Hi Scarlet, DMSA taken the right way, it can reduce mercury in the blood very well and i've used it successfully, as have others (so long as it's done on the proper safe protocol). It is also used on children with autism.

The bad side effects and backlashes often are from the wrong use of these products (due to moving mercury in a risky fashion). The is the odd person that will not tolerate DMSA, but this is not common and it happens with foods too.

I'm not disputing clay baths, but some of us (myself included) do not eliminate the toxins via the skin as I was once doing very well and the cost of clay would be wasted, as my condition is no longer so much related to mercury and is much more complicated and worsened by a continual bacterial/viral infection that has I believe damaged my immune system.

I think we have to be aware people are goingto try their own way of doing things and what works for one, is not automatically going to work for someone else, or be embraced by someone else. Just as the way that worked for me, might not at all appeal to you.

Not all natural things are good. I've been harmed horribly by garlic supplementation, chlorella, cilantro etc etc. I am sure clay baths are about as safe as you can get, but I can not claim how effective they are with truly chelating mercury out of the body. And me trying it now would be pointless for the reasons I mentioned. At one stage I was able to sweat it out of my skin, but even then, I had to also address it with chelation too.

I understand your concern/warning about these chelation drugs DMSA and DMPS, but again, the natural products can cause awful symptoms too and just as bad sometimes. So it makes me think it's the mercury more than the product and it obviously needs to be appropriately moved to ensure as much safety as possible. Andy's protocol was the one that worked for me, other ones made me much worse. I can't speak for everyone else however, but not to give these drugs a bad name, they have saved many a person also, they just have to be used safely and people tested for tolerance.