McDonagh Medical Center

THE EFFECT OF EDTA CHELATION THERAPY PLUS SUPPORTIVE MULTIVITAMIN-TRACE MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION UPON RENAL FUNCTION:  A STUDY IN SERUM CREATININE

E.W. McDonagh, DO, FACGP, C.J. Rudolph, DO, and E. Cheraskin, MD, DMD

One of the alleged contraindications to the use of EDTA is possible renal damage.  Three hundred and eighty -three subjects with chronic degenerative disorders were treated with EDTA and supportive multivitamin-trace mineral supplements for approximately 50 days.   Overall, the fasting serum creatinine levels declined (P<0.05).   Specifically, those with relatively low initial serum, creatinine levels increased; those with relatively high, but generally felt to be within the physiologic range, levels declined; those in the area of approximately 1.0 mg/dl (the supposed ideal in terms of renal clearance) remained unchanged.  Hence, it would appear, within the limits of this study, that this therapeutic regimen is not nephrotoxic. There is even a suggestion that this treatment procedure may improve kidney function.