hello,

I have been taking DMSA to detox from mercury. I take them for three days and then have 11 days off. I am on round three. I have found that after every round, I get some gastritis and burp a lot and have this burnign feelign in my stomach.

Has anyone else had this experience as well?

thanks for any help

never used dmsa, but had similair rection with alphalipoic acid. It has to have something to do with the mercury/gut connection.

Hi, how much do you take? and how often do you take it? It's really easy to get gut problems when you chelate, but also it may have something to do with the DMSA itself.

I find I have to be very careful with it and usually can only take about 25 mg of DMSA, every 4 hours around the clock. Also have to follow a candida diet at the sametime. If i don't, I get into big problems.

HI,

I take 300 mg once a day for three days and then three days off.....
why does DMSA cause gut problems? I thought it would solve them by removing mercury from the gut where mercury can cause problems.....ahhhh all this is so frustrating

Yes I had similar problems when on DMSA. The DMSA still helped though once you were past taking it! I have just had an appointment with Jacques Imbeau who is considered to be pretty on to it with detox etc and he has suggested that we get my gut sorted first and then relook at detox at that stage. On to a candida free diet and taking homeopathic and herbal stuff to help as well. He calls it weed seed and feed. We spend approx 4 weeks killing them(weed) then go on to taking good bacteria probiotics etc (seed) and then nutrients etc (feed). Then remove my amalgams and then detox/chelate.

300mg is probably; a] too much to start with and; b] at the very least, should be divided into 4-hourly doses for those 3 days. And yes, a minimum of 3 days off. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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