but in Dr. Cutler's book on amalgam illness he emphasizes that you should not use ALA until you've cleared mercury out of blood with other chelators. if you use it before blood cleared out, using ALA alone will take that metal that's in blood and possibly move it into fatty tissues ie brain etc. the other chelators like DMSA are water soluble and will not move metals into fatty tissues, but at same time will not detox it from brain etc if that's what you need........

may someone please correct me if I got this wrong......