Re: I Wonder About Tapering Doses at End of Round

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> Instead of suddenly stopping a round cold turkey, I wonder if

tapering

> down dose at the end would be helpful to minimize distribution.

TK--- no, doesn't work that way.

Seems

> to me like it would. For example if someone were doing a 4 day round

> at 12.5mg DMSA, maybe the last day do 6mg instead, and maybe just 3mg

> for the final dose.

My thought is that those smaller doses are not

> enough to go scavenge much more metals from tissues

TK--- they are and the continued reductions continue the redistribution

of Hg

, but they are

> enough to pick up the ones stirred up from the previous higher doses.

> So instead of ending a round abruptly and enduring redistribution,

> take much smaller doses for a little more time to pick up a good bit

> of that stuff before it is redistributed. Redistribution will still

> happen obviously, but hopefully less that it would have been.

TK--- side effects may or may not be less but the redistribution

period will be longer redistributing more.

>

> Maybe? Maybe not? Just a thought. Yours are welcome.

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