Hi Guys, I am on my 2nd round of DMSA. First round went fine at 25 Mgs every 4 hrs for 3 1/.2 days. This round Im doing 50 mgs and still doing ok. Any problem with going to 75 mgs next round next week? Stll taking algin and other supplements. Also it seems Im breaking out on my face more than usual (minor to moderate) Is that a sign or symptom of merc detox or maybe that the DMSA is working? Thanks for all your feedback, you guys are by far ther best. And to you Russ for being a superb monitor! God Bless! Diane

Thank you. It's very nice to hear!

I don't know the answer to your question but I'm sure someone on here does.

Take care.

I did the same thing, went from 25 to 50 to 75 in 3 rounds, the third ended up having some emotional sides like sadness and depression that were not fun, so back down to 50 I go. I was also taking ALA with it. ALA seems to make me euphoric (like Russ) its the DMSA that gets me down.

You can try it, be prepared for sides. If need be stop the round, wait 3 days and go back to 50.

75 mg is still a conservative dose by Andy Cutler's standards. He usually says going from 50 mg and then if someone does ok on that, they can go to 100 mg. Problem wtih this is, so many people cannot handle nearly those amounts and had to start as low as 6 mg. Also side effects dont always hit until later, so I would make sure you are definitely ok at 50 mg for a few rounds before going up.

Just my opinion. Some people do about 4 rounds before they up the dose to make sure. If you really feel you're ok and you can handle it, go for it. Yeah breaking out is detox, I had that also. On my face and I started to improve after that, so I believe its toxins erupting out. Do you get any metal taste or smell? I did and it got worse when I exercised.

Thanks Bex for your help. Youve really helped a lot with my detox protocol. I don't notice a metalic taste but I do work out several times a week. And I do my infared sauna 2X week. As long as this breaking out is hopefully a tempory thing I can live with it. Take care, Diane

HI Diane, you're welcome <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> His protocol was really the safest for me personally and it seems it is very effective with many people.

I hope it will be that way for you! The issue though that can cause problems with chelation, as it did with me, is yeast. That can really cause problems because it flares up, so that often needs to be addressed with diet/supplements in order to keep that under some form of control, especially during chelation.

You sound like you are really doing a lot of helpful things to get the mercury out of you. The breaking out for me came and went. Sometimes it seemed to clear up, then it would come back, so I had to go with the flow of it as my body would be shoving more toxins out. I also think the liver gets quite overloaded during toxicity or detoxing, so that would probably do it as well.