Re: Starting DMSA in my 3 y.o.

[Guest guest]

I'll let others handle the dosing, etc. BUt, we open the capsule,

put it on a spoon on top of applesauce, and he takes the bite.

Ruth

On Jun 9, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Sheri wrote:

> We are preparing to start chelation using DMSA (will add ALA at a

> later date) with our 3 y.o. son. He is 44 lbs, so I am thinking of

> starting with 6.25 mg DMSA every 4 hours round the clock for 3.5 days

> (4 days and 3 nights) then break for 10.5 days (or more if necessary).

>

> Just a few questions:

> 1) Does this dose sound appropriate? It is about 1/7 mg / pound /

> dose for him.

>

> 2) He isn't taking milk thistle yet, but I intend to add it

> tomorrow. What dose and dosing interval is appropriate for a 3 y.o.

> (44 lbs) who will be undergoing chelation with DMSA?

>

> 3) How do you administer the DMSA to a child who can't swallow pills

> on a regular basis yet? We've been succesful at having him swallow

> small capsules a couple of times, but not regularly enough to be

> having him take a capsule every 4 hours day and night. Does it mix

> well into water or other liquid to give it in a syringe? If not,

> would it be suitable to mix it into a spoonful of fruit puree?

>

> 4) How long should we wait (ideally) until we add in ALA?

>

> Thank you for your help,

> Sheri

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hmm. & nbsp; In applesauce seems like a good idea, but how do you give it at

night? & nbsp; Does your son eat it off a spoon in his sleep?

Caryn Reid

[Guest guest]

Caryn,

We put the chelator in applesauce before ours learned to swallow capsules and

she just woke up briefly to swallow and then was right back asleep. For other

kids it takes a round or two to get them to do this automatically. Normally they

learn very quickly. Ours never even remembered being woken the next morning.

[ ] Re: Starting DMSA in my 3 y.o.

Hmm. & nbsp; In applesauce seems like a good idea, but how do you give it at

night? & nbsp; Does your son eat it off a spoon in his sleep?

Caryn Reid

[Guest guest]

Yep. We found it easier than mixing it in liquid because its open,

close, done. It took much longer to get him to drink the juice, even

if it was just a little bit.

On Jun 9, 2008, at 9:42 PM, Caryn Reid wrote:

> Hmm. & nbsp; In applesauce seems like a good idea, but how do you

> give it at night? & nbsp; Does your son eat it off a spoon in his sleep?

>

> Caryn Reid

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi We give our DMSA with 4ml of pear juice in an oral syringe straight into

mouth, even at night and our 4yr old son barely wakes, 90% of the time. We are

up to round 8 and now that he seems to be handling rounds ok, re: no obvious

side effects we are going to start ALA next weekend (round). Good luck  Heidi

Re: [ ] Starting DMSA in my 3 y.o.

I'll let others handle the dosing, etc. BUt, we open the capsule,

put it on a spoon on top of applesauce, and he takes the bite.

Ruth

On Jun 9, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Sheri wrote:

> We are preparing to start chelation using DMSA (will add ALA at a

> later date) with our 3 y.o. son. He is 44 lbs, so I am thinking of

> starting with 6.25 mg DMSA every 4 hours round the clock for 3.5 days

> (4 days and 3 nights) then break for 10.5 days (or more if necessary).

>

> Just a few questions:

> 1) Does this dose sound appropriate? It is about 1/7 mg / pound /

> dose for him.

>

> 2) He isn't taking milk thistle yet, but I intend to add it

> tomorrow. What dose and dosing interval is appropriate for a 3 y.o.

> (44 lbs) who will be undergoing chelation with DMSA?

>

> 3) How do you administer the DMSA to a child who can't swallow pills

> on a regular basis yet? We've been succesful at having him swallow

> small capsules a couple of times, but not regularly enough to be

> having him take a capsule every 4 hours day and night. Does it mix

> well into water or other liquid to give it in a syringe? If not,

> would it be suitable to mix it into a spoonful of fruit puree?

