Re: Re: dosing ALA and DMSA less than 3 hourly

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In frequent-dose-chelation cann7899 wrote:

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> Can anyone advise me?

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> I have to take DMSA 3 hourly due to redstribution symptoms at longer

> intervals.

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> Does this mean that I will be the same with ALA? In other words

should

> I take this every 2 or 2.5 hours?

----------As Colette stated below, for her, 3 hours was fine with both. This

is probably going to be one of those trial and error things that you will just

have to try and find out what is best for you. But I think it is good that you

are *aware* of the *possibility* that you may need more frequent

dosing.----------Jackie

------------This made me think of something, it seems that people using ALA

only report more frequent dosing, and I can't remember hearing of people using a

combination of DMSA/ALA doing this, but I'm only going on memory. It would be

interesting if people would report on this.---------Jackie

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> If I take it more frequently, can I take the DMSA (12.5 mgs)2 hourly

> as well?

------------Yes, if you do wind up taking it more frequently, it is fine to

take the DMSA more frequently as well. It would get too difficult to keep the

dosing straight otherwise, and more frequent dosing is always ok, but not the

other way around.--------Jackie

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> I have tried ALA twice at tiny doses and couldn't tolerate it all

(it

> made me very ill)so I need to be very very cautious before I try it

> again. I am 10 months into chelation with DMSA and have spent the

last

> few months dumping so I really need good advice before I try the ALA

> again.

-------------Some of us don't tolerate ALA for a really long time, so we are

all different, and I don't really know the reasons why. I have no idea if it's

only related to the level of toxicity, or if there are other factors involved.

For me, I have arsenic besides mercury, and I believe that has played a factor

in this for me. So know you're not alone, that some of us just don't tolerate

it yet.-----------Jackie

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> Thanks,

-----, I am NOT expert advice but I need to take DMSA every

three hours - it is much more comfortable for me. I recently added

ALA every three hours and feel fine with it. You may be different

but I take both every three hours and it is fine.

Colette

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