Compounding ALA and DMSA

January 27, 2008

Hi All,

One of our pharmacists here in South Africa is compounding Sustained Release T3

for us for use with the 's protocol

http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/wilsons_syndrome1.html

She has also agreed to compound ALA and DMSA and needs to know in what dosage.

She would need to make highish quantities to make it viable.

It just may benefit us all however, as those of you oversees will likely be able

to order from her at a fraction of the cost that you get it for locally

(including courier fees).

The value of this is also that we could ensure proper dosing at low levels, with

stabile blood levels, and of course it would be very, very convenient.

I need a bit of help to get this going. Could anyone help with these questions

please:

1.. What supply company globally can we source the highest grade of ALA and

DMSA from?

2.. Where can we source the purest capsules?

3.. We are thinking of getting 12.5mg and 6.25mg quantities made only. In that

way you can make up any dose you need just by adding capsules to each other.

e.g. if you need 18.75mg, you simply take one of each, or you take two 12.5mgs

for 25mg. We do need to use safe fillers however for the rest of the capsule.

She will add quantities of zinc, vit c, magnesium citrate and just about

anything else we request in specific quantities so that we get regular minerals

into the body. We are just not sure what quantities. My concern with this is

that if we are taking ALA and DMSA we could be swallowing several capsules at

once every three hours, and we could then overshoot the recommended amount of

minerals. So although it would be convenient, it might not be prudent to include

these minerals, unless we are able to make many different dosages at low cost

e.g. 6.25mg, 12.5mg, 17.5mg, 25mg and 50mg capsules. If it were the case that we

cannot include them, what is the least problematic filler on the market?

4.. Any other ideas on how best to achieve this?

Thanks,

Dean

January 27, 2008

Hi Dean,

I will probably give this some more thought, but for questions 1 and 2, I can't

say that I have ever heard of any *bad* sources, but I really don't know

anything about where compounding pharmacists get their ingredients. I think

since some of us would have different minerals needs, I would probably stick

with Vit C as your filler agent, to keep things simpler. Since Vit C is water

soluble, and the worst thing it will do to you is give you diahrrea if you take

too much, hence doesn't build up to become toxic, and Andy recommends taking it

frequently and has even said you can take it with every dose of chelator, I

think it would be the best universal filler to use. I think many of us who make

our own capsules use Vit C as a filler. So that would be my vote.

Jackie

In frequent-dose-chelation DeanNetwork wrote:

Hi All,

One of our pharmacists here in South Africa is compounding Sustained Release

T3 for us for use with the 's protocol

http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/wilsons_syndrome1.html

She has also agreed to compound ALA and DMSA and needs to know in what dosage.

She would need to make highish quantities to make it viable.

It just may benefit us all however, as those of you oversees will likely be

able to order from her at a fraction of the cost that you get it for locally

(including courier fees).

The value of this is also that we could ensure proper dosing at low levels,

with stabile blood levels, and of course it would be very, very convenient.