Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
chelation therapy
Subclass of:
Pharmacotherapy
Definitions related to chelation therapy:
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Therapy of heavy metal poisoning using agents which sequester the metal from organs or tissues and bind it firmly within the ring structure of a new compound which can be eliminated from the body.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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In chelation therapy, a biologically based practice, a drug is used to bind with and remove hypothesized excess or toxic amounts of a metal or mineral (eg, lead, copper, iron, calcium) from the bloodstream. In conventional medicine, chelation therapy is a widely accepted way to treat lead and other heavy metal poisoning.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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