My nickname is Andy. I would like to share my iron chelation experience for last one year. My background I am 34 years old Beta Thal Hb E Major. Hct. 12 I don't transfuse but I was when I was young for beauty and height.
I never went to a hospital around 10 years because I stopped height and they didn't give me blood. Till last year, I was curious my health so I got back to a hospital. My ferritin were 1031 points hct 15 I said I am ok. thus a doctor didn't give me blood but I must chelate with Desferal 6 bottles /night 2days a week. Its price was 10,560 Baht a month (USD300).
One month later when checking up, I told my docter I will buy desirox online from Canada website instead I paid 1,700 baht per 30 tabs. The ferritin test after using Desferal increased from 1031 to 11xx .My doctor said I may eat high iron on my diet but I swore I ate carefully. He gave me 1 tab at night for Desirox.
After taking Desirox I was still to the hospital to follow my test every 2 or 3 months but I couldn't remember exactly because the test was online on doctor pc, he didn't give me the printed results. So former last visit I tried to look at his pc screen and remember my Lab that I saw my ferritin 1058. In my memory, my ferritin decreased not over 100 points for 6 months totally. Doctor said because he gave me low dosage.
May be it was a lucky for me, the latest desirox order was seized by Thai Custom (5 bottles) in the meanwhile I have read about Alpha lipoic Acid and Acetyl L Carnitine to chelate from this website. I had no money to buy new drugs but I had for buying supplements. I took these supplements before seeing doctor 3 months. He saw the lab and surprised because my ferritin was down from 1058 to 770. He told me if I took only these supplements and ferritin down I will not take expensive drugs anymore. Now I am waiting to know the next test because I can’t afford drugs price but for supplements are very cheap and liver function is better too.
Thank you so much for sharing good information on website.