Using EDTA treatment to flush out heavy metals in our dog Doodle

We had a couple of vet techs come over to administer the EDTA subcutaneous injections. You can see them holding the saline bag used to keep Doodle from getting dehydrated. This treatment is supposed to help our dog get rid of the heavy metals that have accumulated in her tissues over the years. She's almost 19 years old... We can't be sure how she ended up with such high levels of heavy metals in her blood and tissues. But we're guessing it may have come from years of drinking tap water and low quality foods.

"In general heavy metals produce their toxicity by forming complexes or "ligands" with organic compounds. These modified biological molecules lose their ability to function properly, and result in malfunction or death of the affected cells. The most common groups involved in ligand formation are oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen. When metals bind to these groups they may inactive important enzyme systems, or affect protein structure..." [more]

The treatment which was prescribed by our holistic vet consisted of three injections spaced a week apart. We haven't seen much improvement so far (it's been a couple of weeks since the last injection). However the dosage was very low because our doctor wanted to make sure Doodle would not react negatively from a dose that was too high. We're trying another homeopathic solution with her that will hopefully give better results.

[Related Tags: EDTA, Chelation Therapy, heavy metal toxicity]