Andy? Re: What can be done after a bad reaction to 100mg DMSA?

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> > Good luck and keep asking questions if you are not sure of something.

> > Kai

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> Thank's!

> I have some questions.

> Please help me as I really don't know what should I do. I have no

> success with best antibiotic treatments for my Lyme Disease so far.

> Maybe mercury causes my poor response to treatment ???

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> 1. Is it OK to chelate while taking antibiotics ?

Yes

> I am thinking about very low dose of ALA - for example 2mg every 3

> hours 3 days ON 11 days OFF.

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Starting at a low dose like that is a very good idea. Have you

considered DMSA or DMPS?

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> 2. Is such a low dose of ALA (2mg) effective for mercury chelation?

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Yes. It's better to get some mercury moving out than doing nothing.

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> 3. Do antibiotics reduce mercury excretion ?

I don't see why they would.

> Here Andy Cutler said: " Antibiotics do not interfere with mercury

> excretion "

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/messages/5489?threa\

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> But this paper says antibiotics may reduce mercury excretion:

> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7342686

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I would go with what Andy says because Andy has demonstrated over and

over again that he understands how to read and interpret the

scientific literature.

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> 4. How about Blood Brain Barrier? Some antibiotics cross BBB. Is it

> possible that antibiotics may redistribute mercury while on chelation?

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I don't know, but I don't see why they would. I have been highly

mercury toxic for most of my life and have never had any mercury type

symptoms while on antibiotics.

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> Please answer. Maybe Andy could answer, too?

I put his name in the subject line. No guarantees. He is a very busy

man, in high demand. Often he has no time to read here.

> Thank's a lot!

> djur1

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