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Autism, Vaccines, Heavy Metals, Mercury & Chelation Wellness

Critics not persuaded that metal-snaring treatment works. With millions of Americans regularly using complementary medicines, researchers usually applaud efforts to test and debunk folk treatments such as echinacea, a herbal supplement often deployed against the common cold. But what if a trial shows that an alternative therapy might work? That is the case for a study funded by the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The trial hints that a fringe therapy intended to sop up metal ions in the blood might reduce participants’ risk of...

January 17, 2008 — Inadvertent and inappropriate administration of edetate disodium (Endrate, Hospira, Inc, and generics) can lead to serious adverse events, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned healthcare professionals yesterday. Inadvertent use of edetate disodium rather than edetate calcium disodium (also known as calcium disodium versenate) has led to deaths in adults and children, according to an alert sent from MedWatch, the FDA's safety information and adverse event reporting program. According to the FDA, the major risks are thought to apply only to the short period of time after edetate disodium use; onset of death and serious...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 02 - In 2005, two young children died of cardiac arrest after receiving treatment with edetate disodium (Na2EDTA) as a chelating agent to lower blood lead levels, according to an article in the March 3rd issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention do not recommend Na2EDTA as a chelating agent in children because it induces hypocalcemia and possibly fatal tetany, note Dr. R. A. Beauchamp, from the Texas Department of State Health Services, and colleagues. They report that a 2-year-old...

The unorthodox practice of chelation No one knows for certain what causes autism, but one theory has ignited an intense debate Autism is a mysterious and devastating disorder that is believed to affect as many as 500,000 children in this country. No one knows for certain what causes autism, but one theory — chelation— has sparked controversy. Now, Jim Adams wants to put that theory to the test. In a desperate quest for answers, he is using his scientific know-how to test a controversial therapy called "chelation." And he has a special reason for taking on this mission — his...

A new ruling that a controversial drug therapy for autistic children was responsible for the death of a 5-year-old Monroeville boy is likely to intensify debates about the treatment's safety and effectiveness. The Butler County Coroner's Office ruled that Abubakar Nadama suffered cardiac arrest because of an injection of EDTA, a chelation therapy drug administered to him in October by Dr. Roy E. Kerry at the Advanced Integrative Medicine Center in Portersville. Chelation treatment is designed to rid the body of heavy metals. Therapy supporters believe autism can be caused by heavy metal toxicity, particularly from mercury once used in...

A 5-year-old autistic boy died Tuesday in a Butler County doctor's office while undergoing an increasingly popular though controversial medical treatment touted by some as a cure for the lifelong neurological and developmental disorder. Abubakar Tariq Nadama died while receiving chelation therapy, an intravenous injection of a synthetic amino acid that latches onto heavy metals and is then passed in the urine. State police at Butler are investigating Nadama's death, which occurred at about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday in the office of Dr. Roy Eugene Kerry in Portersville. Authorities said Kerry's office reported that the child was receiving an IV treatment...

A 5-year-old Monroeville boy died this week during a medical treatment that's being touted by some as a cure for autism. The autistic boy died while receiving chelation -- an intravenous injection of a synthetic amino acid known as EDTA, for ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the practice only to treat heavy metal (such as lead) poisoning. The treatment is becoming increasingly popular, though still controversial, for autism. Police are investigating the boy's death, which occurred Tuesday morning in the office of Dr. Roy Kerry in Portersville.