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- Chelation Therapy -
General Information:
Names:
Wikipedia entry:
Dr. Ray Shahelien entry:
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Observations:
Those few physicians who
practice intravenous chelation therapy to treat
heart disease (specifically arterial sclerosis) claim to have
noticed that after about 100 treatments [cite source for
this], those patients with AD reported a regression of their
symptoms. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a study to back
up these claims that the mainstream medical community will
accept. The common excuse given by chelation therapy
practitioners as to why this procedure is not accepted is:
There isn't enough money in it. But surely, we all run the
risk of developing these terrible conditions, even doctors and the
CEO's of pharmaceutical companies. Who knows, maybe they
secretly use chelation therapy themselves to stave off diseases
like AD. (Isn't it interesting how old former presidents
have been getting of late? Now there's a conspiracy
theory for you to chew on!) The chelation therapist
themselves don't know for sure why it works. Their
only claim is that they have observed that it does. But
intravenous chelation therapy is expensive since it must be
administered by a physician. There is an alternative to this
alternative: Oral chelation therapy. IV chelation
practitioners denounce oral chelation therapy, because, well, if
people can get the same effect by something they take by mouth,
without the assistance of a highly paid physician, then the
physician's income might be affected. I hardly think so, in
the long run: There are plenty of other illnesses to go
around, and if you manage to beat AD, something else will surly go
wrong. Physicians and pharmaceutical companies really have
nothing to worry about. Perhaps plain old ignorance and
reluctance to accept new ideas [link to section on stomach
ulcers] is what is impeding chelation therapy as an accepted
treatment for AD and other diseases.
Chelating agents such as Phytic Acid and EDTA may only be a temporary measure to delay further damage until some treatement that treats the cause of the amyloid-beta plaque formation is found.
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References:
Chelation Therapy:
"Chelation therapy is a method of removing substances from the
body through intravenous infusions, and occasionally, orally."
http://www.henryspink.org/chelation_therapy.htm
CHELATION CRITICS PUBLISH DECEPTIVE DATA
http://www.drcranton.com/chelation/chelationcritics.htm
"The I/V Chelation doctors mostly belong to one medical
association, called ACAM, the American College for Advancement
in Medicine. I have attended many of their quarterly
meetings. I know many of the members personal, consider
them good friends, and have had I/V chelation therapy treatments
from several of them. If was from these fine doctors that
I first learned that "oral EDTA is useless."
"I have come to believe that this was false data."
http://www.oralchelation.net/data/Dr_Garry_F_Gordon/data19d.htm
"In February 2005, Robban A. Sica, M.D., who operates the Center
for the Healing Arts in Orange, Connecticut, settled charges
related to her care of about about 40 patients. In 2003, she was
charged with improperly using chelation therapy to treat
cardiovascular disease, failing to obtain adequate consent for
such treatment, and failing to properly manage many of these
patients whom she said were suffering from heavy metal
toxicity."
http://www.casewatch.org/board/med/sica/consentform.shtml
Oral Chelation - Hoax or Heart Protector?
This article is from Dr. Robert J. Rowen's SECOND OPINION
newsletter.
"Most chelating physicians (yes, me too) were trained to believe
that EDTA is not well absorbed orally, hence it would be of
little use. We were also trained to believe that a significant
part of the effectiveness of EDTA was due to the ability of EDTA
to pull calcium out of the body (theoretically from vascular
walls).
"However, the incredible results of Dr. Blumer using calcium
EDTA, which does not remove calcium, indicate otherwise. With
calcium EDTA, the calcium is left in the body and the EDTA picks
up a metal ion, which has a greater affinity for EDTA. Dr.
Blumer has seen tremendous success using calcium EDTA, which
suggests the actual removal of toxic metals may be what is so
good for the body, not the calcium removal. EDTA not only binds
lead and cadmium, both closely associated with vascular disease,
but also picks up free iron. You already know that iron can be
as deadly as it is life giving. Iron, when it's bound by enzymes
and proteins, is healthy in the right amounts. When the iron
isn't bound, it's a powerful generator of highly destructive
free radicals, but it's also available for EDTA binding and
removal!"
