree with the decision and we're disappointed. But I

> respect that

> > the district attorney is the boss of the criminal case. "

> > He maintains Kerry acted improperly. " It was the wrong drug, given

> the wrong

> > way, " Gismondi said.

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