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ARG sells a 0.004% solution of the right kind of selenium for this protocol. [1/2 of a dropper is about one full squeeze on the dropper bulb, which is about 15 drops, or 3/4cc. At full dose, one 8oz bottle from ARG should last about 3 months.]. This dose should be sufficient, and later becomes the maintenance dose, i.e., 1/2 dropper full bid (twice a day). For the first two categories mentioned above, there is no problem. These patients tolerate the 1/2 dropper full bid, and they continue to improve.
Some patients with arthritis become symptom-free even on low doses. With regard to the third, troublesome category, i.e. those patients who are too sensitive to take even one drop, they should do the following:- Fill up five glass jars, each one containing about an ounce of water that the patient customarily tolerates. Take 1/2 dropper full of the above-mentioned sodium selenium solution and mix it into the first container of water and stir. Then take the dropper, which has now been washed free of any residue of selenium and take 1/2 dropper of the first dilution and empty it into the second glass jar. Mix this solution. Continue the same process until the original 1/2 dropper has been diluted out into the fifth container.
- Start with the most dilute solution and try a three times a day exposure, as follows: 2 drops in the morning; 4 drops in the afternoon; 8 drops in the evening.
- If this is still not tolerated, a smaller number of drops and a slower schedule can be used throughout the day. Very shortly, within 1-3 days, patients find they tolerate the most dilute solution. When this occurs they simply repeat this process with the next higher concentration. They keep doing this until they work themselves up to the most concentrated solution.
- After that try a slow progression of the original 0.004% solution, as described above for the first two categories of patients. Remember, there is no rush and there is no “right” dose. Just keep moving along until some comfortable dose is reached, as judged by tolerance to selenium as well as tolerance to petrochemicals.
One last tip: some patients who have arthritis even without obvious petrochemical sensitivity do well on small amounts of selenium.
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