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I use colloidal silver also for over a year now. I use a low dose matenace dosage but more if I feel a cold coming on. I haven't had any known side effect, I just get it on Amazon. My natural practitioner recommended it. I also feel the best I have felt in a long time and no mycobacteria Abcessus showing up.
I have heard of people nebulizing it but I don't feel comfortable with that. Maybe there should be some testing done on it to see if it's safe and effective the inhaled route.
Shari
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Hi everyone,
With regards to colloidal silver, I recommend doing your research or as Katherine always said, "Due diligence".
According to Dr. Brent Bauer from Mayo Clinic says "Colloidal silver isn't considered safe or effective for any of the health claims manufacturers make. Silver has no known purpose in the body. Nor is it an essential mineral, as some sellers of silver products claim."
You can read more in this article:
- Colloidal silver: is it safe? https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/colloidal-silver/faq-20058061
When it comes to supplements and complementary medicine, I always refer to NIH's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine to better understand the proven evidence.
- Colloidal Silver https://nccih.nih.gov/health/silver
The first section of the page states: What’s the Bottom Line?
How much do we know about colloidal silver?
There are no high quality studies on the health effects of taking colloidal silver, but we do have good evidence of its dangers.
What do we know about the effectiveness of colloidal silver?
Claims made about the health benefits of taking colloidal silver aren’t backed up by studies.
What do we know about the safety of colloidal silver?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that colloidal silver isn’t safe or effective for treating any disease or condition.
@colleenyoung I was just getting ready to post those same links. I feel like those thinking about using coloidal silver should look at every angle before deciding to use. @pfist, @nick52, @aflib, @boomerexpert.
Unfortunately, evidence of the benefits many derive from a number of treatments does not exist...I think our group members' experiences say volumes
@windwalker...Hi Terri. I have used colloidal silver now for probably 20 some years. It has been a very effective antibiotic for me taken orally and also used topically. I have cleared horribly infected cat bites with it in the past. I make my own...I've never had an issue with it's safety ...and I am still not blue! My brother is currently nebulizing it for what he feels is an infected root canal that he feels can best be reached with a nebulizer. ??? Not quite sure how colloidal silver could best be implemented for MAC...and not sure about guiniea pigging with the nebulizer. I still have questions and concerns and reading to do. ??
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I nebulizing silver, just three drops and no problems so far but I haven't been doing it for long and I think the dosage is probably too little. If anyone can advice me on the dosage, that would be great.