Friday, December 27, 2013

Expert Says Big Pharma Fakes Their Drug Studies

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The big drug companies have been fudging and faking their data for decades, according to the head of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, one of the world’s leading experts on clinical studies. 

So the whole concept of “evidence-based medicine” and “science-based medicine” is largely a lie.  And because of that, many of the drugs Big Pharma has managed to get approved by the FDA are suspect. 

But antimicrobial silver has been used successfully for over 2,000 years, and modern-day products like electrically generated colloidal silver have been used successfully against infections and related diseases for over 110 years. 

So the next time someone challenges you over colloidal silver, calling it “quackery” and demanding to know “Where’s all of the peer-reviewed clinical studies?” here’s what you tell them…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com

Here’s a fascinating interview with Dr. Peter Gotzsche of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, perhaps the world's leading expert on clinical studies of pharmaceutical drugs. 

He likens Big Pharma to the Mafia, and explains that their adherence to total secrecy regarding clinical study details is because their "business model hinges on publishing flawed research". 

In other words, Big Pharma depends upon phony research in order to push more and more drugs onto the general public.

The public is lead to believe these clinical studies are actually "peer-reviewed" and constitute "evidence-based medicine." But the reality is that they are in all too many cases based either on flawed data, fudged data, cherry-picked data or are even totally faked.

According to Dr. Gotzsche:

"The public needs to know the extent to which they are being deceived in the current system, e.g. few people know that prescription drugs are the third major killer behind heart disease and cancer.  If drug testing and drug regulation were effective, this wouldn’t happen."

Yes, that’s what I’ve been saying for years. 
Big Pharma’s drug-testing is always suspect, because the big drug companies completely control it.  And they maintain airtight secrecy over it. 

And in all too many cases, the regulatory agencies like the FDA merely review the research and accept the data without question, and then rubber stamp it “approved.” 

So you have FDA-approved drugs now constituting the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer, which can only lead to the conclusion that drug regulation itself, is little more than a farce.  

Dr. Gotzsche says the drug companies “Don’t sell drugs, they sell lies about drugs.” 

And he documents in his new book, “Deadly Medicines and Organized Crime:  How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Health Care,” the simple fact that “Organised crime [is] the business model of big pharma.”

The Colloidal Silver Challenge

So, the next time someone challenges you over colloidal silver by saying "Where's all of the peer-reviewed clinical studies?" show them this article and ask them, bluntly:

"You mean like all of those the 'peer-reviewed' clinical studies used by Big Pharma to justify the sale of billions of dollars worth of prescription drugs that are now the world’s third leading cause of death in men, women and children, behind heart disease and cancer?" 

The bottom line is that antimicrobial silver has worked wonders against infections and related diseases for thousands of years (see History of the Medical Use of Silver). 

And to my knowledge, there’s never been a death from oral or topical colloidal silver usage in its entire 110 year history, in spite of the fact that tens of millions of people worldwide now use it. 

As Dr. Kent Holtorf, M.D., of the Holtorf Medical Group has stated:

“Silver compounds have been used as medicine since the late 1800’s and have been used as a treatment against infections by hundreds of thousands of individuals in the United States. 

Silver is a natural mineral in the same class as zinc, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, vanadium and zince which are important for health maintenance. 

Humans naturally ingest from 22 to 300 mcg of silver per day from natural sources in food and water

…There is evidence that silver is a natural critical component of our immune system and that low tissue levels associated with dietary deficiency may result in a relatively weakened immune system, making one more prone to infection. 

The modern versions of colloidal silver (oligodynamic silver) are shown to have little or no toxicity.” 

And according to the Dartmouth University Toxic Metals Research Program:

"Trace amounts of silver are in the bodies of all humans and animals. We normally take in between 70 and 88 micrograms of silver a day, half of that amount from our diet.

Humans have evolved with efficient methods of dealing with that intake, however. Over 99 percent is readily excreted from the body.

Is silver harmful to humans?

Unlike other metals such as lead and mercury, silver is not toxic to humans and is not known to cause cancer, reproductive or neurological damage, or other chronic adverse effects."

Hundreds of Clinical Studies on Colloidal Silver

What’s more, there are indeed literally hundreds of clinical studies on the astonishing effectiveness of colloidal silver and other forms of antimicrobial silver, as well. 

For example, you can find nearly 100 clinical studies and research papers on colloidal silver and other forms of antimicrobial silver at the link in this sentence. 

