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Where is the New Chelation Movement Headed?

Dr. Garry Gordon, MD, DO, MD(H)

Gordon Research Institute, July 4, 2002

Permission granted for reproduction.

Chelation therapy has significantly helped more than one mil-

lion people enjoy a higher level of health. Yet for many it clearly is

not reversing plaque, although most patients see significant clini-

cal improvement when treated with EDTA. I believe this is due,

among other things, to enhanced NITRIC OXIDE produced in the

body by our endothelium that simply functions far better when all

lead and other toxic metals are removed. When this simple idea is

understood we can make EDTA chelation a standard part of medi-

cine. The nitric oxide benefit is already published and we can now

help virtually everyone by giving up on the complex, and nearly

impossible to prove, idea of reversing plaque.

There are over 32,000 published articles on Nitric Oxide. These

explain why chelation can enhance blood flow, even without re-

versing plaque, and this research clearly proves that almost every

other benefit that has been reported in patients receiving the stan-

dard 1.5-3 hour chelation therapy can now be fully explained sim-

ply by the increased production of Nitric Oxide. I believe once this

need to improve function of tissues through heavy metal detoxifi-

cation is understood by everyone, we can then immediately extend

most of the benefits we ascribe to EDTA therapy to everyone living

on our metal toxic planet, affordably and conveniently, by switch-

ing to CALCIUM EDTA given orally everyday and further enhanced

by periodic parenteral administration for deeper cleansing.

The rapid IV [intravenous] push will not entirely replace the

older IV [intravenous] drip, but it can extend many of the benefits

of EDTA to every person on the planet. It is possible that some of

the anti-aging benefits associated with perturbing pathologic cal-

cium through parathyroid stimulation can only be achieved with

the standard slow IV [intravenous] use of Sodium EDTA. How-

ever, those who get the lead out will also see dramatically improved

health, more conveniently and economically with the new approach

to chelation that I am advocating.

There are also many complex factors regarding the causes and

potential treatments for pathologic vessel calcification to consider.

I have written extensively on this elsewhere and will not try to

discuss this now. It is interesting to note that a widely used

nanobacteria protocol has been using Calcium EDTA in supposito-

ries. There is very weak evidence that it is any better absorbed than

oral, which is far cheaper and much more convenient, particularly

since we may need this EDTA assistance daily for a lifetime.

Yet the question “WHY USE CALCIUM EDTA?” is still be-

ing asked by those who do not understand how VITAL it has be-

come to detoxify everybody with any health problem in order to

increase the probability of a favorable outcome. Some question the

use of calcium since vascular diseased arteries already show too

much calcium. Chronic Calcium deficiency in the face of Phospho-

rus excess is a proven cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism,

epidemic in our population, and a major contributor to calcified

arteries. First read the 500+ published abstracts on my website prov-

ing the powerful detoxification and other benefits from ingesting

oral Calcium EDTA and you will no longer ask “How could Cal-

cium EDTA help anyone?”. Anyone asking this question clearly

has no understanding of the adverse health effects that everyone on

earth today suffers from the massively increased body burden of

lead and other heavy metals science has proven we all have.

The quick answer, use Calcium EDTA because it is available,

cheap, safe and LEGAL to use for heavy metal detoxification. Then

once you have shown how much benefit this offers it is also my

contention that Disodium EDTA may help remove calcium from

arteries, but NOT in every case. The 1.5 - 3 hour treatment time and

discomfort associated with its use makes it time to look at a chelat-

ing agent that quickly, safely and affordably removes the toxic metals

present in every patient with any health concern.

It is hard to believe that at least 50% of what we thought we

knew about EDTA was all wrong! ! Many doctors have been trained

for years to believe that giving Sodium EDTA slowly increased

renal safety. Now with Calcium EDTA you have a totally painless

chelator that has been given by direct push in Europe to thousands

of patients without recorded serious adverse effect. And, giving it

rapidly permits reaching the necessary concentration in the blood

to move more toxic metals and in some cases some mercury that

even DMPS was not touching. Thus, you have avoided the known

RISKS of potential DMPS toxicity when given DMPS parenter-

ally, but now you can give several chelators orally on the same day,

and at the same time enhance the BENEFIT to the patient by giving

EDTA, slowly or rapidly, achieving advanced detoxification effects

from the total combined effect. Because we still today do not com-

pletely understand how EDTA has helped so many patients over

the years, as chelating doctors, we must try to quantify the benefit

to risk ratio associated with all potential methods of administration

of EDTA and other chelators, and to discuss this intelligently with

our patients, while admitting all the answers are still not known.

My suggestions for an INFORMED CONSENT can be seen on

www.gordonresearch.com.

Oral CALCIUM EDTA provably is taking out lead and other

toxic metals from EVERY patient and is doing it extremely eco-

nomically and safely. There is no question about it -- anyone on

oral EDTA is getting provable detoxification benefits. Yet, many of

the chelation doctors are heavily invested in producing the slow IV

[intravenous] treatment that the new rapid IV [intravenous] and

oral chelation threatens to eventually replace so they are unfortu-

nately having difficulty accepting the new movement, which I am

convinced can only increase their practices. This will happen over

time so there is no rush; however, in the meantime, we can ac-

knowledge the benefit that over one million patients have received.

I am convinced many of these benefits go beyond our understand-

ing of simple detoxification and go into MAJOR lifetime anti-oxi-

dant and anti-coagulant benefits, and I believe the use of EDTA in

any form will be found to increase lifespan.

The controversy we are having now is that many still hope

and or even half believe that IV [intravenous] SODIUM EDTA, as

given in the 1&1/2 - 3 hour infusions, really reverses the plaque by

dissolving away the calcium portion of the plaque. This may hap-

pen in some, if all other risk factors are adequately addressed, but

will not be easily documented, since it requires a multi-factorial

approach. However, once we can get the doctors to understand en-

dothelial dysfunction and what the heavy metals are doing to di-

minish the endothelium’s ability to elaborate substances that de-

crease the resistance to blood flow such as Nitric Oxide, prostacyclin

and heparin, they will all agree to first offer this simple convenient

oral form of chelation augmented with the rapid push technique to