Re: DMPS dosage

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In frequent-dose-chelation mtnwoman9 wrote:

OK, I have done 3 rounds of DMSA 12.5 mg every 4hours for 3 days.

----------How did you feel on and off round at this dose?---------Jackie

I can't take the waking up in the middle of the night so I will next

try DMPS, but what dosage?

-----------Do you have a doctor who will prescribe it? It is by Rx only in

the US----Jackie

I am 135 pounds. I see some places say to take 1/4 my weight in

milligrams, so 30-ish mg every 8 hours??

----------I think 1/8 to 1/2 mg/lb is the general guidelines, but many of us

even start lower than that. 1/8 would be more like 16-17mg. Personally, DMPS

felt a little stronger to me than DMSA, so when I switched to DMPS, I had to

lower my dose. I believe said they felt about the same to her, so

equivalent dose for each chelator. So depending on how you felt on 12.5mg of

DMSA, if that dose was good for you, then I would suggest a fairly similar dose

of DMPS, like 10 to 15mg. 30 might be way too high to start out

with.---------Jackie

Others say take 5-10mg every 8 hours? That's a big difference.

---------Everybody is different and tolerate different amounts when starting

out. This seems to vary quite a bit, and the 1/8 to 1/2 mg/lb is just a rough

guideline. Some people do have to start out at really low doses like 5 mg. So

it is very individual, and it just takes some trial and error to find out the

best dose for you. So our general guideline has been to tell people to start at

12.5mg, and adjust the dose up or down from there, depending on how they

feel.-----------Jackie

Which is right?

-----------As I explained, this is not a one size fits all type of thing, and

the amount of chelator tolerated to start out with varies widely by person. So

the right amount is whatever amount you can tolerate or makes you feel the

best.--------Jackie

What pharmacy do folks recommend?

--------I get mine from The Falls Pharmacy.----------Jackie

Any particular brand of DMPS? Heyl?

------------I have no idea what brand my pharmacy uses.-------Jackie

thank you!