Re: ALA RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE

[Guest guest]

> Dear group

>

> After a bad experience with DMSA

What happened to you?

>I have waited 3 months and am about to have a go with ALA. I have purchase

>50mg tablets and was thinking of

> cutting them into quarters - ie 12.5 mg.

That should be fine. If you react to that lower your dose even more.

> Does this sound OK, and will I be able to use it every four hours?

No. It is 3 hours for ALA and you can stretch it to 4 hours at night while

you are asleep.

> three days on four off.

That is fine.

Good luck!

DeanSA

[Guest guest]

In frequent-dose-chelation robertdavies14 wrote:

Dear group

After a bad experience with DMSA

-----------If I remember right, this was at a higher dose, wasn't it? I'm

just trying to use that dosage to help gauge where you should maybe start with

the ALA. Too high of a dose of any chelator will give you

problems.-----------Jackie

I have waited 3 months and am about to

have a go with ALA. I have purchase 50mg tablets and was thinking of

cutting them into quarters - ie 12.5 mg.

Does this sound OK, and will I be able to use it every four hours?

-----------12.5mg should be a reasonable dose to start with, but do remember,

some people have found that they have to go even lower. And the dosing for ALA

is every *three* hours, not four. Some people find that they can get away with

every four hours at night, but not everyone, and you still need to do every 3

hours during the day. And some people find they do better with even *more

frequent* dosing, and do every 2 or 2-1/2 hours, and feel better that way.

So I'm sorry to say, that in the beginning, it just takes some experimenting

to find out what the right dosage and timing is for you. But I would suggest

you start out at your 12.5mg of ALA every 3 hours, and go/adjust from there. If

you feel it wearing off before your next dose, then that's a sign that you need

more frequent dosing, and it's ok to take your dose a little sooner during the

same round, like going from every 3 hours to every 2-1/2. If the dose, 12.5mg,

feels too strong, then you need to stop the round, and try a lower dose on the

next round.

And I would also suggest you do some reading in the Files and Links section,

especially TK's general recommendations for chelation, and possibly Moria's

website and the ANDY INDEX, to make sure you understand the protocol, and the

difference in timing with ALA, etc. Good luck------------Jackie

three days on four off. Your wisdom on this subject would be

appreciated.

Yours .

[Guest guest]

In frequent-dose-chelation robertdavies14 wrote:

Dear group

After a bad experience with DMSA

-----------If I remember right, this was at a higher dose, wasn't it? I'm

just trying to use that dosage to help gauge where you should maybe start with

the ALA. Too high of a dose of any chelator will give you

problems.-----------Jackie

I have waited 3 months and am about to

have a go with ALA. I have purchase 50mg tablets and was thinking of

cutting them into quarters - ie 12.5 mg.

Does this sound OK, and will I be able to use it every four hours?

-----------12.5mg should be a reasonable dose to start with, but do remember,

some people have found that they have to go even lower. And the dosing for ALA

is every *three* hours, not four. Some people find that they can get away with

every four hours at night, but not everyone, and you still need to do every 3

hours during the day. And some people find they do better with even *more

frequent* dosing, and do every 2 or 2-1/2 hours, and feel better that way.

So I'm sorry to say, that in the beginning, it just takes some experimenting

to find out what the right dosage and timing is for you. But I would suggest

you start out at your 12.5mg of ALA every 3 hours, and go/adjust from there. If

you feel it wearing off before your next dose, then that's a sign that you need

more frequent dosing, and it's ok to take your dose a little sooner during the

same round, like going from every 3 hours to every 2-1/2. If the dose, 12.5mg,

feels too strong, then you need to stop the round, and try a lower dose on the

next round.

And I would also suggest you do some reading in the Files and Links section,

especially TK's general recommendations for chelation, and possibly Moria's

website and the ANDY INDEX, to make sure you understand the protocol, and the

difference in timing with ALA, etc. Good luck------------Jackie

three days on four off. Your wisdom on this subject would be

appreciated.

Yours .

[Guest guest]

In frequent-dose-chelation robertdavies14 wrote:

Dear group

After a bad experience with DMSA

-----------If I remember right, this was at a higher dose, wasn't it? I'm

just trying to use that dosage to help gauge where you should maybe start with

the ALA. Too high of a dose of any chelator will give you

problems.-----------Jackie

I have waited 3 months and am about to

have a go with ALA. I have purchase 50mg tablets and was thinking of

cutting them into quarters - ie 12.5 mg.

Does this sound OK, and will I be able to use it every four hours?

-----------12.5mg should be a reasonable dose to start with, but do remember,

some people have found that they have to go even lower. And the dosing for ALA

is every *three* hours, not four. Some people find that they can get away with

every four hours at night, but not everyone, and you still need to do every 3

hours during the day. And some people find they do better with even *more

frequent* dosing, and do every 2 or 2-1/2 hours, and feel better that way.

So I'm sorry to say, that in the beginning, it just takes some experimenting

to find out what the right dosage and timing is for you. But I would suggest

you start out at your 12.5mg of ALA every 3 hours, and go/adjust from there. If

you feel it wearing off before your next dose, then that's a sign that you need

more frequent dosing, and it's ok to take your dose a little sooner during the

same round, like going from every 3 hours to every 2-1/2. If the dose, 12.5mg,

feels too strong, then you need to stop the round, and try a lower dose on the

next round.

And I would also suggest you do some reading in the Files and Links section,

especially TK's general recommendations for chelation, and possibly Moria's

website and the ANDY INDEX, to make sure you understand the protocol, and the

difference in timing with ALA, etc. Good luck------------Jackie

three days on four off. Your wisdom on this subject would be

appreciated.

Yours .