Chelation may help some heart patients: study

[trotsky]

8. I totally agree with this part:

"Only by studying such controversial therapies can they be either validated or discredited and thus help patients to receive the latest and highest quality care."

However, the people who cling to "controversial" "therapies" won't be dissuaded when a study doesn't go their way.

And this study - one of the "best" put forward to date - is pathetically flawed, and didn't even correct for giving *diabetics* a sugar placebo. Good freaking grief! If this same study had been used to promote an "evil western medicine" treatment, the alt-medders would be (rightly, that time!) screaming their heads off.

I'd like to put you on the spot right here, right now: if a follow up study to this one shows NO statistically significant difference in outcome, will you stop promoting chelation as treatment for heart disease? Yes or no. Answer, and we'll wait for the next study.

As to your attempt to change the subject because you can't address the points I brought up:
http://www.allaboutdiabetes.net/chelation-therapy-good-for-diabetics/

The conclusion of the position paper is that there is no scientific evidence to demonstrate that chelation therapy is beneficial in treating atherosclerotic heart disease and peripheral vascular disease. Furthermore, using this form of unproven treatment may deprive patients from receiving well established treatment modalities of proven efficacy. It is also expensive and is not devoid of side effects. Based on numerous reviews of the world’s medical literature, these same conclusions have been reached by numerous medical organizations worldwide.

In the United States alone, the following agencies have issued similar positions: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health, National Research Council, American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Heart Association, American College of Physicians, American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American College of Cardiology.

So to answer the question that has been posted, NO there is no benefit to its use for people with diabetes or for any patient with blockage of the blood vessels to the heart, legs or the brain. It is NOT EFFECTIVE as a non-surgical declogging of arteries which have been blocked by fat deposits. It is also an unsafe treatment with the potential for serious side effects and may even lead to death. And finally, always seek your doctor’s advice when contemplating new treatments for your diabetes and its complications, whether these are standard or alternative therapies.