So don’t let the skeptics and naysayers tell you there are no clinical studies.  That’s a great big fat lie they’re hoping you’ll buy into without looking any further. 

Many medical practitioners I’ve spoken with over the past 20 years actually believed this lie, until I’ve shown them the actual breadth and depth of clinical studies that have been conducted on colloidal silver and published in peer-reviewed journals. 

What happens when they see all of these clinical studies on the antimicrobial qualities of silver (such as those at the link three paragraphs above)? 

Often, their outlook is changed forever.  As Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. once stated, “A mind that is stretched by new ideas can never go back to its old dimensions.”   

Real-Life Colloidal Silver Results

Nevertheless, as we’ve seen, in many cases clinical studies don't mean diddly-squat, because frankly, they can be faked. 

What really matters are REAL-LIFE RESULTS. 

So check out some of the real-life colloidal silver success stories at this link, and learn for yourself how people just like you are using colloidal silver to cure infections of all sorts, as well as serious illness and disease. 

(The FDA requires me to tell you at this point that testimonials and anecdotal accounts do not constitute proof of efficacy.  I happen to agree.  But flawed, faked and rubber-stamped drug studies don’t constitute proof of efficacy, either.  And so, personally, I choose to put more trust in the words of experienced and responsible colloidal silver users than in the words of the big drug companies and their biased shills who brand colloidal silver usage as “quackery”.)

The bottom line is that those who use dietary colloidal silver KNOW it’s astonishingly effective against infection and disease in an astonishing number of cases.  It’s not perfect.  Nothing is.  But it works with amazing consistency for those who use it responsibly. 

But those who shill for Big Pharma completely ignore the 2,000 year history behind the usage of antimicrobial silver, as well as the 110-plus year history behind the use of electrically generated colloidal silver.  And they ignore the literally thousands upon thousands of positive anecdotal accounts that keep piling up, as well. 

And to denigrate the historical and anecdotal data, they ask loaded questions like "Where's the peer-reviewed studies?"

But turn it around on them.  Ask them why prescription drugs, with all of the supposed "peer-reviewed studies" behind them, and all of the supposedly stringent government regulation, are now the third leading cause of death in the world, behind heart disease and cancer. 

And then ask them why there’s never been a death from oral or topical dietary use of colloidal silver usage in its entire 110 year history, in spite of the fact that tens of millions of people worldwide have been using it for decades. 

Finally, ask them why world-recognized clinical research experts like Dr. Gotzsche say people would likely be better off, and would likely enjoy a higher quality of life, if they'd work with their doctors to get off of most of their drugs and use diet, nutrition and exercise to stay well, instead. 

Where’s the Real Quackery?

The so-called "skeptics" groups and "quackbusters" love to label colloidal silver (as well as vitamins, herbs and other nutritional supplements) as "quackery."

And of course, they claim that Big Pharma’s drugs represent “science-based” or “evidence-based” medicine.  But what happens when the science is flawed and the evidence is manipulated or outright faked?

The truth of the matter is this, according to experts like Dr. Gotzsche of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews:  Big Pharma’s "evidence-based medicine" model is all too often what turns out to be based on quackery.  Or worse yet, out-and-out Mafia-like fraud.

So always turn the table on the colloidal silver skeptics and naysayers, and press them to the wall with the facts.  And they'll scurry back into their little dark holes.

For more great articles on colloidal silver, see the Colloidal Silver Update page. 

To learn what the experts have to say the astonishing effectiveness of colloidal silver and other forms of antimicrobial silver, see the Expert Quotes on Colloidal Silver page. 

To learn how to make your own high-quality, micro-particle colloidal silver, quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, and for less than 36 cents a quart, just click the link in this sentence. 

Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on colloidal silver…

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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Important Note and Disclaimer:  The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof.  The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics.  He is not a doctor.  Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.  Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage.  Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution.  Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein.  All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional.  Readers are solely responsible for their choices.  The author and publisher disclaim responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine. 

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Colloidal Silver versus the Superbugs

 Colloidal silver knocks out the superbugs -- learn more at www.TheSilverEdge.com...

Why doesn’t Big Pharma simply develop silver-based antimicrobial substances to fight the growing scourge of drug-resistant superbugs? 

 

After all, it’s been known for over 100 years that silver is the world’s most powerful natural infection-fighting agent. And it’s been known for decades that silver is astonishingly effective against the drug-resistant superbugs. 

 

Yet all we see are scary headlines proclaiming that medical science is “running out of options” in the fight against the superbugs.  Are they really?  Or is something else in the wind? Here’s what you need to know…

 

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com...


