Chelation therapy: 

Typically administered in an osteopathic or medical doctor's office, chelation therapy is a series of intravenous injections of the synthetic amino acid ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, designed to detoxify the body of heavy metals. While the treatment often is used to treat arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries with little evidence of effectiveness.  However in recent times, chelation has been used as a treatment for fibromyalgia in a series of 20-30 treatments over several months.  These are expensive treatments, costing thousands of dollars for the series, usually are offered by doctors preying on the desperation of those with fibromyalgia, but with no scientific evidence of effectiveness.  The treatment can also be hazardous due to removal of essential elements of the body.

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