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Calcium EDTA (Ca-EDTA), or Calcium Disodium EDTA as it is also known, is Calcium Disodium combined with EDTA to form a sequestering agent that chelates other metals and unwanted substances such as cholesterol, from the blood stream. By itself, Calcium Disodium is an inert white crystalline calcium salt, which has shown to be the most effective combination with Ethylenediaminetetraacetate for the purpose of chelation. Calcium EDTA is also known as "edathamil" Calcium Disodium or Calcium Disodium "versenate", or Calcium Disodium Edetate. Disodium EDTA and Calcium Disodium EDTA have been approved by the FDA and other authorities as a food additive and dietary supplement. You will also note that Calcium Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) is preferred and often used as a food additive because of its ability to sequester (chelate with) unwanted substances that discolor or destroy the food quality. Although Magnesium Disodium EDTA has been used in an estimated 1 million patients in IV form over the last 30 years, the recent trend has been to use the calcium form because it is easier on the kidneys. Although there are adherents of oral Magnesium Disodium EDTA, it also is not found to any great extent in the literature. Taken orally, the magnesium form is harder on the GI tract than the calcium form, causing an increased risk of diarrhea.

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