Cilantro can mobilize some mercury from the brain and nervous system, but it isn't nearly as powerful as ALA.

When I first tried chelating, it was 3 months after my amalgams were out, and I tried a few rounds with just 50 mh ALA per dose. While it cleared up the brain fog well, it gave me severe muscle ache and I crashed hard and waited a few months before trying ALA plus DMSA 25 mg of each. At first I thought I could avoid the expense of DMSA(Andy Cutler says ALA is mandatory but DMSA is optional) however the side effects of using ALA without DMSA were too great.

I think I went from 25 mg of each to 50 mg ALA 25 mg DMSA, then 50 mg of each, then 100 mg ALA 50 mg DMSA, then 200 mg ALA 50 mg DMSA, then 200mg ALA 66 mg DMSA, then 200 mg ALA 83 mg DMSA, but at 83 mg DMSA per dose I got diarrhea and had to stop the round. The next rounds I did with 66 mg DMSA and was fine. Diarrhea is a common side effect when using too much DMSA. You need to see how much your body will tolerate per dose.

I used much more ALA than DMSA since DMSA is something like 10x the price of ALA. I also seemed to tolerate the higher dosage of ALA much better than a higher dosage of DMSA. I arrived at the 66 mg and 83 mg dosages for DMSA since the DMSA comes in 100 mg and 250 mg capsules, so 3 66 mg doses were put together from 2 100 mg capsules, and 3 83 mg doses were put together from one 250 mg capsule. I tried to make the doses as even as I could(I just seperated it by sight).

The side effects using ALA without DMSA are so much greater than using ALA with DMSA. With the DMSA it was very tolerable. The last 2 or 3 doses of each round I did with DMSA only. I advise people not to use ALA without DMSA unless they can't help it(DMSA is not available in some countries).