EDTA Chelation Therapy

HELP TO FIND A CHELATION PROVIDER NEAR YOU

You can a find a list of potential chelation practitioners directly on the internet at the two links below:

CAUTION: BEFORE CHOOSING A PROVIDER, READ THE INFORMATION FURTHER DOWN ON THIS PAGE. PROTECT YOURSELF. LEARN HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND AVOID INEFFECVIVE, POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR EXPLOITIVE CHELATION PRACTICES THAT ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON.

THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT: Names on the referral lists below only include chelation providers who pay yearly membership fees to be included. Not all practitioners on those lists are equally well qualified. Some may be involved in practices that WE DO not approve, or and consider to be uninformed, ineffective, unethical, unscientific, exploitive or even potentially dangerous.
       You are strongly urged to investigate thoroughly and ask questions, using the information provided elsewhere on this website and further down on this page.
       There are other well qualified chelation providers not listed because they do not choose to join a membership organization and do not pay to be on a list of chelation practitioners— especially in countries outside the USA.

The link below will take you to the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) website.

è Click Here for Directory of ACAM Chelation Members

The link below may also help to find a chelation provider, especially outside the USA.

è Click Here for Chelation Providers Outside the USA

Click here for more information Dr. Cranton’s Internet website

è In some cases, chelation treatments are given too rapidly to achieve full benefit (less than 3 hours)

è The less effective form of calcium EDTA may be infused rapidly, instead of the disodium or magnesium-disodium form of EDTA that have been proven in more than 40 years of clinical use.

è So-called intravenous Plaquex (a phospholipid formula or phosphatidyl choline) is sometimes recommended. This may temporarily relieve symptoms but there is no evidence that it brings lasting benefit.

è Much less effective forms of EDTA by mouth or rectal suppository are sometimes recommended. Those treatments may remove a small amount lead from the body, but there is no evidence that this benefits atherosclerosis or cardiovascular disease.

è There is little evidence that so-called heavy metal toxicity is a cause of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. despite the many theories, we still do not know for certain how disodium EDTA actually benefits atherosclerosis.

è Educate yourself and investigate for competence and scientific training before selecting a provider. Ask hard questions.

è Heavy metal toxicity is rarely present when tested properly. Misleading laboratory tests are being used to frighten people into chelation for the wrong reasons. EDTA has virtually no effect on mercury toxicity. There is no scientific evidence that major benefits of EDTA chelation to treat age-related cardiovascular disease are a result of heavy metal detoxification. There are many other more important benefits.

è Bear in mind that chelation practitioners need only to pay membership dues to be a referral list linked above..

CLICK HERE TO READ WHY SOME PROVIDERS MISTAKENLY DO NOT FOLLOW THE 3-HOUR CHELATION PROTOCOL

Online Videos about Chelation Therapy, download and watch on your computer

è To further help you in your selection of a chelation provider you should read Dr. Cranton’s book, Bypassing Bypass Surgery. The book is available at a discount on amazon.com.

For scientific and technical details, including republication of many scientific studies and clinical trials supporting chelation therapy, you are directed to Dr. Cranton’s TEXTBOOK ON EDTA CHELATION THERAPY.

In your search for the right chelation clinic we suggest that you first ask questions on the telephone; then visit the prospective clinic in person. The practitioner and staff will usually answer questions and show you around without charge, if no medical service is provided and you visit only to become acquainted:

*** Interview the health care providers and staff

*** Take a tour of the clinic.

*** Talk with patients while they receive chelation therapy.

*** Are the health care providers fully licensed and credentialed?

*** Are adequately trained staff present?

*** Is the clinic sanitary, modern, and professional?

*** Are procedures described here and in Dr. Cranton’s books being followed?

Be cautious if any of the following practices are being used:

*** Are EDTA infusions being given in less than 3 hours? Half the dose in half the time may be beneficial, but is not as effective. A full dose in less than 3 hours can be dangerous. Shorter treatments benefit only the provider, by reducing overhead expenses for expensive floor space and nursing staff.

*** Be doubtful is a chelator is given prior to collecting a urine specimen for metal toxicity. Urine after chelation is always much higher in virtually all metals and this does not indicate toxicity. A statement to that effect should accompany the report form. You can personally obtain a blood test for toxic metals at a city near you, without a doctor's order. http://www.privatemdlabs.com/

*** Is so-called “Plaquex” (an IV infusion of phospholipids, phosphatidyl choline or ribose) being given as a treatment for atherosclerosis, instead of EDTA? Plaquex may temporarily relieve symptoms, but studies have not shown lasting benefit.

*** EDTA does not remove mercury. DMSA by mouth can a treatment for mercury, lead, and arsenic removal. Intravenous DMPS is obsolete, potentially toxic, and no longer recommended.

*** Are trace elements such as zinc, selenium, chromium, manganese, and copper added to the intravenous infusion? Trace elements are best given by mouth and have a potential for serious side effects given intravenously. (Magnesium, however, is safe and useful in the chelation infusion.)

*** Is EDTA administered by mouth or suppository? EDTA is not absorbed by those routes (less than 7%)—although some deceptive advertisers claim otherwise using data they produce themselves. Dr. Cranton also considers EDTA by mouth or suppository as potentially harmful. Read more about this on Dr. Cranton’s Internet website.

*** Don't fall for the "nanobacteria" sales pitch. The "nanobacteria" story is being used in a deceptive way to market EDTA suppositories. The data used to support that theory are unproven and have to some extent been discredited.

*** Read the instructions on this internet website detailing how the correct dose of EDTA is computed individually for each patient, including all of the ingredients in each chelation infusion, with detailed written instructions for doctors and nurses.
      If a clinic or provider is not following this scientifically proven protocol, ask hard questions and assure yourself about the scientific background and competence of the provider. We increasingly hear of very strange, exploitive, and sometimes dangerous practices deceptively being marketed as chelation therapy. If you have a good feeling about the clinic and staff, in light of the above, then go for it!

     You are welcome to print out the full Protocol and Nurse's Orders for EDTA Chelation Therapy from this website (scroll down, this is a long page) and ask your provider to follow that protocol during your course of therapy (also found in Dr. Cranton’s TEXTBOOK ON EDTA CHELATION THERAPY. Expect some disagreement and variations from clinic to clinic. Ask questions and then decide what is best for you.
     If methods differ from what is recommended above, ask to see scientific evidence for safety and effectiveness for any deviations from the published protocol. The studies summarized on this website document safety and effectiveness from more than 50 years of clinical experience and more than million patients. If you are told about a new "Swiss Study" or something similar which alters the protocol, ask to read a copy. You will probably find that either it does not exist, is not a scientific study, or states something quite different. It is relatively easy to design and publish a sham study to make it deceptively appear scientific. Opponents of chelation have been doing this for years.

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