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DTPA chelation for GDD (Lead and Cadmium too) is like a train ride. There are stopping points. But once you get on the train you can't jump off at 90 miles/hour.
once you are on the train, you can't get off till the next stop I sent this email recently to a patient. The analogy is very fitting and illustrative, so I have made a blog from it. It may pictorially describe the concept that once you start chelation you cannot randomly stop it, because of the risk of re-equilibration. Gd in most regions of the brain does get removed by chelation with DTPA. Redistribution is the very least with DTPA compared to other chelators. To avoid Gd
Nov 29
Heavy Metals. The White Sabbath of Toxins. New book written by Richard Semelka, MD. The definitive book on Risks, Symptoms, Treatments for Heavy Metals.
The definitive book on Risks, Symptoms, amnd Treatment Heavy Metals. The White Sabbath of Toxins is the definitive work describing Heavy Metals. The book is written for well informed members of the general public on health related matters. So this is for approximately 1 million people in the US, and another 2 million world-wide. To explain the title; Sabbath of course is an allusion to Heavy Metal Music, White because of all toxins: PFAs, pesticides, microplastics, etc, heav
Nov 23
It is critical to understand the risk of events occuring when assessing validity of drugs. This blog: drugs intended to decrease risk of reaction. Steroid pretreatment Acute Hypersensitivity Reactions
pretreatment for AHR This article was recently published: Byrne A, Macdonald DB, Kirkpatrick IDC, Pham M, Green CR, Copaescu AM, McInnes MDF, Ling L, Ellis A, Costa AF. CAR/CSACI Practice Guidance for Contrast Media Hypersensitivity. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2025 Aug;76(3):400-416. doi: 10.1177/08465371241311253. Epub 2025 Jan 11. PMID: 39797723 I have agreed with this concept for Acute Hypersensitivity Reaction (AHR) for a long time: pretreatment with steroids/antihistamines f
Nov 23
Health Care Insurance Reform. An Expert's Opinion. Why it is so difficult in the USA. Too many stakeholders/ middle men
Health care reform requires lock-step change in multiple factors Health care insurance is expensive, complex, and somehow often seems to be a scam in the USA. To start with the conclusion, the best health insurance for the USA is what most developed countries have which is universal coverage for everyone, but if you want faster care, greater selection of physicians and hospitals there is supplemental private insurance. So in the USA it would look like Medicare for everyone (n
Nov 11
