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[Claire]

Hi Giselle,

 

Well the DMSA probably helped with the lead. We certainly have done the other things you mentioned, though his zinc/copper ratio was always fine. Also, his glutathione never got in the normal range with the oral, and I only recently got him to do the transdermal again, so maybe that would have made a difference.

 

MT promotion is supposed to help with mercury, good luck! It took us a year to get his zinc high enough to meet Pfeiffer's criteria...I think the serum zinc at 70 ish was our starting point. We ended up doing zinc at 70 mg/day back when he was 100 pounds. We tried 50 mg/day and it didn't do enough for him. Ultimately the 70 overshot a little too, but Pfeiffer wasn't worried, they said MT would bring it right back down which it did. I do suggest that you talk to your DAN doctor about this criteria of Pfeiffers (and confirm with Pfeiffer that they didn't change it in the last year, which I doubt) and see about modifying his supplementation. For that high a dosage, you really need to test regularly for both zinc and copper levels.

 

Another help is taking zinc by itself at bedtime (better absorbed), plus we ended up combining some zinc citrate and some zinc picolinate.

 

Anyway, I am hopeful about the EDTA for lead. My mercury levels are still so high, I wish I had an apples to apples comparison for the MT on myself. I preferred that over DMSA too, based on risks.

 

Claire