hi folks, just bought a 4 month supply of DMSA and it feels like I'm holding mercury itself in my hand! To take or not to take......then I pulled the following off the web.....


http://www.mercurypoisoning.me/dangerous_chelators_for_mercury_removal.html

Dr. Boyd Haley, chemistry professor, says that DMSA would not work in metal chelation since it's a neurotoxin. Dr. Rashid Buttar says he had stopped using DMSA in his practice because he has not seen clinically positive results. In fact, during his clinical observations, he had observed the signs of neurotoxicity in his autistic patients who were on DMSA. He further goes on to say: "Any discriminating and judicious physician will not use DMSA if treating a child with metal toxicity, especially given the light that a developing brain is far more susceptible than a fully developed one for instance."

neurotoxicity? wow....then again, Dr. C. warns: to stay on the supplements, and in support of that, the directions on the bottle say to dose up on minerals while you're taking it, which makes sense if it's chelating not only mercury lead etc. but beneficial minerals which keep the CNS functioning normally......and of course (again Dr.C.): take it nonstop every 4 hrs for months, while the bottle is saying every other day, which by doing one can see could cause free flow of merc if the DMSA lets go of it while still in blood and there won't be any more DMSA around to pick it up again til the next day....

so maybe that's the source of the neurotoxicity they're talking about.....