Re: 3 hourly schedule for DMSA? & Re: Question about DMSA dosage

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Fri Mar 7, 2008 8:44 am (PST)

>Can DMSA be administered every 3 hours during the day and 4 hours

>during the night? Should it still total 18 doses in total or should it

>be given for a total of 72 hours implying that it would be more than

>18 doses in the latter case?

If you are doing 3 hours at night and 4 in the day, there will be

more than 18 doses in 3 days - otherwise you would have more than a

4 hour break in the day.

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Fri Mar 7, 2008 10:57 am (PST)

>According to Andy Cutler, each increment of a dose for successive

>rounds, should not be more than half the previous amount of dosage.

>So, if I start DMSA at 6.25 approx, for the first round, does that

>mean the next round cannot be 12.5, but should be around 10mg each?

>My husband just finshed his first round of DMSA at 1/4 capsule of a 25

>mg capsule each. We wanted to increase the amount for this second

>round starting today. Can it be half the 25 mg capsule for each dose?

>Thanks

These are rules of thumb to keep you from hurting yourself, like

did. Pay attention to side effects. If the round seemed easy, then

going to 12.5 should not be a problem. Remember, typical starting out

dose would be about 25mg for a grown man.

Don't get bull-headed during the round though. If there is a problem,

stop and stay stopped for a few days before going back and starting

again. Use that time to work on supplements - lots of anti-oxidants can

help when things go bad.

Dave.