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eppur_se_muova

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2. Rare, because self-inflected. Don't use w/o checking w/your doctor.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2025, 04:07 PM

Jan 18

Chances are he'll tell you there's a hundred more effective options, and a hundred safer options, and they largely overlap.

Colloidal silver is not much better than medieval. People used to ingest mercury routinely, but now we know better. Fortunately, Ag is nowhere near as hazardous as Hg, so the price of entrusting your health to "alternative" medicine is not so appallingly high in that case.

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Argyria: The rare disease that turns people blue [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 16 OP

For one thing, how can turning blue be a disease when it's caused by CS? It's a resultant condition. Also in2herbs Jan 16 #1

Rare, because self-inflected. Don't use w/o checking w/your doctor. eppur_se_muova Jan 18 #2