Been hearing a LOT lately about this new wonder drug Collodial silver. I have heard all kinds of claims that it may even cure cancer and maybe even aids.
Any foundation to these claims? I don’t even know what the stuff is…
Here’s what Quackwatch has to say about it. It’s titled “Risk Without Benefit”.
www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/silverad.html
Mostly no. While it may have some effect on pathogens, it fell out of favor when antibiotics came into widespread use. The effects of antibiotics are far stronger.
And let’s talk about risk factors of sustained use: you will turn silver like the Tin Man in Wizard of Oz, but without the shininess. And you will never turn normal colored again. I have seen pictures of this on the internet of a woman who has been non-shiny silver for 50 years. It is really ugly. Oh, and I have heard a rumor and seen a photo of Michael Jackson without his make up on the internet, and he looks exactly like the woman. I would suggest a google search on collodial silver if the above post doesn’t frighten you enough.
Link from quackwatch website. Rosemary Jacobs, an argyria victim. “Long-term use of silver preparations can lead to argyria, a condition in which silver salts deposit in the skin, eyes, and internal organs, and the skin turns ashen-gray”.
I’m curious about the condition Argyria–
WebMD’s resource defines Argyria as a ‘poisoning’ caused by the buildup of silver salts…but it says little else about it.
Are there actual, toxic, life-inhibiting effects from Argyria other then the change in color tones on the skin and internal organs?
If you drinkj a drink with gold dissolved in it and gold leaves floating around within, some gold gets absorbed into you and you get heavy metal poisoning.
I forget the name of the drink - it was mentioned in tyhe Cryptonomicon.
Related thread about antibiotics & silver in GQ:
Colloidial Silver is the stuff of “grand conspiracy.” MDs all know about it, you see. They are aware that it cure cancer and AIDS, gives sexual potency and makes you live forever… but they want to keep the general public in ignorance. That’s why the FDA will attack any doctor who tries to reveal the secret! And besides, anyone can make the stuff at home, so obviously the drug companies are paying doctors to keep the information hidden. Therefore you should buy a colloidal silver kit from me for a one-time low price not available anywhere else! And sign up to become a Multi-Level-Marketing franchise. (And behind my wagon you can purchase videotapes which prove that mankind never went to the moon, or buy a highly illegal electric healing belt, guaranteed to solve “Old Men’s Problem.”
Goldschlager?