EDTA chelation IV therapy:

EDTA has been successfully used in the treatment of atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis for over 50 years. Yet there are a very select few Medical Doctors and even fewer Naturopathic Doctors who have received proper training in this wonderful technology. It will be difficult to find a doctor who practices EDTA because the AMA and FDA do not promote this technology to Medical Doctors. EDTA is administered directly into the blood veins and must be administered in a medical office, hopefully under the direction of a doctor who has been trained in EDTA IV chelation therapy.
Available from: a few, very special and open mined doctors who believe in Alternative Care Medicine.

You may need to check out the International College of Integrated Medicine, icimed.com, (ICIM), to find a doctor in your area that uses EDTA in his or her practice.

Oral EDTA:

Orally administered EDTA is only absorbed 5% into the bloodstream, limiting it's use as a treatment. Therefore oral EDTA is best if only used for prevention of re-absorption of heavy metals during a regular chelation session. Most heavy metals are imbedded within various cell walls where they do their damages to those cells, and are not freely moving around in the body. All heavy metals have varying stability constants with the chelation molecules. During the normal chelation process, the chelator picks up heavy metals, then when a metal with a higher stability constant comes in contact with the chelator molecule, the chelator will drop the metal with the weaker stability constant in favor for the metal with the higher stability constant. Thus, during a normal chelation session, some unbound heavy metals will be freely moving around in the body. Due to the normal perfusion of blood and body fluids through the intestines, some heavy metals will find their way into the intestines where they will eventually be re-absorbed back into the blood stream. The very fact that oral EDTA is only absorbed 5% makes taking oral EDTA good preventative practice under these conditions. If oral EDTA is taken shortly after a normal chelation session, any unbound heavy metal toxins found in the gut will be bound (chelated) by the oral EDTA, and then safely excreted. Depending on the dosage, these oral EDTA capsules could be sold a food supplement, or a prescription. If the dose is high and a prescription is needed, it must be through a doctor who is licensed to prescribe EDTA in the state of his licensure. Oral EDTA can also prevent normal absorption of needed minerals in your diet. Therefore, taking oral EDTA on a daily basis is contraindicated. Oral EDTA is best used under the direction of a doctor who has this understanding.

Available from: Currently only from a few selected Alternative Care minded doctors.

EDTA suppositories:

Each suppository is 1/10 a normal IV dose. Suppositories come packaged ten to a box. Therefore one box is equivalent to one medically administered EDTA chelation IV therapy. The suppositories can be administered in the privacy of your home. There are a few doctors who do not agree with this delivery method because they feel the EDTA is not very well absorbed via the rectum. (It is only minutely absorbed in the stomach, which is why the manufacturer produced the suppositories.) The manufacturer has doctors who do believe, and some evidence to back up their claims, that suppositories deliver 90% of their EDTA into the bloodstream.
Available from: a few selected Alternative Care minded doctors.
You may need to visit the manufacturer's website www.medicardium.com , to help locate a physician in your area who sells these suppositories.

DMPS chelation:

An IV push form of chelation therapy which must be administered under the supervision of a doctor who is licensed to use DMPS in the state of his licensure. The Journal of Chelation Therapy, produced by the American College for Advancement in Medicine, advises that DMPS be used only as a diagnostic tool to determine current levels of heavy metal toxicity. Also, if you have old silver amalgam dental fillings, it is strongly advised you do NOT receive DMPS as DMPS has been found in saliva and is believed may actually leach out mercury from the old fillings, thus causing a RISE in mercury toxicity in the body.

DMSA chelation:

An oral form of chelation therapy which is the most gentle form of chelation, yet is highly effective. DMSA must be administered under the supervision of a doctor who is licensed to use DMSA in the state of his licensure.