Colloidal Silver: Risk Without Benefit

[Usenet Supreme Commander Chuck]

FDA laboratory studies have found that the amount of silver in some
product samples has varied from 15.2% to 124% of the amount listed on
the product labels. The amount of silver required to produce argyria is
unknown. However, the FDA has concluded that the risk of using silver
products exceeds any unsubstantiated benefit [3]. So far, eleven cases
of argyria related to silver products have been reported:

A 56-year-old man who had sold and used colloidal silver for three
years, developed blue/gray discoloration of his fingernails accompanied
by a very high blood level of silver [4].
A married couple who had three years of daily consumption of a drink
prepared by administering an electrolytic charge to a bowl of water
that contained a silver bar [5].
Another couple had been taking a silver-containing "dietary supplement"
prescribed by a naturopath [5].
A mentally ill man who had been drinking silver-containing herbal tea
for about 10 months [5].
Stan Jones, Montana's Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. Senate,
who reportedly started taking colloidal silver in 1999 for fear that
Y2K disruptions might lead to a shortage of antibiotics. He made his
own concoction by electrically two silver wires in a glass of water
[6].
Two men, ages 63 and 76, developed argyria after a year of product use
inspired by Internet claims [7].
A 16-year-old boy developed blue-gray pigmentation of his entire body
after ingesting a silver-containing dietary supplement for a year. The
product, packaged so that it was identical to bottled water. was touted
as a preventive for everyday infections [8].
A 58-year-old man who treated a presumed kidney infection with a
home-brewed colloidal solution 12 times a day for 4 days developed
argyria about 4 weeks later [9].
A 38-year-old man developed argyria after ingesting approximately 16
ounces of 450 ppm colloidal silver three times a day for 10 months to
treat his arthritis and other conditions. He made the solution with a
simple battery-operated chamber that leached silver from pure silver
wire. He had obtained the plans from information on the Internet [10].
The photograph to the right shows how his skin color compares to that
of normal skin.

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[Lymehelp]

it works great and im not blue.

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[Usenet Supreme Commander Chuck]

We all know you used it Hick, you told us many times.