Silver

jess*

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Posted 1/21/2020 6:59 AM (GMT -7)

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has tried a silver liquid called pico silver ? I have researched it a bit and it's a healer for all sorts of ailments. I was considering trying to help along with the healing of a mild flare along with my meds.

DBwithUC

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Posted 1/21/2020 7:23 AM (GMT -7)

Silver has been discussed here from time to time. There is some evidence it has antibacterial properties.

Except for infectious colitis, the need is for anti-inflammatory or other immunomodulator and not anti-bacterial. This might suggest silver offers little.

Unless there is a model of how silver might manipulate gut microbes to get an indirect effect on UC, or that silver has other bio-active mechanisms than as an antibiotic.

I am generally skeptical of things that are purported to work for "all sorts of ailments", and prefer things that are supposed to work on the ailment I care about, and have reasonable mechanisms proposed for how they might work.

My $.02

iPoop

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Posted 1/21/2020 7:34 AM (GMT -7)

>I am generally skeptical of things that are purported to work for "all sorts of ailments"
Ditto. Just reeks of snake-oil salesman to me.

jess*

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Posted 1/21/2020 8:43 AM (GMT -7)

Yes, thank you, that's what my gut told me too

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