You've no doubt seen all of the screaming headlines lately about the scourge of drug-resistant superbugs that are now able to defeat even the strongest of prescription antibiotic drugs.

Public health authorities -- both on the national and international levels -- are sounding the alarm over the drug-resistant superbugs. 

And the news media is helping them whip up a fervor among the general public, demanding that the governments of the world "do something" to solve the problem.

For example, one recent news headline read, “Post-Antibiotic World Is the Real-Life Version of the Zombie Apocalypse.”

Ah, yes.  Lions and tigers and bears.  Oh, my!

Right In Front of Their Faces

But the solution to the crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs is staring medical science right in the face.  And it has been for decades.  And they know it.  

Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated the fact that safe, natural colloidal silver is astonishingly effective against antibiotic-resistant super-pathogens.  

For example, one of the latest clinical studies demonstrates that adding silver to antibiotic drugs actually increases their effectiveness by up to 1,000x, and makes drug-resistant pathogens susceptible to the antibiotics once again!

Here’s what the magazine Scientific American had to say about this most recent clinical study:

“Like werewolves and vampires, bacteria have a weakness: silver.

The precious metal has been used to fight infection for thousands of years — Hippocrates first described its antimicrobial properties in 400bc — but how it works has been a mystery.

Now, a team led by James Collins, a biomedical engineer at Boston University in Massachusetts, has described how silver can disrupt bacteria, and shown that the ancient treatment could help to deal with the thoroughly modern scourge of antibiotic resistance.

…Collins and his team found that silver — in the form of dissolved ions — attacks bacterial cells in two main ways:

It makes the cell membrane more permeable, and it interferes with the cell’s metabolism, leading to the overproduction of reactive, and often toxic, oxygen compounds.

Both mechanisms could potentially be harnessed to make today’s antibiotics more effective against resistant bacteria, Collins says.”

Silver Works Alone, As Well

More importantly, numerous other studies demonstrate the fact that silver by itself kills numerous drug-resistant super-pathogens. 

For example, this clinical study, published in the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology in 2010, demonstrates that antimicrobial silver alone is effective against drug-resistant bacterial strains, including multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli, and erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes.   

Colloidal silver even kills the deadly, drug-resistant MRSA pathogen, now responsible for up to 94,000 life-threatening infections and 23,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone (see documentation at the Colloidal Silver Cures MRSA website).  

In just a moment, I’ll show you even more clinical studies proving beyond any shadow of a doubt that colloidal silver and other forms of antimicrobial silver are devastatingly effective against the antibiotic-resistant superbugs. 

The Multi-Billion Dollar Scam

But first, a question: 

If the situation with drug-resistant superbugs is so dire – and it most definitely is – then why won't the medical authorities embrace silver as the solution?  

The answer is disturbing:  Ultimately, it’s because the big drug companies have something else in mind. 

You see, Big Pharma wants to tap into billions upon billions of dollars in taxpayer funds, in order to pay for the cost of developing brand new, super-strength antibiotic drugs. 

In other words, they want taxpayers to pay for the development of these new antibiotic drugs.  And then, afterwards, they want to sell these same new drugs back to the taxpayers for additional billions of dollars in profits!

According to the news media, the big drug companies are claiming that it’s no longer “profitable” for them to develop antibiotic drugs. 

Big Pharma wants to focus solely on developing drugs that people with chronic health conditions such as heart disease or diabetes will have to take for the rest of their lives, rather than drugs that only need to be taken for a few weeks at a time to cure an infection.

So what if tens of thousands of people are dying every year in the U.S. of drug-resistant infections?  It’s all about the Benjamins.  Only the money matters.  The cost in terms of human lives is irrelevant.  And the truly big money lies in developing drugs for diseases that have to be taken for the lifetime of the patient.

But…says Big Pharma, if the federal government will fork over billions of dollars in taxpayer monies to help fund antibiotic drug development, then (and only then) will they begin work on new antibiotic drugs to help stem the tide of drug-resistant pathogens. 

As investigative reporter John Aziz from The Week has pointed out, “The incentives to produce more and better antibiotics only kick in under the worst circumstances, when millions of people are dying from antibiotic-resistant infections."

Greed and Avarice

What Big Pharma wants -- in their utter greed and avarice -- is nothing more than direct guaranteed access to the public trough, meaning to taxpayer money. 

So they’ve purposely stopped developing new antibiotic drugs -- claiming they’re “not profitable” -- until the governments of the world agree to fund their development via taxpayer money. 

