re: Mercury Detoxification of Autistic Child

haamidsm — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:32:12 GMT

Dr. Mercola, I as a medical doctor who has hitherto been doing IV EDTA chelation only, am now stepping out to do mercury detox for autistic children. These children find little specialised support in this country. I have a lot to learn from clinical experience of experts like yourself and I hope that I can get a response to my unresolved questions. Your comments in support of DMPS over DMSA are well argued. However, I think the observation in the Panel report reproduced below is also worth noting as a possible additional benefit that may outweigh the negatives you highlight. Your comments on this aspect would be appreciated.

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Whether the cause is too little production, rapid consumption or a combination of the two, many of these children can benefit from exogenous antioxidant support. Since DMSA and many of the other supplements used to treat mercury and heavy metal intoxication are powerful antioxidants, this may be mechanism of action in some children who improve, especially those who show little excretion of toxic metals.

Since it is possible that neither removal of metals nor supplementing cellular antioxidants are the mechanism of action, an empiric trial of DMSA therapy may be warranted. ... Unquote

Dr. Haamid S. Majid, MBBCh, LRCP&SI,

Lahore, Pakistan

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