VRP doesn't know about DMSA? // Re: ALA - how much must one drink?

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> Interesting that you would trust a neutraceutical company PR drone

> over anyone else here or elsewhere. Note that their label on both the

> 25mg and 100mg DMSA capsules both say " take one capsule daily " . This

> is in fact quite harmful and demonstrates that they actually know

> very little about their product, other than how to produce it.

>

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You seem to be pretending that anyone who knows more

than " a little " would AGREE that using DMSA once a day is harmful.

By this standard the only people who " know anything " are people

who use 4-hour timing, right?

When last I checked (which is a couple years

ago at least) it was very possible to read tons, as well as attend

formal classes about chelation, and be ***TAUGHT*** to use DMSA

on various (not-every-4-hour) schedules. I presume that this is

still the case. If so, I do not consider it " knowing very little "

to recommend or use such practices. Do you?

I guess we'd have to discuss what " know " means. I'm thinking that

you would say that > 95% of chelation practitioners and

mercury researchers also " know very little " ?

There could be some truth in such a view, but it is very different

than saying someone is negligent in looking for information or

is dumb or irresponsible. Many intellegent and dedicated people,

(including researchers, I think), people who are fully versed on

all the going theories (including Andy's) believe that using DMSA on

all sorts of (not-every-4-hours) schedules is fine.

You and I likely agree that this whole business of chelation is

pretty much in the dark ages. I would say that very little is

known (as compared to what would be useful to know) -- and that

the level of knowing is far from what would be desireable.

Still, I think people (esp those who are new here) could actually

be confused by reading that VRP " knows very little " , and think

that there really IS some sort of general agreement (among those who

have looked into it) about how to use DMSA. This couldn't

be further from the truth, and people have a difficult road coming

to terms with this. I think people do need to know that there

is NOT agreement, even though I also think it is a confusing

and difficult knowledge.

What do you think? How can we acknowledge the very real levels

of disagreement while being clear that we (I mean here you and I,

not everyone) think that 4 hour dosing is best? I've struggled

with this. Also, in case you are wondering, yes, I have taken up

similar points with Andy.

I also happen to have generally positive opinions about VRP.

I personally would consider what someone at VRP says, and I

would also consider what others say. (Your calling them a

drone leads me to wonder what you are up to rather than causing

me to agree with you.) For me, questioning what people say and

what they know is " good " -- but questioning is not discarding.

Evaluating takes even longer.

best,

Moria