Re: Shelly/was: blood mineral levels - DMSA dosing questions

April 4, 2006

, this is great!

[ ] blood mineral levels - DMSA dosing questions

Hi All,

We are chelating my 3.6 yr old son with a DAN Dr. but we are

following Andy's protocal. He just completed the 9th round. We

dose 12.5 mg oral DMSA every 4 hours 3 on 11 off. We just completed

testing after our 8th round. His blood tests show that his zinc

level is high. We give 50 mg zinc broken into multiple doses. Does

a high blood level mean we should reduce the dose of zinc? That

seems like such a stupid question, but I think about how mercury in

the blood just means current exposure not body load.

Also, this is the 3rd time we have done urine toxic metals test.

The first test was done after our 1st round. During that round he

was dosed on day 1 at 12.5 mg and on day 2 and 3 at 25 mg of DMSA.

The test showed mercury and lead at 13 with a reference range of

<5. We continued to dose at 25 mg for a couple of rounds and he

wasn't tolerating that much. On round 4 we dosed 25 mg for half of

the round and 12.5 mg for the other half. We collected uring on

Sunday (we had already lowered the dose) and the test indicated lead

and mercury at 5 with a reference range of <5. We have kept him at

the 12.5 mg per dose for each round since. On round 8 we tested

again. His lead was still at 5 with a reference range of <5 but

mercury was down to a 2 with a reference range of <5. So, since

mercury is going down, do we need to keep dosing at the current

dose. Should we increase the dose to 25mg? Should we switch to a 3

on 4 off schedule and keep going the same dose? Do we add ALA now?

Overall, he is doing great! The only negative we are seeing is a

lot more stimming. Although he is happy. Yeast is well under

control and his stools are the best they have been in a long time.

Sleep is well and play skills are improving. We had a mini wow this

weekend at the play ground. Instead of wanting to swing, he wanted

to play with the other kids on the slides. He played for almost 30

minutes so appropriately!!!! We haven't had much improvement in

language skills. His language is about the same and his verbal

apraxia hasn't improved. His motor apraxia is improving with

chelation.

Any thoughts or ideas on how we should proceed is greatly

appreciated! Thanks so much for everyones help!!!

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