Re: EDTA during Standard Chelation Program?

[Guest guest]

In frequent-dose-chelation Barb wrote:

My son and I have been chelating for 10 rounds, the last 8 on ALA and

DMSA at 3-hour intervals, dropping down to 6 mg. doses because of

fatigue and depression on 12 mg. doses.

Before we began this, he had been receiving per his DAN doctor a

strep-killing protocol (very effective) that involves a two-step

biofilm attack, giving EDTA 625 mg. and an enzyme prior to taking

anti-parasite oils. This was given once a day, 2 or 3 days a week,

depending on his reaction. Sometimes he was feverish and lethargic,

with a 'hot' stomach, but we saw improved initiative and cognition.

After having started 's protocol, and reading his books, I

realized that EDTA has some mercury-moving properties.

----------EDTA is not recommended for mercury toxic people, and I am not

familiar with this strep-killing protocol,and really don't understand what role

EDTA would play in this anyway. Have you asked about this on the Autism-Mercury

group, maybe some other parents using a DAN doctor might be familiar with

this?------Jackie

We haven't done any more with the EDTA but I'm wondering if it would

be possible to start the strep treatment again if it was done in the

middle of a standard Cutler protocol round?

----------Do you mean take the EDTA and whatever else during a round with

DMSA/ALA? No, I would not do this. You should not use EDTA at all, if your

child is mercury toxic, and I'm sure you shouldn't use it in conjunction with

DMSA/ALA. If you mean taking the other things in the strep treatment, that's

probably ok, but I would like to see exactly what they are. And have you asked

this question on A-M? Andy might be more likely to see it over there, it would

be nice to hear his input on this.-------Jackie

Would the EDTA release

more mercury than the ALA and DSMA could keep in suspension during the

round? The day or two after a round is over, we see more initiative

and energy, and overall I feel it is already producing some benefits.

----------If you are seeing improvements from rounds of DMSA/ALA on the Cutler

protocol, then I would stick with that, as we know it is safe and

effective.--------Jackie

We see the doctor again tomorrow and I am wondering what I should tell

her about this. She is very pro-chelation, and was encouraging me to

start it years ago, but didn't seem to understand about the issue of

EDTA mobilizing mercury.

----------Unfortunately, very few doctors seem to understand proper, safe, and

effective mercury chelation, and if she's using EDTA, she does not understand

this at all. Now I'll talk like Andy, get a new doctor! Or at least, don't let

her talk you into doing anything that is harmful, and stick with Andy's

chelation protocol, as it is proven to work, and you are already seeing benefits

from it.-------Jackie

What do you all think?

---------Stick with what is known to work. EDTA is not recommended for

mercury, and it is not part of the protocol we follow here, which is strictly

Cutler's protocol here on FDC.----------Jackie

Thanks,

Barb

[Guest guest]

It's not really that EDTA has mercury moving properties. EDTA does

move lead. It can bind to mercury and make it more toxic without

helping to eliminate it. EDTA is NOT recommended for anyone who is

mercury toxic. Don't use it.

J

>

> My son and I have been chelating for 10 rounds, the last 8 on ALA and

> DMSA at 3-hour intervals, dropping down to 6 mg. doses because of

> fatigue and depression on 12 mg. doses.

>

> Before we began this, he had been receiving per his DAN doctor a

> strep-killing protocol (very effective) that involves a two-step

> biofilm attack, giving EDTA 625 mg. and an enzyme prior to taking

> anti-parasite oils. This was given once a day, 2 or 3 days a week,

> depending on his reaction. Sometimes he was feverish and lethargic,

> with a 'hot' stomach, but we saw improved initiative and cognition.

> After having started 's protocol, and reading his books, I

> realized that EDTA has some mercury-moving properties.

>

> We haven't done any more with the EDTA but I'm wondering if it would

> be possible to start the strep treatment again if it was done in the

> middle of a standard Cutler protocol round? Would the EDTA release

> more mercury than the ALA and DSMA could keep in suspension during the

> round? The day or two after a round is over, we see more initiative

> and energy, and overall I feel it is already producing some benefits.

>

> We see the doctor again tomorrow and I am wondering what I should tell

> her about this. She is very pro-chelation, and was encouraging me to

> start it years ago, but didn't seem to understand about the issue of

> EDTA mobilizing mercury.

>

> What do you all think?

>

> Thanks,

> Barb

>