Effect of Disodium EDTA Chelation Regimen
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TREATMENT OF LEAD TOXICITY with chelation was first reported with EDTA in the early 1950s. Apparent success in reducing metastatic calcium deposits led Clarke et al in 1956 to treat angina patients with EDTA, and others to use chelation for various forms of atherosclerotic disease. Chelation therapy evolved to constitute infusions of vitamins and disodium EDTA, a drug that binds divalent and some trivalent cations, including calcium, magnesium, lead, cadmium, zinc, iron, aluminum, and copper, facilitating their urinary excretion. Over the next decades, based on favorable anecdotal and case report experience, chelation practitioners increased their use of EDTA for coronary and peripheral artery disease. The 2007 National Health Statistics Report compared chelation use since 2002 and noted
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