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From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Chelation DOESN'T work!
Message-ID: <601@hadron.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 22:45:44 EST
Article-I.D.: hadron.601
Posted: Wed Nov  5 22:45:44 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Nov-86 08:43:45 EST
References: <541@sfsup.UUCP> <528@aecom.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
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Summary: Activared Charcoal???

In article <528@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP writes:
>	2. Activated Charcoal - probably tastes just as bad, but is
>cheap, available without prescription, and about as effective in
>preliminary trials.
>	Both work by sequestering bile acids.

Activated charcoal is pretty general -- it will absorb just about
any molecule within a certain range.  That's why it's one of the
treatments for ingested poisons.  Did your source give a reason
why someone thought of trying it as a specific for this?

Thanks.
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	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}
			jsdy@hadron.COM (not yet domainised)