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Richard's Report

     I had 2 amalgams fillings replaced, leaving 5 more to do.  Immediately after that I went to the (holistic) doctor's office for an intravenous DMPS treatment.  The first 2 days I was very tired, my arrhythmia tendencies were noticeably absent.  However, after the second day, they came back with a vengeance.  As the days passed, the arrhythmia episodes (atrial fibrillation) were more frequent and lasted longer.  Before, I never had episodes over 3 hours. But after the DMPS they were 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 14 hours, finally up to 18 hours.  Very unsettling. Because of concern for stroke risk, I went to a hospital.   At the behest of my cardiologist, I started taking digoxin (to retard arrhythmia tendency) and Plavix (blood thinner to manage stroke risk). 

     Because I was feeling so incredibly bad, I started digging around on the Internet.  Many (most) websites indicate that oral DMSA does a better job than IV DMPS, with fewer side effects, though DMPS has its supporters.  However, everything I found indicated that DMPS should not be given when amalgam fillings remain in the mouth.  Evidently, it leaches out the mercury at an accelerated rate, and I got mercury poisoning in my gut.  At my next appointment with my (holistic) doctor, he gave me a prescription for DMSA.