Guest guest Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 These may answer the questions you had. I copied these straight from the past posts from Andy Cutler's writing. I do not think the ratio is very important, but above I mean anything where the ratio of ALA to DMSA is in the range of 1:2 to 2:1. For example 10 mg ALA to 5 of DMSA, or 10 of ALA to 10 of DMSA or 10 of ALA to 20 of DMSA would all be fine. DMSA + ALA (together): same as ALA, every 3 hours, including at night. (You can stretch it to every 4 hours at night if it helps you get a little more sleep, but go back to every 3 hours during the day.) How to mix small dosages Mixing DMSA or ALA into juice, water, or food is a good way to divide it up into smaller doses, and a good way to prepare night-time doses before going to bed. Mixing into food or juice is also helpful for kids who don't easily swallow pills. * ALA should be stable. This means it is okay to mix up a few doses at once. ALA can be mixed into water juice, or food. You can also use liquid to divide ALA into smaller amounts. (If you buy 100 mg. capsules, but need to give 25 mg., you can mix the capsule into water and just use 1/4 of the water for each dose.) * DMSA is more sensitive to oxidation than ALA. If you are mixing the dose in advance, then DMSA should be in some reasonably acidic (tart or sour tasting) juice. Acidic fruit juices (lemonade, limeade, or pineapple juice for example) are good for mixing with DMSA. Limit the number of doses that are premixed into acidic juice, and then use them up in a reasonable amount of time. A reasonable period of time to store DMSA after mixing is less than a day, preferably half a day * If you are mixing just one dose of DMSA (not storing it), you can mix it into any sort of food your child likes. * Store premixed doses of ALA and DMSA in the fridge. > > We have been chelating with ALA, adding a capsule to juice and using a syringe to divide the dose. > > I just got in my order of DMSA and will start adding that to rounds. > > Should I use equal doses of DMSA and ALA? > Can I use juice/syringe method to divide DMSA (we have 25 mg capsules)? > Can I dose the DMSA every four hours at night or must I now keep it at three hours? > > thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 That was very helpful. I was dumping out a vit cap, then splitting the ALA caps, then stuffing the powder back into the capsules. What a mess. I really like the idea of mixing in water and then splitting the water, and I can use up a lot of 100mg ALA caps I bought back when I was working with the DAN. THANK YOU. Deb > > > > We have been chelating with ALA, adding a capsule to juice and using a syringe to divide the dose. > > > > I just got in my order of DMSA and will start adding that to rounds. > > > > Should I use equal doses of DMSA and ALA? > > Can I use juice/syringe method to divide DMSA (we have 25 mg capsules)? > > Can I dose the DMSA every four hours at night or must I now keep it at three hours? > > > > thanks > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Agreed! Very helpful! thanks so much. Yes, I use 100mg ALA capsules and we just empty a capsule into juice and divide by tsp. thanks again! > > > > > > We have been chelating with ALA, adding a capsule to juice and using a syringe to divide the dose. > > > > > > I just got in my order of DMSA and will start adding that to rounds. > > > > > > Should I use equal doses of DMSA and ALA? > > > Can I use juice/syringe method to divide DMSA (we have 25 mg capsules)? > > > Can I dose the DMSA every four hours at night or must I now keep it at three hours? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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