>

> 4) How long should we wait (ideally) until we add in ALA?

>

> Thank you for your help,

> Sheri

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Posted by: " Sheri " ksmiller@... sherimiller75

Date: Mon Jun 9, 2008 12:34 pm ((PDT))

We are preparing to start chelation using DMSA (will add ALA at a

later date) with our 3 y.o. son. He is 44 lbs, so I am thinking of

starting with 6.25 mg DMSA every 4 hours round the clock for 3.5 days

(4 days and 3 nights) then break for 10.5 days (or more if necessary).

>Just a few questions:

>1) Does this dose sound appropriate? It is about 1/7 mg / pound /

dose for him.

Perfect.

>2) He isn't taking milk thistle yet, but I intend to add it

tomorrow. What dose and dosing interval is appropriate for a 3 y.o.

(44 lbs) who will be undergoing chelation with DMSA?

Not such a critical issue with DMSA, more with ALA. In any case, I think usual

adult dose is 150mg 4x/d. So, for him, perhaps 50 mg 4x/d.

>3) How do you administer the DMSA to a child who can't swallow pills

on a regular basis yet? We've been succesful at having him swallow

small capsules a couple of times, but not regularly enough to be

having him take a capsule every 4 hours day and night. Does it mix

well into water or other liquid to give it in a syringe?

Yes, but you need to use an acidic liquid, like orange juice. You can keep it

in the fridge for no more than 12 hours. That means, a 25mg cap can be divided

by 4.

>If not, would it be suitable to mix it into a spoonful of fruit puree?

If you are not storing it, that's fine.

>4) How long should we wait (ideally) until we add in ALA?

No fillings, right? When was his last vaccine? If more than 3 months, you can

do it right away.

>Thank you for your help,

>Sheri

[Guest guest]

Yes, but you need to use an acidic liquid, like orange juice. You can

keep it

in the fridge for no more than 12 hours. That means, a 25mg cap can

be divided

by 4.

Hi, I just wanted to ask why orange juice or an acidic drink?? I have

always put it into grape or pomegranate juice (we just finished our

2nd round DMSA/ALA) because that's all my daughter will drink. Should

I switch to O.J.??? I don't want to do anything to mess this up,

we've already messed things up chelating a different way in prior

years so I want to do everything correctly this time around.

Thanks so much,

>

> Posted by: " Sheri " ksmiller@... sherimiller75

> Date: Mon Jun 9, 2008 12:34 pm ((PDT))

>

> We are preparing to start chelation using DMSA (will add ALA at a

> later date) with our 3 y.o. son. He is 44 lbs, so I am thinking of

> starting with 6.25 mg DMSA every 4 hours round the clock for 3.5

days

> (4 days and 3 nights) then break for 10.5 days (or more if

necessary).

>

> >Just a few questions:

>

> >1) Does this dose sound appropriate? It is about 1/7 mg / pound /

> dose for him.

>

> Perfect.

>

> >2) He isn't taking milk thistle yet, but I intend to add it

> tomorrow. What dose and dosing interval is appropriate for a 3 y.o.

> (44 lbs) who will be undergoing chelation with DMSA?

>

> Not such a critical issue with DMSA, more with ALA. In any case, I

think usual

> adult dose is 150mg 4x/d. So, for him, perhaps 50 mg 4x/d.

>

> >3) How do you administer the DMSA to a child who can't swallow

pills

> on a regular basis yet? We've been succesful at having him swallow

> small capsules a couple of times, but not regularly enough to be

> having him take a capsule every 4 hours day and night. Does it mix

> well into water or other liquid to give it in a syringe?

>

> Yes, but you need to use an acidic liquid, like orange juice. You

can keep it

> in the fridge for no more than 12 hours. That means, a 25mg cap

can be divided

> by 4.

>

> >If not, would it be suitable to mix it into a spoonful of fruit

puree?