And if they have to wait for millions of people to be dying of drug-resistant infections from the superbugs before the governments of the world give in to their blackmail, then so be it. 

This is not rank speculation, folks.  This is happening right now, right in front of your faces. And you can read about it here in my previous article "Big Pharma Shuns Silver; Blackmails U.S. Government Into Paying for New Antibiotic Drugs With Taxpayer Money.”   

In short, the entire antibiotic-resistant drug problem is very real, yet the so-called “hunt for a new solution” is a great big scam of the highest order.  It is an utter fraud.

There’s no “new solution” needed.  They have the solution.  It’s thousands of years old. And simply put, it is this:  Pure, natural antimicrobial silver.

Big Pharma knows for a fact that silver kills antibiotic-resistant microbes.  They’ve known it for decades.

After all, in clinical study after study after study after study after study after study after study silver has been demonstrated to kill the drug-resistant super-pathogens.

And Big Pharma is simply choosing not to use it, because if they admitted knowing that a few cents worth of silver could eradicate an infection caused by a drug-resistant pathogen, they’d never get their hands into the taxpayer’s pockets to the tune of billions upon billions of dollars in free drug development monies. 

So safe, natural colloidal silver sits on the sidelines, alone and completely ignored, even though numerous clinical studies demonstrate it to be astonishingly effective against the very super-pathogens you're reading about in the newspapers every day.

Proof Positive Colloidal Silver Kills Superbugs

As I mentioned, numerous studies have now demonstrated colloidal silver to be highly effective against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.  

Let me summarize just a few of these studies for you, and tell you exactly what the experts are saying, as well:


In this clinical study, conducted quietly in October 2006 at the Department of Microbiology/Molecular Biology of Brigham-Young University, and published in the journal Current Science, Vol. 91, No. 7, October 10, 2006, it was found that a number of the antibiotic drugs which formerly killed MDR (multiple drug-resistant) pathogens such as MRSA could actually be restored to full efficacy against the deadly pathogens, but only if a colloidal silver solution was used in conjunction with the drug!

The researchers found that when they used a liquid colloidal silver solution in conjunction with the antibiotic drugs, the synergism between silver and the antibiotic drugs brought the deadly pathogens back under control. Since the antibiotic drugs had previously lost their effectiveness against the super-pathogens, this clearly demonstrates that the silver was the deciding factor in the deaths of the deadly pathogens!


This clinical study, published in the journal Microbiology in June 2013, also demonstrates the ability of silver to dramatically boost the effectiveness of antibiotic drugs against drug-resistant super-pathogens. 

According to the study authors, “A declining pipeline of clinically useful antibiotics has made it imperative to develop more effective antimicrobial therapies, particularly against difficult-to-treat Gram-negative pathogens…This work shows that silver can be used to enhance the action of existing antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria, thus strengthening the antibiotic arsenal for fighting bacterial infections.


This is the study I linked to earlier in this article, demonstrating the fact that antimicrobial silver alone is extremely effective against some of the most common (and deadly) antibiotic-resistant superbugs.  Most importantly, this study demonstrates that silver is bactericidal against these superbugs, and not just bacteriostatic.  This means it flat-out kills the drug-resistant superbugs rather than merely inhibiting their growth rate.

According to the study authors, “We aimed to determine through different in vitro assays the antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles against drug-resistant bacteria, infectious agents that represeant a constant threat in hospital and community environments…Our data suggest that silver nanoparticles are effective broad-spectrum biocides against a variety of drug-resistant bacteria.”


In this study, antimicrobial silver by itself was demonstrated to literally decimate the deadly and very opportunistic multi-drug resistant pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  The researchers concluded, “In the present study, colloidal silver was shown to demonstrate very potent antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa.” 

The researchers went on to plead, “This activity should be urgently exploited in the development of highly active antibacterial therapeutic agents to combat the rapidly increasing infectious diseases that currently challenge the present arsenal of antibacterial drugs.”  In other words, the researchers are practically begging Big Pharma to look into the use of antimicrobial silver as a means of stopping the horrific spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens.


In this clinical study, published in 2010 in the International Journal of Microbiological Research, colloidal silver was found to be highly effective against such drug-resistant super-pathogens as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonells typhi

According to the study authors, their research “was the result of bioassay experimentation on the effects of colloidal silver on multidrug resistant bacteria.”  The researchers found that colloidal silver demonstrated “powerful antimicrobial activity against multi-drug resistant clinical gram positive and gram negative bacteria.” 


