PROVOCATIVE URINE MERCURY TEST

PROVOCATIVE URINE MERCURY TEST

    We now test blood or samples without provocative chelation. This has proven to be clinically more valid. Sample collection is easier and less time consuming. We no longer perform provocative mercury urine testing. We avoid the use if DMPS because of the many reports of serious side effects
     The two internet links provide more information about toxic side effects from DMPS. There are no such adverse reports for DMSA. EDTA chelation has little or no effect on mercury toxicity.

www.dmpsbackfire.com/default.shtml

www.tldp.com/issue/175-6/DM.html

DMSA by Mouth is the Preferred Therapy for Mercury

Click here for interpretation of Blood and Urine without Provoking with a Chelator
Click here for a list of Scientific Toxicology References

     Mercury is a poisonous metal found in the the environment (potentially contaminating food, water, and air), from dental amalgam fillings, or from direct ingestion of mercury compounds (such as industrial exposure, broken thermometers, etc). Low levels are well tolerated and have always existed in the human body. Excess mercury can cause a wide variety of long-term neurological, immunological and hormonal problems, ranging from unexplained irritability, depression, numbness and tingling to chronic fatigue and loss of memory.

     Mercury can be measured in blood or urine by any major reference laboratory. We recommend LabCorp or Quest Laboratory because reference ranges on report forms of these two laboratories correspond more closely with published scientific data and conform with OSHA and EPA standards. We have found that some laboratories used by alternative medical practitioners mistakenly assume that even very low levels always present are toxic , which is not true.

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