Re: COLLOIDAL SILVER - delete if you find this boring

[Guest guest]

>

> HI Ron, I think it's great to have your patients safety in mind.

That

> should be your first priority. I come from a heavily medically

> oriented family. I would not blindly just try anything that comes

down

> the tube without researching it in detail. I have gained MAJOR

> benefits from colloidal silver over several years. I used to catch

any

> bug that came around. I nearly died from the flu three times and

spent

> time in a hospital from it. Using CS for the last seven and more

years

> I am certain has protected me from flu and other bugs since, I have

> NOT had a flu shot or other " inoculations " in that time and most of

> the prople that I run with have had most of the bugs, but the last

> three years those who I provided CS to, (for free) did not have

any of

> the flu's since.

>

> RON my question: As some kind of medicaly knowledgable person,

would

> you recommend that I stop any and all use of CS and convince my

> friends on it to also stop all use of it. None of us want to poison

> ourselves.

>

> RON, what would you do right now if you were in our shoes.

>

> My reason for asking you is that if you are sure that it IS

harmful

> to us or has the possibility of harming us, we want to stop it

> immediately. None of us are taking any other known substance to

> prevent disease and have no apparent harm so far, and remain quite

> healthy. We're all in our 70s.

>

> RON, We are looking forward for you answer. Thank you for your

> interest. I wish you well dp

>

Thank you for your interest.

What would I recommend? First of all I'd suggest you read some of

the articles I referenced in message #'s 70259 and 70262. There are

a couple you should read very carefully. You should read the

National Center for Complementary and Alernative Medicine's May 2004

consumer Advisory on Colloidal Silver Products at

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/

The NCCAM is very supportive of alternative medicine and does not

issue advisories lightly.

Also, PDRhealth's evaluation at

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/nutsupdrugs/col_028

9.shtml

PDRhealth also is supportive of alternative medicine and is very

objective.

You say you researched it in detail. ly, when I researched it

I found nothing of substance supporting its use. All of the sites

peddling it referenced 19th century medicine. The 19th century was

full of now discredited medical theories that sounded good at the

time, but have not held up. Don't forget that colloidal silver fell

out of use as an internally used anti-infective long before the

discovery of antibiotics, for the simple reason that they didn't

work. Silver compounds have continued to be used in very limited

situations as topical anti-infectives. Alcohol, I'm sure you know,

is another substance that is very effective against infectious

agents when applied topically, but is useless against infection when

ingested. If you have references that are substantive and

objective, I'd love to read them. I would also suggest you re-read

your references carefully and try to discern whether they represent

science or salemanship.

There are a lot of reasons why older people get the flu less often.

For one thing, we have not had a really major flu epidemic in a long

time. As we age, we have been exposed to more and more viruses, and

have developed immunity to them. For example, I rarely have viral

illnesses - no more than one mild one every couple of years - and I

have heavy exposure to people with active viral infections virtually

every day. I've just built up immunity over the years to many

strains of flu bugs. Also, when people retire they spend much more

time at home and with a limited circle of friends, substantially

limiting their exposure to viruses compared to when they were in the

workplace.

My suspicion is that colloidal silver machines produce a product

with extremely little silver in it. After all, they wouldn't want

to get sued by someone who turned blue or developed kidney disease

or neuropathy. The products are probably relatively safe because

they are so very diluted. However, I don't know for sure the amount

of silver you are ingesting. That would be very important to know.

Ultimately, the decision's up to you. If it were me, I wouldn't use

it.

Ron