Well I guess that does make it irrelevent, as I'm familiar with the whole ALA -> DHLA conversion.

I was never trying to say you shouldn't use ALA only either, just that ALA + DMSA resulted in a faster excretion of mercury which Andy does agree with.

In any case, good luck LindaLou and start out with whatever dose you feel would be the most tolerable. Lower than 12.5 each may be a better idea. From what I remember Andy seems to reccomend diluting DMSA/ALA in something acidic...so even if you add some ascorbic acid to the water that would help.

Oh, one more thing LindaLou, Did you even get an x-ray after amalgam removal? I just got one, after 3 years of getting mine removed, and there was a still a very small piece of amalgam under one of my composites. I'm getting it safely removed today, but I think it explains my slow progress in certain areas. Just curious.