"Since the 1990s, "colloidal silver" has been marketed as an alternative medicine product, with unsubstantiated, and some jurisdictions illegal claims of effectiveness. In some cases, people have developed argyria as a result, and the collective weight of medical literature advises against the use of these silver preparations."
lol- yeah i'll take the word of a glp memeber with an iq of 7 over the collected weight of medical iterature. lol
idiot
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 810800It is YOU who has shown your ignorance in the research. Stop your childish BS and conduct your due diligence. You appear an idiot.
Here, I'll even give you a much needed hand:
As stated in many of these RESEARCH studies, "Silver has been used as an antimicrobial agent in the medical field for centuries."
This is just a tiny sampling. Start your education:
Belly, R. T., and G. C. Kydd. 1982. Silver resistance in microorganisms. Dev. Ind. Microbiol. 23:567-577.
Berger, T. J., J. A. Spadaro, R. Bierman, S. E. Chapin, and R. O. Becker. 1976. Antifungal properties of electrically generated metallic ions. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 10:856-860. [PubMed]
Berger, T. J., J. A. Spadaro, S. E. Chapin, and R. O. Becker. 1976. Electrically generated silver ions: quantitative effects on bacterial and mammalian cells. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 9:357-358. [PubMed]
Bragg, P. D., and D. J. Rainnie. 1974. The effect of silver ions on the respiratory chain of Escherichia coli. Can. J. Microbiol. 20:883-889. [PubMed]
Brown, T., and D. Smith. 1976. The effects of silver nitrate on the growth and ultrastructure of the yeast Cryptococcus albidus. Microbios Lett. 3:155-162.
Feng, Q. L., J. Wu, G. Q. Chen, F. Z. Cui, T. N. Kim, and J. O. Kim. 2000. A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 52:662-668. [PubMed]
Furr, J. R., A. D. Russell, T. D. Turner, and A. Andrews. 1994. Antibacterial activity of Actisorb Plus, Actisorb and silver nitrate. J. Hosp. Infect. 27:201-208. [PubMed]
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Miller, L. P., and S. E. A. McCallan. 1957. Toxic action of metal ions to fungus spores. Agric. Food Chem. 5:116-122.
Pal, S., Y. K. Tak, and J. M. Song. 2007. Does the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles depend on the shape of the nanoparticle? A study of the gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:1712-1720. [PubMed]
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Thurman, R. B., and C. P. Gerba. 1989. The molecular mechanisms of copper and silver ion disinfection of bacteria and viruses. CRC Crit. Rev. Environ. Control 18:295-315.
Yakabe, Y., T. Sano, H. Ushio, and T. Yasunaga. 1980. Kinetic studies of the interaction between silver ion and deoxyribonucleic acid. Chem. Lett. 4:373-376.
Yamanaka, M., K. Hara, and J. Kudo. 2005. Bactericidal actions of a silver ion solution on Escherichia coli, studied by energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy and proteomic analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:7589-7593. [PubMed]
