Chelation and Autism Ranking:

Cost and Time

Cost

The costs of undertaking chelation will depend to a large extent on whether you undertake the chelation yourself and/or whether you consult any kind of CAM therapist.

If you undertake the chelation yourself you will need to buy the chelators. The cost of 100 chelating tablets varies between £10 and £100 in the UK depending on the supplier and the specific chelating agent.

If you consult a CAM therapist, the costs may include the chelators, consultation fees, plus any travel and accommodation expenses.

Time

Different people suggest different amounts of time required to undertake chelation for autistic individuals. For example

Davis et al (2013) reported that “The duration of chelation treatment ranged from approximately 1.5–7 months.  Frequencies of administration ranged from 1 to 12 times weekly.”

James et al (2015) reported that “One of the more commonly used chelating substances, oral dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA; also called succimer), is given on a cyclical basis at doses of 10 mg/kg/d every eight hours for three days, followed by 11 days with no DMSA. These two-weekly cycles are repeated up to six times, totalling approximately three months of treatment.”

Updated

16 Jun 2022

Last Review

01 Dec 2016

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01 Apr 2023