What is involved in chelation therapy?

Answer by  jamieellison (1637)

Chelation therapy often involves intravenous administration of agents used to remove heavy metals from the body. Chelation therapy should be approached very careful, as it can be very risky and potentially damage your health. On the other hand, it can be used successfully to reduce heavy metal accumulation.

Answer by  DavidJayBrown (11)

Chelation therapy involves the use of a synthetic amino acid known as EDTA. EDTA can either be injected I.V, or it can be taken orally. EDTA binds to dangerous heavy metals in the body, such as lead and mercury, and carries them out the body. A number of scientific studies have suggested that chelation may have cardiovascular benefits.

Answer by  luvlexis83 (798)

It is usally used to describe when a patient is given a sequestering agent to injest or to be injected in the muscle or the vain, and it binds to the heavy or poisonous metals in the patients body. This makes it easy for the metals to be eliminated from the body.

Answer by  superwhites (220)

chelation therapy is standard of care treatment for someone who has been poisoned by a heavy metal, such as lead or mercury. depending on the type of metal and the amount, the treatment may be given through a shot in to muscle, directly into the bloodstream, or taken orally. there is some controversy with this type of treatment.

Answer by  jheremans (1446)

Chelation therapy is used for treating heavy metal toxicity, most common would be mercury. It is done by administering a chelating agent intravenously to detoxify poisoning.

Answer by  jsmith (2067)

Chelation is a chemical process by which heavy metals are bound out of a solution. In medicine it is process by which heavy metal poisoning is treated. The chelating agent can be either either orally or by IV, depending on the exact circumstances of a given patient.