Did Heavy Metal urine-test, Leo please help me:(

[Gregory1]

A while ago I created the following post about how to do a urine-test to test for heavy metals:

https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/68451-first-time-dmsa-when-to-do-urine-test/#comment-938421. 

@Leo Gura you replied that I should take large ammount of DMSA at once and then collect urine. I did that. I took 15mg/kg of bodyweight DMSA and took my urine 2,5 hours later. 

My test got evaluated and basically it says that I'm not toxic. With lead I have 2,16 micrograms per liter and with mercury 0,4 micrograms per liter.

Am I correct that assuming this test evaluated my mercury level correctly, a chelation would be obsolete? 

I am afraid that I did my urine-test the wrong way. I read the old post and Leo you told me to take the urine 3-6h after taking DMSA, is my test useless now? I would be very thankful if you could once more explain to me how to do the urine test the right way or link a page to me that explains it.

I did the 2,5 hours-method because I read on the following page: https://www.biolab.co.uk/docs/dmsaprov.pdf that I should do it that way:(

Thanks to all the people for your help, I really appreciate it.

Greetings

Gregory

Edited August 18, 2021 by Gregory1

[Leo Gura]

Your test came with detailed instructions. You had to follow the instructions. Different tests are different.

[Gregory1]

@Leo Gura Thanks for your reply! My test simply had the instruction to take the morning urine after waking up, it wasn't particularly made for a DMSA provocation so I simply did what I wrote above. Took 1000mg DMSA in the morning, didn't eat/drink a lot, 2,5h later took the pee and sent it to the lab.

Is it a mistake to take a urine test not particularly designed for DMSA provocation? Can you recommend a specific test? Again, thank you for your advice - it means a lot to me!

[Leo Gura]

42 minutes ago, Gregory1 said:

@Leo Gura Thanks for your reply! My test simply had the instruction to take the morning urine after waking up, it wasn't particularly made for a DMSA provocation so I simply did what I wrote above. Took 1000mg DMSA in the morning, didn't eat/drink a lot, 2,5h later took the pee and sent it to the lab.

Is it a mistake to take a urine test not particularly designed for DMSA provocation? Can you recommend a specific test? Again, thank you for your advice - it means a lot to me!

If it's not designed for DMSA then I would not trust the result because results are calibrated to standard reference ranges of other people.

Doctor's Data Heavy Metal Urine test kit is designed for DMSA. The collection is also not done once, it must be done multiple times in a 3-6 hour window.