In this fascinating medical case study, lung disease specialists from Great Britain report on an 11-year old Cystic Fibrosis victim afflicted with multi-drug resistant pathogens including Burkholderia multivorans and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

The best antibiotic drugs the doctors could prescribe were not able to stop the boy’s debilitating lung infections.  But when his parents learned about colloidal silver and began giving it to the boy, his astonishing recovery from the infections literally stunned his doctors.  Read about it in the doctor’s own words at the link above.

Many Other Studies

There are many other clinical studies just like these demonstrating the fact that colloidal silver and other forms of antimicrobial silver kill the deadly drug-resistant super-pathogens with ease, or can be used in conjunction with existing antibiotic drugs to kill the deadly drug-resistant superbugs. 

But Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know about these studies, because if you did, you’d never again believe their hysterical cries that they need billions of dollars in taxpayer money to help develop brand new antibiotic drugs. 

Expert Quotes

My point in writing this article is to demonstrate that medical science has known decades that antimicrobial silver is highly effective against the antibiotic-resistant super-pathogens. 

And therefore the current ongoing media scare in which the public is constantly being bombarded with the message “The world is about to run out of effective antibiotic drugs” is a grand farce designed solely to scare the bejabbers out of people, and to convince politicians to funnel billions of dollars of taxpayer monies into the coffers of Big Pharma as a means of inducing them to develop new and more powerful antibiotic drugs. 

But brand new antibiotic drugs are simply not needed.  Silver is the key.  And silver always has been the key.  All they have to do is start using it, either alone, or in combination with existing antibiotic drugs. 

As the famous surgeon and medical pioneer Dr. Robert O. Becker, M.D. reported way back in 1977:

"What we have done was rediscover the fact that silver killed bacteria, a fact which had actually been known for centuries...All of the organisms we tested were sensitive to the electrically generated silver ion, including some that were resistant to all known antibiotics...In no case were any undesirable side effects of the silver treatment apparent."

-- Dr. Robert O. Becker, M.D., surgeon, Syracuse Medical University, author The Body Electric

And as clinical immunologist Dr. Joseph Weissman stated back in the early 1990’s:

"Today, many antibiotics are losing the battle with germs. Fortunately, the best germ killer, which was discovered over 2,000 years ago, is finally getting the proper attention from medical science - natural silver. I sincerely recommend that everyone have electrically generated colloidal silver in their home as an antiseptic, antibacterial and antifungal agent."

 -- Dr. Joseph Weissman, M.D. board certified immunologist and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California Medical School

As clinical researcher S.M. Foran pointed out over a decade ago:

"Ongoing studies on antibacterial properties of silver...indicate that silver is effective even against bacteria that are already antibiotic-resistant."

-- S.M. Foran, Therapeutic Properties of Silver: an Historical and Technical Review

As researchers writing in the International Wound Journal pointed out in 2012:

“The antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a major concern to wound care because of their ability to resist many of the antibiotics used today to treat infections. Consequently, other antimicrobials, in particular ionic silver, are considered ideal topical agents for effectively helping to manage and prevent local infections.”

-- International Wound Journal, 2012 October, 9(5):488-493; The antimicrobial efficacy of silver on antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from burn wounds.

As researchers writing in the prestigious Journal of Nanobiotechnology explained in 2011:

"… it is well known that silver ions and silver-based compounds are toxic to microorganisms, possessing strong biocidal effects on at least 12 species of bacteria including multi-resistant bacteria like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, ampicillin-resistant E. coli O157: H7 and erythromycin-resistant S. pyogenes…”

-- Journal of Nanobiotechnology, September 2011, "Silver nanoparticles are broad-spectrum bactericidal and virucidal compounds"

And finally, as the New York Times pointed out over half a dozen years ago:

“Now, with more and more bacteria developing resistance to antibiotic drugs, some researchers and health care entrepreneurs have returned to silver for another look. This time around, they are armed with nanotechnology, a fast-developing collection of products and skills that helps researchers deploy silver compounds in ways that maximize the availability of silver ions - the element's most potent form.”

-- New York Times, January 10, 2006

The point being, silver’s astonishing effectiveness against antibiotic-resistant bacteria has long been known to medical science. 

The fact that Big Pharma refuses to utilize silver, while constantly beating the media drums claiming that we’re “running out of options in the war against drug-resistant pathogens,” is an indictment against them for the massive fraud they’re perpetrating. 

