I am not sure if I should order her IP6, I am afraid the rapid iron excretion through chelation and the problems it may cause her!
The best information about IP6 I could find on the net is here:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... i_88823874
It seems to be very safe, especially compared to pharmaceutrical chelators (or mainstream MS drugs!). Yes it will chelate calcium, zinc and copper and minerals along with iron, so maybe you should get her to take mineral supplements as far away from IP6 doses as possible. IP6 does not remove the iron from red blood cells or the calcium from bones. Excess calcium is also common in neuro illness.
IP6 is best known as a natural anti-cancer remedy. This is probably because cancer cells need massive amounts of iron to survive. Perhaps this partially explains why anti cancer drugs sometimes help with MS.
Has anyone experimented with idebenone? This is a form of Q10 which is reported to be more efficient than Q10 and helps ward off the damaging effects of iron in Parkinson's and Friedreich's Ataxia:
Iron is a "dual edged sword." It is absolutely essential for life, it plays a central role in ATP generation in the electron transport chain. Yet iron can also be a powerful initiator of free radical production and cell structural damage, especially under low oxygen conditions.
This occurs, for example, during stroke, and during the gradual onset of Parkinson's disease. Studies have shown that Idebenone can tightly couple oxidation to energy production. This prevents iron ions from wastefully and toxically, diverting oxygen to producing free radicals inside the mitochondria, instead of energy.
Studies have shown that Idebenone can almost completely eliminate this, diverting 10% of cellular oxygen away from toxic iron induced free radical generation, to beneficial ATP energy production under hypoxic conditions.
That's some claim.