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What is Chelation?

Chelation therapy is a process involving the use of chelating agents to remove heavy metals from the body.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 13 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 7 2 Efficacy_major
General health 6 0
detox 1 1 Efficacy_none
Eliminate heavy metals 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
metal toxicity 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 15 patients currently taking Chelation

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Chelation. See all 12 dosages ►

  monthly 1 other weekly 2 other weekly 30 min weekly 50 mg weekly 750 mg monthly 1,000 mg monthly 2,500 mg weekly 900 mg daily 1,500 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Chelation (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 37%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 32%
Expense 4   Expense: 21%
Other 2   Other: 11%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 5%

See all 18 patients who’ve stopped taking Chelation

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Chelation

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Chelation

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chelation

Always
 4 57%
Usually
 3 43%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chelation

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 29%
A little
 1 14%
Not at all
 4 57%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chelation

$200+
 1 33%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 33%

Report created on May 25, 2012.