Colloidal Silver

Monofletch

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I wanted to ask you guys about Colloidal Silver. I had surgery on my foot and I have a huge wound were the doctor went in to fix things. A friend gave me a big bottle of this to soak my wound in. She said it would heal it up quickly. I have never heard of it and I am afraid to use it until I find out more info. I did a Google search and read for a bit on the subject, but I wanted "REAL" opinions.

What do you think??
 
I make my own colloidal silver, it is good, but the size of the silver particle is big.

Angstrom mineral silver is a much smaller partial size that will go through all cell walls killing bad cells. And you can't over due it and turn blue.

I'm unsure about soaking it, I would take it orally, put a tablespoon under your tongue and hold it there as long as possible.
I would do it 5 times a day and use what the doctors suggest on the wound externally.

After the wound is healed on the outside, I would soak my foot daily in Epsom salt. This will help the inside heal quicker.
 
Here's an extensive page on the Quackwatch site with many references:
http://www.quackwatch.org/search/we...maxlines=30&maxchars=10000&limit=on&cache=yes

It's known that silver has certain antibacterial properties. However, there are also risks and it has no real effect on "healing" per se. If the worry is about infection, conventional topical antibiotics are excellent.

I have extensive experience with colloidal silver and could not disagree with this statement more.
 
There is a reason why colloidal silver is sold in the USA as a "dietary supplement." Supplements are not required to be examined or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are "just for fun" and can make any outrageous claim they want about effectiveness.

The ingestion of colloidal silver in any amount may interact with actual medications, to include antibiotics, and cause permanent injury. The excessive use of colloidal silver may also do this on it's own without needing to mix with medication.

Colloidal silver is one of those things where there is zero effect for most people, and then you have the sporadic, random encounter with someone that "benefited" from the colloidal silver by coincidentally ingesting it and achieving identical results as if they had not taken it. (i.e. the healing of a wound that your body was already healing)

It's kind of like me picking up a random rock from the ground and saying that the rock protects me from tigers. The evidence I use is that I am currently not under attack from tigers, something that existed prior to my picking up the rock. I give it to you and, since you don't live in a south east Asian jungle, you're not plagued by tigers, either. Clearly it works.
 
There is a reason why colloidal silver is sold in the USA as a "dietary supplement." Supplements are not required to be examined or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are "just for fun" and can make any outrageous claim they want about effectiveness.

The ingestion of colloidal silver in any amount may interact with actual medications, to include antibiotics, and cause permanent injury. The excessive use of colloidal silver may also do this on it's own without needing to mix with medication.

Colloidal silver is one of those things where there is zero effect for most people, and then you have the sporadic, random encounter with someone that "benefited" from the colloidal silver by coincidentally ingesting it and achieving identical results as if they had not taken it. (i.e. the healing of a wound that your body was already healing)

It's kind of like me picking up a random rock from the ground and saying that the rock protects me from tigers. The evidence I use is that I am currently not under attack from tigers, something that existed prior to my picking up the rock. I give it to you and, since you don't live in a south east Asian jungle, you're not plagued by tigers, either. Clearly it works.

I kind of figured, but the whole "essential oils" thing seems to be a joke.
 
Have PrimitiveEnergy brew some coffee for you. That should fix anything.

Ask your doctor if the medical advice that you got on the internet is right for you. Seriously.
 
Have PrimitiveEnergy brew some coffee for you. That should fix anything.

Ask your doctor if the medical advice that you got on the internet is right for you. Seriously.

We both know Ben's coffee is better than mine! :D

I see him again on Wednesday. He is an old school, country foot doctor. Semi- retired. He will just laugh at me like always!
 
There is a reason why colloidal silver is sold in the USA as a "dietary supplement." Supplements are not required to be examined or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are "just for fun" and can make any outrageous claim they want about effectiveness.

The ingestion of colloidal silver in any amount may interact with actual medications, to include antibiotics, and cause permanent injury. The excessive use of colloidal silver may also do this on it's own without needing to mix with medication.

Colloidal silver is one of those things where there is zero effect for most people, and then you have the sporadic, random encounter with someone that "benefited" from the colloidal silver by coincidentally ingesting it and achieving identical results as if they had not taken it. (i.e. the healing of a wound that your body was already healing)

It's kind of like me picking up a random rock from the ground and saying that the rock protects me from tigers. The evidence I use is that I am currently not under attack from tigers, something that existed prior to my picking up the rock. I give it to you and, since you don't live in a south east Asian jungle, you're not plagued by tigers, either. Clearly it works.


Maybe demon can give us some stats on how many deaths from collodial silver and how many deaths from FDA approved drugs. We are waiting. :D
 
Maybe demon can give us some stats on how many deaths from collodial silver and how many deaths from FDA approved drugs. We are waiting. :D

There are more deaths from medical malpractice than from deliberate homicide but that doesn't stop me from erring on the side of caution and carrying a gun with me everyday, and going to a hospital when I break a bone or cough up blood.

If 100 people take colloidal silver and 1 person dies. That's not so bad, right? Only one person. But that one person is a huge percentage of users.
 
There are more deaths from medical malpractice than from deliberate homicide but that doesn't stop me from erring on the side of caution and carrying a gun with me everyday, and going to a hospital when I break a bone or cough up blood.

If 100 people take colloidal silver and 1 person dies. That's not so bad, right? Only one person. But that one person is a huge percentage of users.

Stats demon, stats? Show us your info?
 
The information you request and provide is irrelevant and does nothing to refute the reality that I stated.

Incidentally, if 100,000 people die annually in the US from "Adverse Drug Reactions", (which would include in taking antibiotics in conjunction with colloidal silver, as I previously said, so thanks for supporting me), out of probably 200,000,000 people in the US that take FDA approved drugs, what is the ratio? 0.0005% chance of dying from what your doctor prescribes if you take it as indicated?

How many people take colloidal silver annually?

You are arguing a point that no one made.

The point that you are deliberately obfuscating is the fact that colloidal silver has zero medicinal value and any claims to benefit are completely anecdotal and incidental.

Colloidal silver, when placed on a surface with germs, will kill some of those germs. So does bleach. So does fire. Do you advocate the ingestion of either of those? They have the same benefit claim.
 
Skip the silver. Especially ingesting it. Use it topically or better yet - get some real medicine.

Just my .02 fwiw
 
There are more deaths from medical malpractice than from deliberate homicide but that doesn't stop me from erring on the side of caution and carrying a gun with me everyday, and going to a hospital when I break a bone or cough up blood.

If 100 people take colloidal silver and 1 person dies. That's not so bad, right? Only one person. But that one person is a huge percentage of users.

But you said even if one person dies it's significant. But then you compare 100,000 deaths to a ratio of population.

Which one is it?
 
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