[QUOTE=scottyboy]Has anyone had any experience with chelation
therapy for children, specifically for elevated lead
levels? If so, what was the effect? What was used,
DMSA, EDTA, DMPS, etc.?
Scottyboy [/QUOTE]
My son had high-ish lead levels(11) when he was about 1 year old. Could you please educate me on DMSA,EDTA,DMPS?
EastWest,I'm not sure that's the right link...that seems to be a search engine.
Call Texas Functional medacine they can tell you about all this. The cost is around 3,000.
Dan Dr.'s are suppose to be great from what I have been told. List how you found one please.
Sorry about the link. It's actually:
To find a DAN! doctor in your area, go to:
http://www.autismwebsite.com/ari-lists/danus.html
Please be aware, however, that all are not created equal. Our local DAN! doctor was so bad that I actually knew more than he did. He cost the same as Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, one of the top in the nation and a physician who has an autistic son, so we decided to go with Bradstreet. We need to personally visit once per year, so travel is not a big issue.
The Autism Research Institute has much more information about biomedical treatment for autism, which applies quite well to ADHD. There's a consensus paper regarding chelation treatment on the site that may be of interest as well as webcasts from the most recent conference.
http://www.autismwebsite.com/ari/index.htm
In May, I attended the AutismOne conference in Chicago and felt that I actually learned more about helping my ADHD son than my autistic son, most likely because I've researched autism treatment intently over the last two years. Doctors in the DAN community believe that medical issues of ADHD are very similar to those of autism and my son's tests are proving this to be true.
The biggest surprise for me was information/research provided by Dr. Andrew Wakefield who spoke of the gut issues associated with ADHD and how treatment can help. I spoke with a mother whose son has dyslexia and ADHD and she said that within a month of treatment from Wakefield's clinic Thoughtful House in Austin, Texas, her son finally began sleeping through the night (at age 7) and was improving dramatically in behavior.
Leah
The generation rescue is a must read it is great imformation I have known about and the Dr.'s and Politicians denie the fact. This would make them resposable for the problem then.It was found in Jan of this year to be true in dead tissue samples of Autism people.This article was in the Jan. 2005 Dallas child Article also.I believe this method of binding only works if you are having oral or IV chelation therapy....so I've read.
Hey I do know that chelators bind with the toxic metal ions that accumalate in the body. Without going into too much chemistry chelators bind more easily to the metal ions than to other molecules in the body, that's why they're good at what they do. They even use EDTA in salad dressings for this purpose and to prevent rancidity. As far as it being toxic to humans, not sure but our bodies are unable to rid the toxic metals(which are far more problematic) and this is why they accumalate causing major neurological problems. These chelators are safe for consumption however how much is safe??? Hope I was able to help somewhat??.
I'm new to this group, but thought I'd share that there is a lot of information about chelation at:
I have just started it for my 4 year old with autism and after 5 doses, he said two full sentences. We plan to stick with it. We're using transdermal DMPS, which is the most effective mercury chelator. DMSA and EDTA are highly effective for lead.
His 6 year old brother has suspected ADHD. I could easily have him diagnosed but am trying to treat biomedically. We have started seeing a Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) doctor for him in Florida. His initial testing shows that he lacks the antioxidant glutathione (like his brother) which is necessary for heavy metal detoxification. He was overexposed to mercury in his vaccines. We are exploring chelation for him, but are first trying to bring up his glutathione levels through Dr. Jill James' protocol (methyl B12, folinic acid and DMG/TMG).
There is much more info about this at the Environmental Working Group web site.
Evidence of Harm by David Kirby (a New York Times writer) is an excellent book about the mercury-autism/adhd/ld/speech delay.
Children with Starving Brains by Dr. Jacquelyn McCandless is an excellent book on the biomedical approach to autism and adhd.
Dmps is what is getting recommended for our son. Yes it can be proven in a urine test gotten from the Dr. we visited at the Allergy/Asthma center. A 6 hr. Urine before taken and then a 6 hr. urine after. Will tell you what is found out.