Re: blood Hg, fast body pools, etc question

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> I've read here and in the book about how DMSA is used to clear mercury

> out of the blood, extra-cellular spaces, and 'fast body pools', then

> ALA is used to remove Hg from inside the cells, organs, and brain.

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> I have 2 questions based on this:

> 1. My blood levels of mercury were 0 (undetectable) right at the end

> of my amalgam removal. Does this mean i don't have mercury in my

> blood, and a bit earlier start on the ALA might be in order? (say, 2

> months post-removal, rather than 3, after 5 or 6 rounds DMSA?)

>

Andy has always been consistent about waiting 3 mo after exposure

before adding ALA. I would stick with his recommendations unless he

said otherwise.

It could be, for example, that mercury levels are undetectable one day

and detectable on another day.

It could have something to do with the mercury dumping from organs at

about the 3 mo after removal point. I'm not sure.

> 2. If DMSA doesn't pull mercury out of the cells, organs, or brain,

> can it help at all to remove any Hg problems, considering that Hg in

> the cells, organs and brain is what causes problems? Or does any

> improvement in Hg symptoms have to wait until ALA is used?

>

Plenty of people have reported symptom improvement with DMPS or DMSA

alone. Some of that could be due to removing metals from the gut and

removing the metals that are 'dumped' from the organs. People who are

toxic have lost most of the natural ability to excrete the mercury

because of the presence of mercury so the addition of chelators gets

the process moving.

There are certain problems - like psychiatric and endocrine problems -

that would not be expected to resolve without ALA chelation.

J

> thanks,

> NJ

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