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Standard Protocol for DTPA Administration

Standard Protocol for DTPA Administration

Agent is provided as 5 vials of Ca-DTPA and 5 of Zn-DTPA. This would the agent needed for 5 chelation sessions, which is appropriate to start for essentially all subjects. Hopefully for most, enough for sufficient treatment as well. Chelation is a 2 day process. Ca-DTPA the first day and Zn- DTPA the second. The injections are 2.5 ml of Ca-DTPA early after iv started and 2.5 ml Ca-DTPA towards the end of the iv fluid injection on day 1, and the same repeated with Zn-DTPA on d

Gentle Chelation and Affordable Host Response Modulation: LDN

Gentle Chelation and Affordable Host Response Modulation: LDN

What is an ideal gentle initial chelation treatment to minimize Flare reactions. I think the gentlest yet effective approach (I think in comparison EDTA is gentle but relatively ineffective) is to start with just Zn-DTPA, and the gentlest administration is 5 ml ampule injected into a 1 liter bag of normal saline and the liter administered over 2 hours. It may well be, although not shown scientifically that EDTA may result in a lesser Flare reaction to the standard Ca-DTPA/Zn-

Gadolinium Deposition Disease Incidence and Comprehensive Treatment

Gadolinium Deposition Disease Incidence and Comprehensive Treatment

Below is my current thinking on GDD incidence and a comprehensive treatment: 1. probably many cases of GDD-type symptoms spontaneously resolve (to a great extent). I suspect that maybe 20% of all individuals who undergo GBCA injection, have prominent symptoms but they resolve in 24 hours, and these individuals blend in with the group of GSC subjects. 2. Maybe 1 % have bonafide GDD but largely resolve at 1 month. 3. Maybe 0.1 % have bonafide GDD but largely resolve by 3 months

The Original Sin: A Brief History of Abuse of Power

The Original Sin: A Brief History of Abuse of Power

The recent allegations of the misconducts by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania are so shocking that reflection on Abuse of Power is warranted. Accounts of rape of 9 yr-old girl in a hospital bed, forcing performance of felatio by a 9 yr old boy and rinsing his mouth with holy water afterwards - the horrific nature of these atrocities would even shock Adolf Hitler. How can such evil exist, especially when cloaked in the garments of supposed spiritual leaders? This requir

Gadolinium Species

Gadolinium Species

Gadolinium species or speciation refers to the molecular structure Gadolinium is in. Gadolinium administered as a chelate (GBCA) to an individual remains either in its chelated form (intact chelate) or dechelated or disassociated form. Gadolinium is essentially never 'free', because if Gd dechelates from the GBCA, it extremely rapidly recombines with other molecules. The most common other species that Gd appears as in the body are as a salt combined with carbonates, phosphat