Here's how I did it:
I wanted 10 mg doses-- So I got out my son's scooby doo plastic
plate. I opened up the 100 mg capsule into the middle of the plate.
I used a spatula to divide the pile in half and continued to divide
it until I had ten equal looking piles. I was pretty picky about
getting them equal looking, and as I made a pile I shoved it to the
edge of the plate, so I had ten piles all over the plate looking like
a "clock" face.
Then with the other supp's I wanted him to have, I was less picky
about the amount but I put some onto each pile. Some magnesium, some
vitamin C, some vitamin E, etc.

After the piles were complete, then I got out the bag of empty
gelcaps from the health food store. I got the largest size-- my son
can swallow capsules. I would take a post it note, fold it in half,
and then open it up again so there was a crease in the paper. I used
the spatula to slide the "pile" onto the post it note, then I would
take a gelcap, and using the folded paper, pour the powder into the
gelcap, then cap it up. All of the pills I made would go into a
ziploc baggie. I would make all of the pills I needed for a "round"
at one time. Any leftover capsules I would just save till the next
round.

Using the capsules is an easy way to store the dosage even if your
child doesn't swallow them-- you can simply open them up onto a spoon
of pear sauce, then add a little more pear sauce on top to hide it.
Or you can open them up into a tart juice. SHAKING the dmsa into
juice mixes easier than stirring.

If you don't have gelcaps, you can always use a bunch of those dixie
cups-- slide one pile of powder into a paper cup, then fold over the
top of it, and store the paper cups on your kitchen counter or
somewhere where they won't be messed with. As you need a dose, take
the next paper cup.

The only way to get the dmsa in the "exact" amounts is to either get
a prescription for Chemet, which comes in beads. Each capsule
contains 100 beads... so it is easy to "count out" the number of
beads you need. Or you get the dmsa to be compounded into capsules
with the exact amount you need. But this is more expensive than what
you have right now.

Good luck,
maryW


--- In Autism-Mercury@yahoogroups.com, "rrwester" <rrwester@y...>
wrote:
> Help! I thought I was all ready to start chelation on my 6 year
old
> son. But I just noticed that the DMSA I got from Vitamin Research
> Products is 100 mg and that's the only kind they have. Andy
> recommends 1/8 to 1/2 mg per pound per dose. My son is 60 pounds
so
> that would be 8 to 30 mg per dose. What do I do?