They have their eyes on the taxpayer pie.  And that’s all they care about.  They worship the money. 

And they know the truly big money lies in tapping the taxpayer to pay for the development of brand new antibiotic drugs, rather than simply letting people know that a few cents worth of safe, natural silver by itself, or added to existing antibiotic drugs, could solve the entire antibiotic-resistant superbug crisis virtually overnight.

As I pointed out in my previous article “Big Pharma Shuns Silver; Blackmails U.S. Government Into Paying for New Antibiotic Drugs With Taxpayer Money" at this link:

“Big Pharma has no intention of looking into antimicrobial silver.  

After all, silver is a natural substance, and even if you could patent it as a drug and sell it for hundreds of dollars a prescription, people can still make and use their own colloidal silver for just pennies per batch in the comfort and privacy of their own homes.

So Big Pharma ignores silver in the fight against drug-resistant infections.  And now they’re forcing governments to tap into the taxpayer’s wallets for new drug development.”

The Truly Good News!

The truly good news is that you don’t have to wait for Big Pharma to develop new and stronger antibiotic drugs. 

Nor do you have to keep your fingers crossed hoping they’ll finally break down and release a silver-based antibiotic drug.

After all, with a new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from TheSilverEdge.com you can make all of the safe, natural colloidal silver you could ever need, quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, for just pennies per batch. 

And it’s literally so easy to make your own high-quality colloidal silver, you’re going to be absolutely shocked if you’ve never tried it before. 

To see how easy it is to make your own high-quality colloidal silver, just click the link in this sentence to check out a short “how-to” pictorial.    

And if you’re ready to learn more about making your own high-quality colloidal silver with a brand new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from TheSilverEdge.com, just click this link

You can also learn what dozens of users of the new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator have to say about it at this link

Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on colloidal silver…

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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Important Note and Disclaimer:  The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof.  The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics.  He is not a doctor.  Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.  Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage.  Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution.  Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein.  All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional.  Readers are solely responsible for their choices.  The author and publisher disclaim responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine. 

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Does Colloidal Silver Really Kill 650 Different Pathogens?

 Learn more about the infection-fighting qualities of colloidal silver at www.TheSilverEdge.com
Let’s put to rest a myth that’s been promulgated for nearly 35 years now, which is to say, the myth that colloidal silver has been proven to “kill over 650 different pathogens,” or “cure over 650 different diseases.” 

After all, it’s well known that colloidal silver is the world’s most powerful, natural infection-fighting substance.  That’s not in dispute.  So there’s no need to use spurious claims to exaggerate its well-known healing qualities and proven effectiveness against infectious illness and disease. 

Here’s the bare-bone truth of the matter, and let the chips fall where they may…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com

Colloidal silver is an absolutely amazing healing substance, as any experienced user can attest.

That’s demonstrated by literally dozens of clinical studies proving its effectiveness against infectious microorganisms (you can read nearly 100 such clinical studies, here).

And there are literally thousands upon thousands of anecdotal accounts from experienced colloidal silver users the world over, who have healed their own infections or cured their diseases using colloidal silver (you can read hundreds of in-depth, real-life colloidal silver success stories, here). 

Plus, there’s medical literature going all of the way back to the late 1800’s extolling the healing virtues of colloidal silver, such as this quote from Alfred Searle, published in his book, The Use of Colloids in Health and Disease, way back in 1919:

"Applying colloidal silver to human subjects has been done in a large number of cases with astonishingly successful results...it has the advantage of being rapidly fatal to parasites without toxic action on its host. It is quite stable. It protects rabbits from ten times the lethal dose of tetanus or diphtheria toxin."

Or this quote from the National Druggist (page 338), back in August 1920:

"…colloidal silver has proved its value in combating the following ailments among others -- tonsilitis, gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis, spring catarrh, pustular eczema of scalp, septic ulcers of legs, boils, chronic cystitis, ringworm, soft sores. But we must not prolong the list of the good works of colloidal silver. Suffice it that at the present time it is the most extensively used in medicine of all the sols."

And of course, to this very day top doctors, clinical researchers and other cutting edge medical experts (such as the famous cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Gerald Lemole; see here) enthusiastically recommend the use of colloidal silver for healing infections and related diseases. 

For more examples, check out what some of the top medical experts in North America have to say, in my article “What Real Medical, Scientific and Clinical Experts Have to Say About Colloidal Silver Usage” at this link.

But 650 Different Pathogens?

So there’s no doubt about the astonishing healing and infection-fighting qualities of colloidal silver. 

