ALSUntangled No. 19: Sodium chlorite ~Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
****!!!!******** "While a wide range of oral sodium chlorite regi-mens have been used, the most popular are between 0.75 and 1.5 mg/kg given over 2 – 7 days in a row, followed by a rest period of 7 – 16 days, then repeat-ing (17,25,26). Importantly, it has never been shown that oral sodium chlorite can be absorbed at levels that affect human macrophage function. In rats given radiolabeled chlorite, 34% of the initial dose can be found excreted in the urine over the next 72 h (27). However, in monkeys, chlorite is neutralized in saliva within 1 min and by gastric fl uid in vivo in 5 min (28). Keuhne, one of the world ’ s experts on WF10, states that he studied oral WF10 and found that it “ can act on these mechanisms only intravenously, not orally ” (29). Furthermore, there are data that raise concerns about the safety of oral sodium chlo-rite. According to McGrath and Keuhne, sodium chlorite is converted under acidic conditions (such as those in the stomach) to chlorine dioxide, which can be poisonous (12,29). While a small, short- duration study failed to show evidence of oral chlo-rite toxicity in humans (30), Keuhne stopped his research on oral WF10 “ after two patients collapsed and one nearly died ” while taking it (29)"