DMPS test for heavy metals???

[Guest guest]

Hi AJ,

I looked at Google long enough to see this mentioned as a chelating agent of

mercury. I'm afraid I don't know anything more about it. I do know people

believe that heavy metals can contribute to problems like Graves'. It also

seems, however, that you have to be careful when getting them out of the body so

you don't re-expose yourself to them in the process.

Perhaps someone at ai_alt_med might have some information about this technique.

I agree you need to question everything. I might have been slower to develop

Graves' if I hadn't taken my ND's suggestion to take kelp for low body

temperature.

Best wishes,

I have been given a jug to collect my urine for 6 hours and 3 DMPS

pills (DiMercapto Propane Sulfonic Acid) to take by mouth at the

beginning of the 6 hours. I believe this test is to see if " heavy

metals " are in my body. The DMPS is to act as a kelating agent

binding heavy metals and causing them to exit my body. (Is that

correct?)

I am researching what is DMPS?...How is it made?....Who regulates

it?...What effects will it have on organs and body tissues?...How

will it effect my Graves' disease?...Is heavy metals common for

Graves' disease patients?...Is this the only way to test for heavy

metals?

I have learned that it is " compounded " by a local pharmacy.

The " State Board of Pharmacists " oversees compounds. Each doctor

decides his own formula for DMPS. The pharmacist who produces this

DMPS has loaned the doc his book about it...so he could not tell me

the exact formula. He suggested I check on the net for more

information about DMPS..here is my first stop.

It has been suggested to me that I should " trust " this doc. I

believe what I have learned in the past 4 months with Graves'

disease is to be educated about anything any doc is putting inside

me. I don't believe the issue is RAI or ATD or DMPS. As a patient,

I expect to know the affect and possible side effects of any medical

treatment or test.

Ever hopeful for understanding,

Al

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your response, ,

I am so glad for any information or experience others have had.

I was hoping Elaine would also add her wisdom to my query. I've

done a little research about DMPS and the doc who prescribed the

DMPS urine test.

I also am scheduled for a bio meridian energy test. What is that?

In order to have my insurance cover it, they had to find some way to

prove arthritis. I've been told by a rheumatologist I don't have

arthritis. The doc insisted with my age..55..everyone had some

somewhere. So he looked to prove it.

This is the first doc to look at my thyroid tests as the " group "

would wish... but he " sells " a lot of stuff thru his office. And I

feel just as rushed and uneducated as I was when scheduled for RAI

before diagnosed with Graves' Disease.

Ever hopeful,

AJ

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> Hi AJ,

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> I looked at Google long enough to see this mentioned as a

chelating agent of mercury. I'm afraid I don't know anything more

about it. I do know people believe that heavy metals can contribute

to problems like Graves'. It also seems, however, that you have to

be careful when getting them out of the body so you don't re-expose

yourself to them in the process.

>

> Perhaps someone at ai_alt_med might have some information about

this technique.

>

> I agree you need to question everything. I might have been slower

to develop Graves' if I hadn't taken my ND's suggestion to take kelp

for low body temperature.

>

> Best wishes,

>

>

>

> I have been given a jug to collect my urine for 6 hours and 3 DMPS

> pills (DiMercapto Propane Sulfonic Acid) to take by mouth at the

> beginning of the 6 hours. I believe this test is to see if " heavy

> metals " are in my body. The DMPS is to act as a kelating agent

> binding heavy metals and causing them to exit my body. (Is that

> correct?)

>

> I am researching what is DMPS?...How is it made?....Who regulates

> it?...What effects will it have on organs and body tissues?...How

> will it effect my Graves' disease?...Is heavy metals common for

> Graves' disease patients?...Is this the only way to test for heavy

> metals?

>

> I have learned that it is " compounded " by a local pharmacy.

> The " State Board of Pharmacists " oversees compounds. Each doctor

> decides his own formula for DMPS. The pharmacist who produces

this

> DMPS has loaned the doc his book about it...so he could not tell

me

> the exact formula. He suggested I check on the net for more

> information about DMPS..here is my first stop.

>

> It has been suggested to me that I should " trust " this doc. I

> believe what I have learned in the past 4 months with Graves'

> disease is to be educated about anything any doc is putting inside

> me. I don't believe the issue is RAI or ATD or DMPS. As a

patient,

> I expect to know the affect and possible side effects of any

medical

> treatment or test.

>

> Ever hopeful for understanding,

> Al

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