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Autistic boy dies during controversial treatment
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 8/24/2005 | Karen Kane and Virginia Linn

Posted on 08/24/2005 3:09:44 PM PDT by Born Conservative

A 5-year-old Monroeville boy died this week during a medical treatment that's being touted by some as a cure for autism.

The autistic boy died while receiving chelation -- an intravenous injection of a synthetic amino acid known as EDTA, for ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the practice only to treat heavy metal (such as lead) poisoning. The treatment is becoming increasingly popular, though still controversial, for autism.

Police are investigating the boy's death, which occurred Tuesday morning in the office of Dr. Roy Kerry in Portersville.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: autism; bc; chelation; edta; health; healthcare; junkscience; justdamn; medicine; quack
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1 posted on 08/24/2005 3:09:45 PM PDT by Born Conservative
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To: neverdem; AQGeiger

Ping


2 posted on 08/24/2005 3:10:46 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("If not us, who? And if not now, when? - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Born Conservative

Somebody's going to lose a license ...
(unless they find lead in the system).


3 posted on 08/24/2005 3:11:53 PM PDT by konaice
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To: Born Conservative

EDTA...As I recall, we used that as a buffering agent in chem class. Well, something when we were doing quantitative analysis.


4 posted on 08/24/2005 3:11:59 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: konaice

If they are treating autism with EDTA, they DESERVE to lose their license.


5 posted on 08/24/2005 3:14:06 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("If not us, who? And if not now, when? - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Born Conservative
A 5-year-old Monroeville boy died this week during a medical treatment that's being touted by some as a cure for autism.

Sounds like a pretty extreme cure.
No more so than a certain popular pregnancy cure though I guess.

6 posted on 08/24/2005 3:15:01 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: Born Conservative

Back later with bump list.


7 posted on 08/24/2005 3:15:25 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
It's all fun and games until someone kills a kid...

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

8 posted on 08/24/2005 3:16:13 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Born Conservative

Autistic kids' parents are notorious for seeking out quacks, from Robert Kennedy Jr, to this phony.


9 posted on 08/24/2005 3:18:56 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: Born Conservative

EDTA is FDA approved for pediatric use. It's highly unlikely the boy died from EDTA if they were watching his creatinine.


10 posted on 08/24/2005 3:22:47 PM PDT by JmyBryan
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To: Born Conservative

EDTA is FDA approved for pediatric use. It's highly unlikely the boy died from EDTA if they were watching his creatinine.


11 posted on 08/24/2005 3:22:50 PM PDT by JmyBryan
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To: FormerACLUmember

That is kind of a weird statement..why would you say this? I have a deaf daughter and I rememeber somebody asking me if I would look into craniosacral therapy. But still, why are autistic kids parents "notorious" for this?


12 posted on 08/24/2005 3:24:38 PM PDT by merry10
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To: JmyBryan

SIDE EFFECTS

The following adverse effects have been associated with the use of edetate calcium disodium:

Body as a Whole: pain at intramuscular injection site, fever, chills, malaise, fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia.

Cardiovascular: hypotension, cardiac rhythm irregularities.

Renal: acute necrosis of proximal tubules (which may result in fatal nephrosis), infrequent changes in distal tubules and glomeruli.

Urinary: glycosuria, proteinuria, microscopic hematuria and large epithelial cells in urinary sediment.

Nervous System: tremors, headache, numbness, tingling.

Gastrointestinal: cheilosis, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, excessive thirst.

Hepatic: mild increases in SGOT and SGPT are common, and return to normal within 48 hours after cessation of therapy.

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/canaversenate_ad.htm

Just because it's approved for pediatric use, doesn't mean it isn't potentially deadly.


13 posted on 08/24/2005 3:26:40 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("If not us, who? And if not now, when? - Ronald Reagan)
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To: FormerACLUmember

FormerACLUmember wrote:
Autistic kids' parents are notorious for seeking out quacks, from Robert Kennedy Jr, to this phony.




Well thanks.


14 posted on 08/24/2005 3:28:18 PM PDT by tiamat ("If some guy named Marduk calls, tell him I'm not home! ")
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To: merry10

Because not eveybody blieves that autism exists.

It's all " a lack of discipline", or "mother's neglect" for some people.



15 posted on 08/24/2005 3:30:27 PM PDT by tiamat ("If some guy named Marduk calls, tell him I'm not home! ")
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To: tiamat

Yep and if they truly met parents of children who are autistic, or had an autistic child themself - they would think differntly.


16 posted on 08/24/2005 3:31:54 PM PDT by merry10
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To: tiamat
Because not eveybody blieves that autism exists. It's all " a lack of discipline", or "mother's neglect" for some people.

I don't think it's that as much as it is the debate over the causes of Autism; that's mainly where people differ.

17 posted on 08/24/2005 3:32:31 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("If not us, who? And if not now, when? - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Born Conservative

Chelation Therapy: Unproven Claims and Unsound Theories

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/chelation.html


18 posted on 08/24/2005 3:34:09 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (THe Baathos party of Sheehanistan)
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To: Born Conservative

What exactly isn't potentially deadly? Sitting still?

EDTA chelation is extremely safe statistically. I am not denying EDTA could possibly be the cause, but it is unlikely.

The reason this is a story is because of the controversial "Evidence of Harm" mercury vaccination caused theory of autism.

I personally don't buy the mercury connection yet, but there is probably some research that should be pursued.


19 posted on 08/24/2005 3:34:50 PM PDT by JmyBryan
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To: Born Conservative

AQG is still in hiding from the cyber-stalking moonbats.

I'm going to do a little research on how exactly this "chelation therapy" is performed as a treatment for heavy-metal poisoning...I highly doubt that it's performed in an outpatient clinic.


20 posted on 08/24/2005 3:36:41 PM PDT by The Phantom FReeper (Have you hugged your soldier today?)
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