Dear Madisongrrl,

I so understand your desire for treatment, but this is a public forum and I just wish to share information about the dubious nature and possible fatal (and other deleterious) consequences of chelation therapy for anything other than known instances of toxic exposure (such as verified lead poisoning in children).

I first learned about this in reference to autism (If you look this up in the Autism thread here onNeurotalk, you can find many warnings about it) -- but much is also written warning about its use for for cardiac ailments, etc. I've not heard of it as a treatment for PN.

True metal toxicity can apparently only be determined through hair samples: citations note metal readings from urine are highly suspect, and never should be done after the administration of a chelating agent. We all have metals in our bodies, and these will be excreted out (as you note -- including necessary metals) in what appear to be high numbers after such an infusion.

It seems a very broad jump from Lyme to this was made in your case....I'm wondering who is doing this treatment, and whether you had considered a second opinion.

Sorry these citations are not copying well... but actually, if you just look up "Chelation," in Wikipedia, there is a good summary as well as many sources.

I wish you the best.



United States Food and Drug Administration (2010). FDA issues warnings to marketers of unapproved ‘chelation’ products. Retrieved
October 26, 2010 at
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsro.../ucm229320.htm

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/.../q..

articles.latimes.com/2005/mar/07/health/he-themd7
http://www.healing-arts.org/children/holmes.htm