Medicardium

Medicardium

Magnesium EDTA Suppository Chelation

Medicardium allows anyone to experience the advantages of chelation in the privacy of their own home -- without the needles. Medicardium is a rectal suppository that aids in removing toxic heavy metals, which may correspond to accelerated aging, from the body.

EDTA chelation has been shown to decrease the risk of heart attack by 86%, the risk of dying by cancer 90%.

The advantages of intravenous EDTA chelation therapy have been well established. (Read Position Paper: American College for Advancement in Medicine). Even in the U.S. the FDA has allowed EDTA chelation for the last 50 years - although its use has been restricted to the removal of toxic metals (i.e. lead, cadmium, uranium, etc.) Given the role of EDTA as an accepted treatment for the removal of unwanted toxic metals from the body, any dispute that "EDTA doesn't work" is reduced to nonsense. The extended role of EDTA as a tool to remove arterial plaque, prevent bypass surgery, or perform functions that affect conventional medicine "in the breadbasket," is where controversy arises.

Potential Benefits of EDTA Chelation

Adapted from Walker M., Gordon G., Douglass W.C. "The Chelation Answer"

Toxic Culprits

Mercury
Mercury is a heavy metal and potent neurotoxin. A chief source of contact comes from your own dentist - producing mercury exposure both while making and inserting fillings, even more so after getting rid of them. Each silver (amalgam) filling may release up to 17 mcg. of mercury every single day. This increases to 500 mcg. if the person smokes cigarettes, drinks hot liquids, chews gum, has acidic saliva, or the grinds their teeth at night. Mercury accumulates in the brain, heart, kidneys, and endocrine glands and can cause depression, auto-immune diseases, memory loss, tremors, anemia, and heart attacks.

Uranium
Uranium is a radioactive element that breaks up eventually into lead. There have been 2,000 nuclear detonations on our planet since Hiroshima, throwing uranium into our atmosphere, not taking into effect the events like Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. And recently, environmental uranium has seen an increase with the military's expanded use of depleted uranium. Radioactive materials can cause cancer and birth defects.

Lead
Lead is a heavy metal that can be found in cigarettes, cosmetics, plastics, batteries, gasoline, insecticides, pottery glaze, soldered pipes, and paint. Although one of the most well-known sources of contact has been determined to be ordinary drinking water (especially tap), little action has been taken to alleviate public exposure. The U.S. General Accounting Office recently admitted that about 50% of the U.S. population alone may be getting unsafe levels of lead exposure from this source. Other reports concur and have concluded that decaying plumbing is another major source of exposure (mostly from solder in modern plumbing; from the plumbing itself in lines installed before 1930). Lead accumulates in the brain, spleen, liver, kidneys, and bones. Like mercury, lead is well-established as a powerful neurotoxin and a leading cause of pediatric neurotoxicity. It has been strongly linked to child delinquency. For each 30 mcg of lead in a child's blood, his or her IQ drops 10 points.

Aluminum
Aluminum may be found in drinking water (especially tap water), antiperspirants, baking powders, feminine hygiene products, cow and soy milk, baby formula, antacids, aluminum foil, pots and pans. It accumulates in the skin, bones, brain, and kidneys and has been linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Other less known or less prominent metals, which can also be removed through chelation therapy, and are worth noting, include:

• Cadmium is a heavy metal extensively used in industry. Current reports have sourced medical waste incinerators as a chief source of exposure to the public. Some other sources include cigarettes, soft drinks, water softeners, seafood, rubber, motor oil, pesticides, fungicides and poly-vinyl plastics. Cadmium can initiate chronic fatigue syndrome, hair loss, high blood pressure, edema, arthritis, kidney stones, and impotence.
• Arsenic may also be found in cigarette smoke, laundry detergents, beef, seafood and drinking water (especially tap water). It can initiate headaches, confusion, and sleepiness. Arsenic can harm the kidneys, liver, and the lungs. As with beryllium, arsenic has been connected to considerable efforts by government and industry to cover-up its effects and down play the exposure risks.
• Barium compounds may be found in soaps, ceramics, paper, glass, plastics, textiles, dyes, fuel additives, rubber, paint, and pesticides. Barium toxicity can initiate vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
• Nickel is usually found in stainless steel cutlery, pots and pans, coins, dental fillings, and batteries. It builds up in the bones, kidneys, liver, lungs, immune system, and the brain, where it can bring about genetic damage and cancer.

Note: The main focus of this page has been to educate and teach as to the commonness of toxic metal exposure. It is not to assume that all toxic metals can be successfully removed from the body using EDTA, whether taken intravenously, orally, or rectally.

A foreword to "A Textbook on EDTA Chelation Therapy,"
edited by Elmer M. Cranton, M.D.

Linus Pauling, PhD is the only person ever to have been given two full, unshared Nobel Prizes. He was one of the world's best biochemists and scientists. Before his death he wrote and researched at length in the field of alternative and nutritional medicine.

Foreword
by Linus Pauling, PhD

For more than twenty years I have devoted most of my time to research and education in the fields of nutrition and preventive medicine. I have written and lectured extensively about simple, safe and inexpensive measures to improve the length and quality of life. In my recent book "How to Live Longer and Feel Better" I covered that subject at length. EDTA chelation therapy fits in well with my views on health care.

EDTA is not normally present in the human body and is therefore, by definition, not an Orthomolecular substance. Chelation, however, is far safer and much less expensive than surgical treatments for atherosclerosis. Physicians who adhere to the protocol for safe and effective administration of EDTA, as approved and promulgated by the American College of Advancement in Medicine, integrate the results of my own research into their chelation program. That protocol is published in its entirety in this book. Improved nutrition and supplementation with vitamins and trace elements is an important part of the overall chelation program.

EDTA chelation therapy makes good sense to me as a chemist and medical researcher. It has a rational scientific basis, and the evidence for clinical benefit seems to be quite strong. Metallic ions play an important role in the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. EDTA removes those ions with relative safety and without surgery. Published research and extensive clinical experience show that EDTA helps to reduce and prevent atherosclerotic plaques, thus improving blood flow to the heart and other organs. The scientific evidence indicates that a course of EDTA chelation therapy might eliminate the need for bypass surgery. Chelation has an equally valid rationale for use as a preventive treatment.

Past harassment of chelating physicians by government agencies and conservative medical societies seems to stem largely from ignorance of the scientific literature and from professional bias.

A reference book such as this, which assembles a large body of scientific knowledge about EDTA chelation therapy into one volume, will be of great advantage to physicians who desire to learn more about this emerging nonsurgical treatment for atherosclerosis and related age-associated diseases. Palo Alto, California July, 1988

Usage

For rectal use only. Use right after a bowel movement. Freeze before using. To remove suppository, separate the two plastic strips at the pointed end of the suppository wrapper and peel back. Remove wrapper before inserting into rectum. Insert past sphincter muscle. After insertion, remain sitting or lying down for 30 minutes. Best used before bed. Use every third day or as directed by your health care provider. Individuals with poor colonic mucosal integrity may experience stinging. If this occurs, notify your health care provider.

Content
10 suppositories

Ingredients

Store below 80 F (27 C). Keep out of sunlight

Warning:Keep out of the reach of children. Do not use if pregnant or nursing. Those with kidney dysfunction, liver disease, tuberculosis, or low platelet counts should only use under a doctor's supervision. Do not use if currently on blood thinning or blood pressure medication. Do not use before surgery. Individuals with hemorrhoids may experience mild discomfort. This product may lower blood sugar.