All I know is that my husband came home from being sliced from from sternum to pubic area.
He started having problems with redness developing the first day he arrived home. The V.A. Drs. prescribed silver ointment as they were having problems with resistant bacteria. Anita james wrote: > > this is great steve. thank you very much > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norton, Steve" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 6:46 PM > Subject: RE:CS>cs and antibiotics > > The warning originated from the National > Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a part of the > NIH. See: > > http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/ > > "Colloidal silver may interfere with the body's absorption of the > following drugs: penacillamine, quinolones, tetracyclines, and > thyroxine." > > There is no basis for the warning provided. If anyone can provide data that > SHOWS that colloidal silver interferes with ANY antibiotic, I would be very > interested to see it. But as it is, anyone can make any unsubstantiated > charge against CS and it is expected that CS uses must disprove the claim. > Hey, believe whatever you want! Meanwhile here is a couple more. > > - Steve N > > Here is a study that shows that CS increases the bactericidal efficiency of > amoxicillin > > Synergistic antibacterial effects of รข-lactam antibiotic combined with > silver > nanoparticles > http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0957-4484/16/9/082 > > "When amoxicillin and silver nanoparticles are combined, it results in > greater > bactericidal efficiency on Escherichia coli cells than when they were > applied > separately. Dynamic tests on bacterial growth indicated that exponential and > stationary phases are greatly decreased and delayed in the synergistic > effect > of amoxicillin and silver nanoparticles. In addition, the effect induced by > a > preincubation with silver nanoparticles is examined. The results show that > solutions with more silver nanoparticles have better antimicrobial effects. > > And: > > http://www.academicjournals.org/sre/PDF/pdf2008/May/Iroha%20et%20al%20.pdf > > " Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics, which destroy > beneficial enzymes, colloidal silver leaves these beneficial > enzymes intact (Hall et al., 1999). An added advantage > to the use of silver is that it has variously been > shown to have high safety profile in vivo and cannot > interact or interfere with other medicines being taken > (Iroha et al., 2007). Furthermore, it is known not to > destroy the normal microbial flora of the gut thereby > avoiding the negative effects of traditional antibiotics that > kill good bacteria in the lower digestive tract (Beaker and > Spadaro, 1981)." > > From: james [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: RE:CS>cs and antibiotics > > thanks for the info. however it doesn't state which antibiotics were used in > the study. i read on another site that certain antibiotics such as > tetracyline,quinolone and also penicillamine had their effectiveness reduced > because of cs. now its possible this is biased reporting but if it isnt then > there are specific antibiotics that are affected by cs. and i would like to > know if doxycyline and amoxicillin are two of them. thanks again > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Norton, Steve > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 5:06 PM > Subject: RE:CS>cs and antibiotics > > A 2007 study on the interaction of colloidal silver and antibiotics shows no > problems with using colloidal silver and antibiotics. > > - Steve N > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