However, if you Google the term “colloidal silver,” you’ll find hundreds of websites making the claim that “colloidal silver has been proven to kill over 650 different pathogens.” 

Some of these websites even claim “colloidal silver has been proven to heal over 650 different diseases.”

Of course, neither of these claims is completely true.  There’s a slight exaggeration involved.  And I’m happy to explain it.

First of all, to my knowledge, no one has ever tested colloidal silver on “over 650 different pathogens.”  And no one has ever used it to cure “over 650 different diseases.” 

As effective as colloidal silver is against infection and disease, there’s no need to exaggerate its over 100 year track record as one of the most broad-spectrum natural antimicrobial substances on the face of the earth. 

Its track record speaks for itself.  And the exaggerated claims that it’s been “proven to kill over 650 different pathogens” or “cure over 650 different diseases” serve only to give critics something to latch onto and gripe about. 

So let me set the record straight, as best I can.  The '650' figure seems to have come from an old 1978 Science Digest article on the antimicrobial benefits of silver, that stated: 

"Thanks to eye-opening research, silver is re-emerging as a wonder of modern medicine. An antibiotic kills perhaps a half-dozen different disease organisms, but silver kills some 650. Resistant strains fail to develop. Moreover, silver is virtually non-toxic."

-- Science Digest, "Our Mightiest Germ Fighter" by Jim Powell, March 1978

Now that’s an amazing statement.  And taken at face value, it’s true.  And you’ll find it widely quoted on numerous websites concerned with colloidal silver. 
But did the Science Digest statement actually pertain to colloidal silver – i.e., the typical liquid colloidal silver solutions being sold in health food stores all across America and around the world? 

Or was it referring to some other form of silver?  And where exactly did Science Digest come up with this "650" figure? 

Well, here’s the answer: 

The “650” figure appears to have been taken from an older 1973 study on a medical compound known as silver sulfadiazine.

The study was published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Here’s what the researchers stated in their study synopsis: 

"657 different types of bacteria from 22 different bacterial species were exposed to silver sulfadiazine. All strains were inhibited by levels which can easily be obtained topically. Strains resistant to sulfadiazine or multiple antibiotics were sensitive to silver sulfadiazine."

-- Carr, Howard S., Wlodkowski, Theodore J., and Rosenkranz, Herbert S. 1973. Silver sulfadiazine: in vitro antibacterial activity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 4(5), 585- 587.

So this study appears to be the origin of the widely touted "650" figure, which has been bandied about ever since 1978 by just about every journalist who has ever written about colloidal silver. It’s even quoted, without attribution, in numerous clinical studies on colloidal silver. 

But it’s important to understand that silver sulfadiazine is not the same thing as “colloidal silver.” 

Indeed, silver sulfadiazine is a prescription cream, or ointment.  It contains antimicrobial silver.  And it’s often used in hospital burn wards to help prevent infections from setting in on the dead, necrotizing skin of serious burn victims. 

You see, most hospitalized burn victims don’t die from the burns, but instead, from the infections that set in afterwards.  So silver sulfadiazine has been used in hospital burn wards to help save burn victims from infection for literally decades.

But the only thing silver sulfadiazine has in common with colloidal silver is the fact that both products contain silver as their central healing ingredient.  And of course, silver, in just about any form, kills infectious microbes.  And for most people, that connection between the two products is good enough.

Does it really make any difference that the study was actually about silver sulfadiazine, and not about the typical colloidal silver products to which it is so regularly attributed? 

Well, yes and no.  After all, the study clearly and unequivocally demonstrates the broad-spectrum effectiveness of antimicrobial silver.  And in the study, the silver clearly worked on over 650 different strains of pathogenic microorganisms. 

But in no way was colloidal silver actually tested against these pathogens.  So for a colloidal silver vendor to claim his product has been “proven to kill over 650 different infectious microorganisms” or “cure over 650 different diseases” is a gross overstatement of the facts, to say the least. 

Granted, if the silver content of silver sulfadiazine kills over 650 different pathogens – which the study indeed demonstrated -- then the silver content in colloidal silver will probably do the same.  After all, silver is silver. 

But the tests simply haven’t been done to actually prove colloidal silver kills over 650 different pathogens.  So it’s at least a tiny bit disingenuous to make that ever-so-widely-touted “650 different pathogens” claim in regards to typical colloidal silver products sold in health food stores.

Finally, when people claim antimicrobial silver in any form has been “proven to heal over 650 different diseases,” they are flat-out misstating – or at the very least, misunderstanding – what the data actually says. 

