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Chelation Therapy
What Is It?
How Does It Work?
What Happens During Treatment?
What Is It Used For?
Side Effects/Cautions
Recommended Books
What Is It?
Chelation is a widely used and respected therapy used to treat
poisoning from heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, iron and aluminium.
Some practitioners also believe it is useful for many other ailments
including hardening of the arteries, muscular dystrophy and arthritis.
How Does It Work?
The treatment involves intravenous injection of the chemical EDTA
(ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) which binds with metals in
the bloodstream. The metals are then excreted in the urine.
The therapy was first used in the late 1940s to treat
lead poisoning in workers from battery factories. Doctors
noted that patients treated reported less pain from
angina, improved memory, better vision, smell and hearing,
and increased energy. They speculated that EDTA might
remove calcium-laden plaque from the arteries in the
same way it removed lead from the blood.
A more accepted theory suggests that, along with toxic
metals, Chelation Therapy removes free radicals - molecules
that cause oxidation and tissue damage. This allows
the arteries to heal, shedding their plaque and relieving
the symptoms of heart disease and poor circulation.
There is still a great deal of controversy surrounding
the use of Chelation Therapy for anything other than
metal poisoning.
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What Happens During
Treatment?
A thorough medical examination is given before treatment. If metal
poisoning is suspected a sample of hair will be sent to a laboratory
for testing. Other tests measure kidney function and blood circulation.
If you have heart problems, an electrocardiogram and chest x-rays
will be given. Treatment will not be given until test results are
evaluated by the practitioner.
The chemical EDTA is administered through a needle
inserted into a vein in the back of the hand or arm
while you lie in a reclining chair. Your blood pressure,
blood sugar, and kidney function are monitored during
the treatment. Vitamin and mineral supplements and
antioxidants are often added to the EDTA infusion.
The treatment is painless and takes about 3-4 hours.
Between 20 and 50 treatments are usually recommended
for metal poisoning (1-3 treatments each week).
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What Is It Used
For?
Chelation Therapy is a widely accepted treatment for heavy metal
poisoning. More controversially, it has been used to treat other
ailments including hardening of the arteries, gangrene, Alzheimer’s
disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke
and arthritis. It is also sometimes recommended for boosting energy
and improving mental alertness.
Side Effects/Cautions
Do not use chelation therapy (except in emergency metal poisoning)
if you have kidney disease, liver disease, a brain tumour, or
an under-active thyroid (hypothyroidism).
Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive should
also avoid this treatment.
Chelation therapy should not be used as a substitute
for conventional heart disease treatment.
Some conventional doctors warn of side effects such
as anaemia, blood clots, bone marrow damage, insulin
shock, irregular heartbeat, stroke, low blood pressure
and severe inflammation of the area where the needle
was inserted. Others dismiss these warnings saying
Chelation Therapy is safer than aspirin.
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Books
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A Textbook on Edta Chelation
Therapy
Elmer M. Cranton
EDTA chelation therapy removes from the human
body, with relative safety and without surgery,
metallic ions that play an important role in
the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. Dr.Elmer
Cranton's compilation of the most current and
pertinent information on EDTA chelation therapy
is now back in print, with even Learn more...
about chelation's effects, protocols, and status
based on the latest research. Find out why
more than a thousand physicians in the United
States already offer EDTA chelation therapy
as a safer and far less expensive alternative
to surgical treatments for atherosclerosis.
From the author of Bypassing
Bypass Surgery: Chelation Therapy: A Non-Surgical Treatment
for Reversing Arteriosclerosis, Improving Blocked Circulation,
and Slowing the Aging Process. This book contains the
most current and pertinent information on EDTA chelation
therapy - now expanded and updated. Extensive evidence on
the efficacy of chelation therapy in prevention and treatment
of age-associated diseases, heart and arterial disease, high
blood pressure, brain disorders, cancer, renal dysfunction,
and more. Illustrates how chelation therapy may improve circulation
and overall health, possibly even extending life. Supports
chelation as an alternative to invasive, risky and expensive
procedures such as bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty.
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The Chelation Way: The Complete Book
of Chelation Therapy
Morton Walker
Walker's book provides a complete explanation
of chelation therapy. The only use for this
therapy which is generally accepted is to remove
lead from the bloodstream in cases of lead
toxicity, although new evidence suggests it
may help to control and in some cases reverse
the effects of arthritis, cancer, stroke, and
more. Using lay language, Walker explains the
various chelating agents and how they work,
and presents case studies of patients who have
been helped by the therapy. An appendix lists
chelating physicians worldwide. This is an
interesting treatment of the subject, much
more comprehensive than any other book.
-Barbara Kormelink, Bay Medical Central Library, Bay City,
Michigan.
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Toxic Metal Syndrome
Richard H. Casdorph, Morton Walker
If you subscribe to the belief that death,
disease, and physical decline are optional,
this book's for you. Casdorph and Walker expose
the accumulation of toxic metals in the brain
as the likely source of Alzheimer's-style dementia
and offer strategies for preventing such accumulation.
The fact that the medical establishment and
the FDA stand opposed to C & W's therapeutics
distinguishes, to say the least, their book
from others on Alzheimer's. The therapy they
employ, chelation, is hardly new, but the results
Casdorph has obtained from it are unparalleled.
Widespread U.S. use of chelation apparently
ended in the 1960s when the medical establishment
concluded that, like insulin, its benefits
ceased when treatment ended. Casdorph and a
few others persisted and devised from it a
treatment for Alzheimer's that flushes toxic
metals from the system. However problematically,
this book proffers hope to Alzheimer's sufferers
and their loved ones. - Mike Tribby
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