Re: Dosing more frequently than 3 hours for dmsa?

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> > Just to clarify, were your symptoms normal until day 4? Earlier

> > in this thread you described feeling worse before it was time to

> > dose at 3 hours. Was that for the whole round, or just on day 4?

> > If for the whole round, then dosing more frequently seems like a

> > good idea.

>

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> Sunshine: Was from the beginning of the 3rd day on round when I

> started feeling that I needed to dose more frequently. Day 3 and 4

> was a bit up and down….rollercoaster riding that got progressively

> worse as the round got longer. Remember I am still on a low dose of

> only 6mg DMSA

I can't remember if this has been suggested to you in the past, but

you might do well to try DMPS. Perhaps you would tolerate it better

and feel better on rounds (and be more able to appreciate the joys

in life!). Some do better on ALA, but I'm thinking if you are high

cysteine that is unlikely.

You could be one of those people whose symptoms increase as the

round length increases. Maybe you didn't notice a worsening on

day 3 in the past because you were moving less mercury then.

Also possible that you just had a bad round and next time things

will be smoother.

> > > Think my adrenals took a beating….temps are down & feeling cold

> > > again. I have upped my ACE dosage today so hopefully that will

> help.

This makes me wonder if your thyroid and adrenal support is optimal

for your needs.

> Sunshine: If I get symptoms and I feel I need to dose more frequently

> on the next round should I a) increase the frequency or stop the

> round?

>

> My gut feeling is to increase the frequency as stopping rounds early

> leads to more off-round re-distribution symptoms (which I had before

> after I missed a dose.)

The only thing to be aware of is if you increase the frequency, you

are increasing the total amount of chelator per day, so the total

amount of metals moved can change. If you switch from 3 hours to

2.5 hours, it is a small difference and I doubt it would cause any

problem. Seems to me it would be less risky than ending the round

early.

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