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Colloidal Silver

20 years ago

Anyone using colloidal silver out there? My in-laws swear by it. I've used it a few times but didn't see much of a result. How many days do you use it? or, Do you take it every day as maintenance? Any ideas or suggestions?

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agnespuffin
20 years ago
Check out this site. Be sure to scroll down and read from the "Critical Studies" part to the end.

Here is a link that might be useful: Can you Believe this?
lucygoose
20 years ago
I used to wonder about it myself years ago.....I never took it, but knew this old couple who did....I, even then, did not believe it would be good for you.....I have that Quack Watch in my favorites and forgot about it....Excellent Read!! kjaneal, how did the in-laws react to the article?
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I know it makes you turn a sickly greyish blue

There are NO reliable studies showing it does more than move money into the pockets of the promoters.
bleusblue2
10 years ago
Renewing this thread -- my friend has used it for eye infections and right now I have one and may, just may, use it. What I want to mention is this FACT. Recovering from an operation two years ago, a nurse had to come and change my dressing every single day, watching for infection. She had colloidal silver available if an infection started. She wasn't allowed to use it unless she requested it -- but she said it WORKS. We should be suspicious of all drugs, even FDA approved ones. This one works.
User
10 years ago
I see someone has already mentioned color change. It can also change your skin to purple and it is almost impossible to change it back.
bleusblue2
10 years ago
The colour change to purple or blue is with extreme and constant use. Any medication has definite limits on use. The odd thing to me is that I personally know somebody who has cleared up pinkeye several times using this. And the fact that the nurse who changed my dressings said she'd use it if there were an infection in the wound, tells me that it is not ineffective. Nevertheless I will not use it in my eye without a medical go-ahead, which I probably won't get. My concern is that I've had cataract surgery. They used to put silver nitrate in newborn's eyes. Do they still do that? I don't think so.
User
10 years ago
Omg. Be smart people.
User
10 years ago
I do not know about the babies eyes but some doctors use silver nitrate, not the same as colloidal silver, to paint on women's vaginal track if there are long term infections of several types.
bleusblue2
10 years ago
I'm going to mention this to my friend who suffers from these infections to the point that she is on permanent antibiotics. She is over 70 and wouldn't be in this shape in my opinion if her husband hadn't been a doctor! Honestly, she had an operation when her bladder prolapsed. Then she had another operation when that one didn't work. All the best medical advice of the day. Now she can't lift anything over 5 pounds, can't walk more than a couple of blocks without sitting, etc. and these constant infections. She's brave but what does she have to lose? Dear jn3344, I know you think you are looking at loopy quacks. This is not the story but I guess it would take a day for me to explain the complete story of where I'm coming from.
guest2013
8 years ago
Yes - my daughter and I both take it (so does pup for dental probs) NONE of us have turned any color with REGULAR and SAFE use.

How much colloidal silver should you take a day?

Then divide 1,500 by 10 (ppm), which is 150. So at a body weight of 125 pounds, you can safely take 150 drops of colloidal silver per day, for your entire life, according to the Silver Safety Council. That's a little bit over a teaspoonful a day.

I purchase my colloidal silver from a reputable company.The blue man? WAS NOT USING COLLOIDAL SILVER. :) THOUGHT HE WAS...The entire story as presented is a study in blatant misrepresentation. The fact is that Paul has a condition called argyria that turns the skin a blue-gray color. He got this condition by taking his homemade silver compound that was mostly a highly concentrated ionic silver solution.

RIP blue man
bleusblue2
8 years ago
Thank you for the information. As I said in a previous post -- the NURSE who treated my infected surgical wound, had colloidal silver as a BACKUP if nothing else worked. When she finally finished my treatment -- she came every day for several weeks! -- she left a little bit of the silver with me. She said it was almost always effective. It's so easy to call a nonpharmaceutical 'quakery' -- even after I have said that a nurse used it and it was part of her kit, not something she bought on a streetcorner!

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