Re: Hair Test Results--#167-- Please help/

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Posted by: " " lindajaytee@... lindajaytee

Sat May 17, 2008 7:51 am (PDT)

>> Jackie-

>> DMSA does chelate arsenic (it's a modification of BAL, which was an old

>> antidote for ite, an arsenic based poison gas). Andy does say

>> that DMPS

>> is a more effective " accessory chelator " (over and above ALA), but

>> it doesn't

>> appear that there is enough arsenic to worry about it, really. He

>> does need to

>> work on the lead with DMSA, and so that will automatically help with

>> the little

>> arsenic that appeared in the hair. If there was no lead, then

>> probably just

>> the methylation support would be enough. I think the only reason

>> for the pain

>> in the a** of ALA 3 hour dosing would be to test if there is any

>> mercury left

>> up there.

>Mercury poisoning hasn't been ruled out. It is likely that there is

>significant mercury up there, forced there by the IVs.

I agree. I don't know if it's likely, but it's certainly a po**ibility.

That's why the suggestion to try ALA.

>From the

>information that we have there have been no treatments to remove

>mercury, and it doesn't fall out on it's own My guess is that low

>dose ALA will be needed for a long time.

I don't want to be so certain as I don't have any data that makes me confident

one way or another, neither hair test nor symptoms. Still, given history, I

would consider the ALA - and it can't do any harm, given that it could help

with any lead in the brain.

>> Dave.

>> ----------------

>> methylation enhancers (for arsenic)- take Jarrow " Homocysteine support " .

>I'm surprised that you have so much faith in methylation enhancers. I

>can see how they are needed for support, but where does it say that

>they are all a person needs for arsenic?

The arsenic is not very elevated, . In fact, it's almost not necessary to

mention it. To quote Andy, " If hair arsenic is very elevated in the presence

of normal orderly mineral transport then arsenic toxicity should be suspected

and treated by chelation. " Here, we neither have " very elevated " arsenic, nor

really totally orderly mineral transport (though it doesn't satisfy the

counting rules). If you are interested, you might want to have a look at HTI,

p.240.

>

Dave.