http://www.gordonresearch.com/articles_oral_chelation/oral_chelation_hoax_protector_rowen.html
A NEW THEORETICAL MECHANISM OF ACTION OF EDTA CHELATION
THERAPY
"We still do not know for certain how EDTA chelation therapy
benefits atherosclerosis and other age-related diseases. We only
know that it binds to metallic ions in the body. EDTA rapidly
removes ionic metals via urinary excretion, and in the process
it redistributes many metals within in the body. We have many
theories attempting to explain how EDTA reverses symptoms,
improves cardiovascular function, enhances quality of life, and
improves blood flow, but we still do not know the most important
mechanism(s) of action."
http://drcranton.com/chelation/theoreticalmech.htm
Chelation Therapy with EDTA
"Chelation therapy is the use of a chelating agent to eliminate
toxic metal ions. EDTA is the treament of choice for acute lead
poisoning. Excessive copper, iron and zinc in the brain induce
amyloid formation, which may contribute to Alzheimer's Disease
[NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 23:1031-1038 (2002)]. Chelation therapy
has shown some effectiveness in Alzheimer's Disease treatment,
but has greater potential for prevention. Unfortunately, the
concept of chelation therapy is primarily associated with the
use of EDTA to reduce atherosclerotic plaques in blood vessels
by calcium chelation. Clinics often charge expensive fees for
this scheme, which is not only of doubtful value but is
potentially dangerous
[JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 287(4):481-486
(2002)]."
http://www.benbest.com/nutrceut/EDTA.html
CHELATION THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
"TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE There is no allopathic
treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Chelation therapy is not part
of mainstream medicine. In my book Toxic Metal Syndrome, we have
described the chelation protocol to follow to reverse
Alzheimer's disease, and it works. Dr. Richard Casdorph, the
co-author of this book, found that when he gave chelation
therapy to his patients to remove atherosclerotic plaques from
the arteries, the minds of his patients began to clear up and
function appropriately. He discovered that chelation therapy
works beautifully to bring Alzheimer's disease patients out of
the convalescent homes and back to their loved ones if enough
treatment is administered in a specific dosage range. This
protocol is described in the book. The usual number of
treatments for heart disease begins with a series of 20
intravenous infusions, then goes on to another series of 20, and
up to 80. If you go on to give 100 treatments, the brain clears
up. Dr. Casdorph published his studies in professional journals,
and many physicians around the world have adapted the Casdorph
protocol for their own patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Physicians' names and phone numbers are published in the
appendix of the book. They belong to the American College for
Advancement in Medicine, and I have to keep updating the book
because the number is growing all the time. My book The Healing
Powers of Chelation Therapy has a newly updated list."
http://www.consumerhealth.org/articles/display.cfm?ID=19990303214451
EDTA Chelation Therapy
"EDTA Oral Chelation has a rejuvenating effect on the body,
slowing down the biological clock of aging because of its
powerful anti-oxidant, free-radical scavenging ability.
EDTA is a weak, synthetic amino acid related to vinegar
that was developed by the Germans in 1931 as a solution for
heavy-metal poisoning (due to the ingestion of lead, mercury,
aluminum, cadmium, etc.). It also has been found to have a
wide range of positive results in many other health conditions."
http://www.naturodoc.com/library/detox/EDTA-about.htm
Oral Chelation and Nutritional
Replacement Therapy for Chemical & Heavy Metal Toxicity
and Cardiovascular Disease Overview
by Maile Pouls, Ph.D.
"Oral EDTA chelation has all the benefits of IV chelation, but
is much slower acting because only 4% to 18% of an oral EDTA
dose is absorbed (compared with 100% of an IV dose). ...
"The heightened benefits of oral chelation may result from the
synergistic effect of combining EDTA with numerous natural
chelating agents, such as activated clays, certain
bioflavonoids, chlorella, cilantro, coenzyme Q10, garlic,
L-cysteine, L-glutathione, lipoic acid, methionine, selenium,
sodium alginate, and zinc gluconate. Each chelating agent has a
predilection for different chemicals and mineral or metal ions.
... "
http://earthtym.net/ref-chelation-2.htm
[Opposes chelation therapy]
http://your-doctor.com/patient_info/alternative_remedies/various_therapy/fraud_topics/chelation.html
Google search for "scholarly articles":
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q="Alzheimer's%20disease"%20%20mechanism%20EDTA%20"chelation%20therapy"&hl=en&lr=&oi=scholart
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