[cancercured] Re: Kidney Damage from some scans

Thank you for this Joe! I've recently been wondering how I could best
protect myself against the gadolinium in the injection for MRI. Since
it's a metal I've been wondering if things like chlorella and the like
would help move it out faster, but this was a post-MRI approach. Using
the NAC is a preventative for the kidney to function better to move it
out of the body without being damaged. Of course they tell you that
the gadolinium is "usually" removed from the body in a week post-MRI
but I don't believe it any more than I believe that after so long
amalgam fillings stop leaching. a very valuable post......

cathy

--- In cancercured@yahoogroups.com, "JCastron" <jcastron1@...> wrote:
>
> With scans such a big part of Cancer treatments, the following
information may be helpful to those electing CT and other type scans
that require a 'contrast agent' be used. This, of course, is in
addition to the real risk from the radiation of certain scans. Joe C.

> A SIMPLE PILL PROTECTS THE KIDNEYS
>
> At the University of Michigan, radiologist Aine Kelly, MD, MS, and
her colleagues evaluated the available body of research on how best to
shield kidneys from iodinated contrast agent-induced damage. They
studied the results of 41 randomized controlled trials that involved
data on the protective effects of agents administered to prevent
kidney damage after coronary angiograms and found that...
>
> a.. The most effective one is the inexpensive and readily
accessible natural antioxidant N-Acetylcysteine (NAC). NAC is a
naturally occurring derivative of a protein amino acid that, in
addition to its antioxidant and kidney-protective qualities, is also
being studied for benefits relative to heart disease and HIV.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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