The FDA has issued news through a press release urging specific companies to take their chelation products and basically toss them out as they have been untested and possibly very harmful. When a drug has a side effect of kidney failure, bone marrow depression, or even death, it’s time to reexamine if it’s really a drug of mandatory choice.
What is chelation therapy?
Chelation therapy is the administration of man-made chemical EDTA, an acronym for ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid used to remove toxic metals particularly mercury from the body. It is often marketed under several different names used for chelation therapy. It has had no scientific base that it helps or cures autism. In fact, a research study conducted in the 1960’s had to be stopped because two of the patients being tested died. The boasts from companies about the positive effects of chelation therapy comes more from patients’ testimonies than any recent research conducted.
The companies addressed include:
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World Health Products, LLC.
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Hormonal Health, LLC and World Health Products, LLC.
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Evenbetternow, LLC.
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Maxam Nutraceutics/Maxam Laboratories
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Cardio Renew, Inc.
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Artery Health Institute, LLC.
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Longevity Plus
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Dr. Rhonda Henry
Marketing strategies of chelation therapists
As the media continues its rise of reaching more people through newer means of technology, it appears that deception to increase revenue is also on the rise. As neurological challenges such as autism become more popular, so does the predators of chelation. Many parents are pressed to try a variety of healthy or unhealthy treatments towards a cure of autism during these desperate times.
Lawsuit against chelation therapy
The aim of untested drugs introduced to patients is to simply make money for that particular doctor’s beliefs and not proof. The guinea pig situation of untested medication can have negative results as was the case in a Naperville doctor’s office. James Coman brought his son to Dr. Rossignol’s office for chelation therapy to treat autism. As a result, he ended up filing a lawsuit against the doctor. He claimed the treatments were not only expensive, but contributed to his son’s health problems. Dr. Rossignol, a physician member of the group “Defeat Autism Now,” allegedly prescribed medication over the telephone to Coman for his son. Coman now considers the process therapy a fraudulent experience to take advantage of patients.
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