Along with heavy metal poisoning, Roach says chelation therapy is also sometimes used when you have “iron overload”—when the body has too much iron and can’t get rid of it naturally.

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), dimercaptosuccinic acid, and dimercaprol are some common chelation therapy drugs. Iron Overload and Breast Cancer: Iron Chelation as a Potential Therapeutic ...

Patients with TDT require frequent blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy throughout their lives and generally don’t survive beyond their late 30s. In trials, Casgevy was shown to improve ...

[104] " The use of EDTA to restore the balance and distribution of essential metallic elements, while at the same time removing toxic heavy metals and catalytic free iron, has been shown to slow ...