>

> If you are not storing it, that's fine.

>

> >4) How long should we wait (ideally) until we add in ALA?

>

> No fillings, right? When was his last vaccine? If more than 3

months, you can

> do it right away.

>

> >Thank you for your help,

> >Sheri

>

[Guest guest]

If you're just going to put it in and then give it, then it should be ok.

(People do this, for example, using something like apple sauce.) On the other

hand, if you are going to keep it in the fridge for a while, then you need to

use something acidic.

Dave

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Posted by: " madisonandrylee " madisonandrylee@... madisonandrylee

Date: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:31 am ((PDT))

Yes, but you need to use an acidic liquid, like orange juice. You can

keep it

in the fridge for no more than 12 hours. That means, a 25mg cap can

be divided

by 4.

Hi, I just wanted to ask why orange juice or an acidic drink?? I have

always put it into grape or pomegranate juice (we just finished our

2nd round DMSA/ALA) because that's all my daughter will drink. Should

I switch to O.J.??? I don't want to do anything to mess this up,

we've already messed things up chelating a different way in prior

years so I want to do everything correctly this time around.

Thanks so much,

[Guest guest]

Heidi - the DMSA mixes well or even dossolves into the pear juice?

This would likely work very well for our son since he is great with

taking meds from a syringe, but he's not so trusting of things given

on a spoon.

Thankyou!

Sheri

>

> > We are preparing to start chelation using DMSA (will add ALA at a

> > later date) with our 3 y.o. son. He is 44 lbs, so I am thinking of

> > starting with 6.25 mg DMSA every 4 hours round the clock for 3.5

days

> > (4 days and 3 nights) then break for 10.5 days (or more if

necessary).

> >

> > Just a few questions:

> > 1) Does this dose sound appropriate? It is about 1/7 mg / pound /

> > dose for him.

> >

> > 2) He isn't taking milk thistle yet, but I intend to add it

> > tomorrow. What dose and dosing interval is appropriate for a 3

y.o.

> > (44 lbs) who will be undergoing chelation with DMSA?

> >

> > 3) How do you administer the DMSA to a child who can't swallow

pills

> > on a regular basis yet? We've been succesful at having him swallow

> > small capsules a couple of times, but not regularly enough to be

> > having him take a capsule every 4 hours day and night. Does it mix

> > well into water or other liquid to give it in a syringe? If not,

> > would it be suitable to mix it into a spoonful of fruit puree?

> >

> > 4) How long should we wait (ideally) until we add in ALA?

> >

> > Thank you for your help,

> > Sheri

[Guest guest]

>

> We are preparing to start chelation using DMSA (will add ALA at a

> later date) with our 3 y.o. son. He is 44 lbs, so I am thinking of

> starting with 6.25 mg DMSA every 4 hours round the clock for 3.5 days

> (4 days and 3 nights) then break for 10.5 days (or more if necessary).

>

> Just a few questions:

> 1) Does this dose sound appropriate? It is about 1/7 mg / pound /

> dose for him.

Yes.

>

> 2) He isn't taking milk thistle yet, but I intend to add it

> tomorrow. What dose and dosing interval is appropriate for a 3 y.o.

> (44 lbs) who will be undergoing chelation with DMSA?

1/4 to 1/2 capsule with meals.

> 3) How do you administer the DMSA to a child who can't swallow pills

> on a regular basis yet?

Mixed in yoghurt, sorbet (which is nondairy), apple or pear sauce, juice, etc.

>We've been succesful at having him swallow

> small capsules a couple of times, but not regularly enough to be

> having him take a capsule every 4 hours day and night. Does it mix

> well into water or other liquid to give it in a syringe?

Yes.

>If not,

> would it be suitable to mix it into a spoonful of fruit puree?

Yes.

>

> 4) How long should we wait (ideally) until we add in ALA?

A few cycles of DMSA. Once you know what the DMSA does, add the ALA.

>

> Thank you for your help,

> Sheri

>