Chelation may help some heart patients: study

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11. How much sugar was there?

The investigator had said it was insignificant, and here it says the placebo was a saline solution--

The chelation therapy used in the TACT trial included infusions of a 500 mL chelation solution containing 3 g of disodium EDTA; 7 g ascorbic acid; 2 mg magnesium chloride; 100 mg procaine hydrochloride; 2,500 U unfractionated heparin; 2 mEq potassium chloride; 840 mg sodium bicarbonate; 250 mg pantothenic acid and 100 mg thiamine; 100 mg pyridoxine; and sterile water to make up 500 mL of solution. The placebo infusion was 500 mL of normal saline. Patients received 40 infusions, each lasting at least 3 hours.

If you can get me some information on amount of sugar, perhaps it would be interesting. Until then, it seems it must have been trace amounts, as it is not mentioned as an ingredient. And people with diabetes can adjust their medications and and food anyway if their blood sugars go off a little.

As for people attacking it because it is unproven, HELLO, that is why they are starting to do studies. Nobody is promoting anything. It is being studied scientically which SHOULD make everyone happy. Apparently it only makes some people happy if the results are what they predict they will be.

By the way, the position paper you are quoting was written before this study was completed.