There’s a huge difference between killing 650 different microbes, and healing 650 different diseases.  It’s kind of like saying anti-lock brakes are on millions of cars today therefore anti-lock brakes have saved millions of lives.  The one claim doesn’t necessarily follow the other no matter how closely related they may be.

Another Misquoted Study

Another often-misquoted study on colloidal silver’s effectiveness against pathogens is the one said to have been conducted by a researcher named Dr. Larry C. Ford, M.D. at UCLA in 1988 (or in 1992, depending upon which source you read). 

According to numerous online sources, his study supposedly verified the 650-plus figure for colloidal silver.  However, the study has been shrouded in controversy.  And the author of the study later died, reportedly of suicide, so the controversy has never been resolved.

According to at least a few online sources, UCLA actually disavowed the study after colloidal silver vendors began making claims like “UCLA has confirmed that colloidal silver kills over 650 different microbes.” 

Apparently, UCLA didn’t disavow the study because it was poorly done, or was technically flawed in any way, but instead, because the researcher apparently conducted it independently for his own commercial purposes, without permission of the university. 

And UCLA apparently didn't want their name being used in association with the study, as it would appear they were endorsing a commercial product they were not involved in developing.   

So when you read that "UCLA has confirmed that 650 different pathogens are killed by colloidal silver" that statement is arguably false.    

While the controversial Ford study may or may not have demonstrated the ability of colloidal silver to kill over 650 different pathogens, UCLA apparently had nothing to do with the study. 

Yes, the researcher was from UCLA, and the study was likely conducted there, but without the auspices or involvement of the university itself.

Of course, none of this seems to stop people from making the claim that “UCLA has confirmed that 650 different pathogens are killed by colloidal silver.”

Does Any of This Really Matter?

As I stated at the outset of this article, there’s so much bona-fide, thoroughly conclusive evidence backing up the astonishingly broad-spectrum effectiveness of colloidal silver, there’s no reason to exaggerate the case.

As Harvard-educated Dr. Jonathan Wright, M.D., of the world-famous Tahoma Clinic in Washington State recently pointed out, in many cases of infection colloidal silver far outclasses conventional antibiotic drugs.  He states:

“No matter how much a germ mutates, it can't change enough to escape the damaging effects of colloidal silver. And in the process, the silver doesn't harm human tissue or kill off the good bacteria in the intestine the way antibiotics and other medications do."

And as Dr. Joseph Weissman, M.D. board certified immunologist and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California Medical School has stated regarding the vital importance of becoming thoroughly familiar with the use of colloidal silver: 

"Today, many antibiotics are losing the battle with germs. Fortunately, the best germ killer, which was discovered over 2,000 years ago, is finally getting the proper attention from medical science -- natural silver. I sincerely recommend that everyone have electrically generated colloidal silver in their home as an antiseptic, antibacterial and antifungal agent."

You can find literally hundreds more eye-opening quotes from bona-fide medical and clinical research experts extolling the myriad of healing and infection-fighting virtues of colloidal silver and other forms of antimicrobial silver at this link

So let’s keep the record straight.  There’s simply no need to exaggerate the case on behalf of colloidal silver by claiming that it “has been proven to kill over 650 different pathogens,” or that colloidal silver “has been proven to cure over 650 different diseases.” 

The astonishing effectiveness of colloidal silver is not in dispute.  Numerous clinical studies prove beyond any shadow of a doubt its broad-spectrum effectiveness against multitudes of pathogens, including many of the deadly drug-resistant pathogens the health authorities are so up-in-arms over these days. 

For example, see this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study and this study, just to point out a few.    

More Information on Colloidal Silver

If you’d like access to over 120 in-depth articles on using colloidal silver to heal a wide variety of infectious illnesses and diseases, see the Colloidal Silver Update page at the link in this sentence. 

If you’d like to see how literally hundreds of experienced colloidal silver users are using colloidal silver to heal an astonishing array of infections and related illnesses and diseases – including the healing of infections caused by drug-resistant pathogens like MRSA – see this link.

If you’d like to watch some short “how to” instructional videos on healing with colloidal silver, check out the colloidal silver Videos page at the link in this sentence.

And if you’re already a big colloidal silver fan, please join me and over 8,000 other experienced colloidal silver users on the Colloidal Silver Secrets Community on Facebook. It’s free, and it has become the web’s most dynamic online resource for up-to-date information on colloidal silver.   

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Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on colloidal silver…

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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