Dear David, Thank you very much indeed. I think this is the main source of resistance from mainstream medicine, it is taught in medical school as one of the important things to know about silver. "Myoclonic status epilepticus .. sounds dreadful doesn't it? I am so glad you have put it into perspective. I can't find bicaltamide in any of my books. Does that have a 'generic' name or a pharmaceutical description> I'd like to know the side effects if you have them,. OK, I can google for it when on line again.
Of course the man could have had a seizure because his family took his toy(s) away from him. :-( Tony M On 30 Sep 2008 at 19:20, David wrote about : Subject : CS>Death by CS. > Some of you may have seen in Wikipedia (Colloidal silver), or other > places, the reference to the death of a 71 year old man after > ingesting CS. Specifically the title of the reference is... > "Myoclonic status epilepticus following repeated oral ingestion of > colloidal silver". > > I've purchased the article ($20). For your information, heres my > summary of the case... > > 1... Man aged about 70 finds out he has prostate cancer. > 2... Takes Bicaltamide (a prescribed drug with a few side effects) > for 3 months. > 3... Following this he tried "various nutritional and vitamin > supplements, homeopathic remedies such as PC-SPES and essiac tea, and > colloidal silver". (Its claimed his CS machine produced 4 litres of > 10ppm in 30 minutes). He drinks at least a ONE OUNCE a day for 4 > months. (Yep, you heard right, a whole ounce!) > 4... Wife and daughter confiscate his CS machine and give it to > doctors. (Presumably this ended his CS intake) > 5... His prostate antigen level increases so he ceases all > unconventional treatment and undergoes 7 weeks (35 cycles) of > radiation therapy. > 6... Seizures begin 1 month after radio therapy ceases. (This > appears to be about 3 MONTHS AFTER CEASING CS INGESTION) > 7... He goes into 'Myoclonic status epilepticus' (a constant seizure) > so Doctors put him into an INDUCED COMA and pump him with various drugs. > 8... Patient deteriorates to a persistant vegetative condition. > 9... Patient is shifted to his home town hospital where he dies of > PNEUMONIA 5.5 months after seizures begin. > > At the time of 'his admission' blood tests revealed 'high levels of > silver'. (The article does not really clarify at which admission the > blood samples were taken. It could have been back when his prostate > antigen levels were tested. Following death, an autopsy revealed > 'elevated silver in the grey matter'. (I don't think either of these > findings are particularly surprising.) > > > OK folks, heres the rub... > > Is the focus of article about who or what killed him? No, its about > what caused the seizures! > > Quote.."His (the patients) extensive investigations (tests), > including cranial MRIs, somatosensory evoked potentials, routine and > special CSF studies for viruses or other microorganisms, porphyria, > Hashimoto thyroiditis, connective tissue disease, and anti-Hu > antibodies, WERE NORMAL. Patient´s liver function was also NORMAL. > Therefore, we hypothesized the patient´s condition was caused by > silver toxicity. Plasmapheresis resulted in significant improvement > in his plasma (1.9 nmol/L), erythrocytes (2.2 nmol/L), and CSF (1.04 > nmol/L) silver levels without any associated neurologic recovery. > > In other words... "We checked everything and all we could find was > silver, so we are HYPOTHESIZING the silver (that he stopped taking 3 > MONTHS before the siezures) must have done it! Sorry Mum and > Daughter, its not our fault. He's dead because of that damned silver!" > > If I was a cynic I could suggest conventional medicine killed him, > and colloidal silver became a convenient scapegoat. > > Regards > David > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_silver > > http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/8/1408 > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
