DMSA
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- What is DMSA and Why Don't We Recommend It? DMSA is a FDA currently approved drug.
- DMSA is more effective, however, because it removes both mercury and lead from the brain more effectively.
- The metabolite DMSA is less toxic than dichlofluanid and is fungicidally ineffective.
- 1 DMSA is a dithiol (containing two sulfhydryl, or S-H,groups) and an analogue of dimercaprol (BAL, British Anti-Lewisite), alipid-soluble compound also used for metal chelation(see Figure 1).
- Evidence exists that DMSA is effective in lowering the blood lead concentrations in children with levels between 25 and 45 micrograms/dL (Berlin, CM Jr, Lead poisoning in children.
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