Re: Aharleygyrl is entitled to express her opinion here!!!

harleygirl:  then, to top it off, he says first do no harm, like i am a doctor. i took no pledge. i am consultant.

wintergreen:  "Do no harm" is a simple, basic, and essential ethical concern for anyone who offers health advice of any kind.  And of course it would apply to a dental practice as well.  Are you saying here that you are immune from it?

When you give out chelation advice, do you tell the patients you aren't bound by the constraint of "do no harm."

I assume that's not really what you mean.   But throughout this whole exchange, you have placed yourself at the center of it.  If you feel that I said something out of place, you could have noted it, and then moved on with facts and arguments, rather than returning to it again and again.  

It is quite common to point out other's mistakes here.  Earlier, you felt my advice was mistaken regarding mercury tests.  I don't think you grasped my meaning in that discussion, but that is neither here nor there.  You have called me a jerk and so forth, and I have not made any kind of issue of that.  It's just not important.

This isn't about you, it's about getting out advice that won't hurt and that may help.  And I will stand by my earlier statements that you don't know enough about chelation to be offering much in the way of helpful advice on it, aside from warning people not to do things like DMPS injections or DMSA challenge tests.

Huggin's account of the young woman and others who were paralyzed after taking EDTA is not primarily an account of his opinion, but of his experience.  At the very least, I would have liked to think that this would give you pause rather than continuing to say that EDTA is fine, you just have to wait and use a few supplements for 4 months before you take it.