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Ross Drewe wrote in message <01bd2b23$2eb670c0$249c0ccb@rd>...
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>Finally, note Bruce's warning - colloidal silver is probably harmless
>but also ineffective. Anyone interested in the history of medicine can
>read about this as one of the thousands of substances used to treat
>infections before antibiotics were discovered. They either don't work
>or they're too toxic, which was why antibiotics were revolutionary.


Ross, I generally found your post excellant reading (IMHO), especially with
regard to over-dependence on palliative medications, but I must take issue
with your assertion that pre-synthetic antibiotics were either toxic or
ineffective.  It's just that the "synthetic" (a misnomer) antibiotics were
so much *more* effective and more reliable, and besides were generally
easier to take.  Don't underestimate how much ease of use had to do with it!
I've had a number of discussions with doctors who happen to be friends, and
they agree one of the hardest things about being a doctor is convincing
their patients to follow through with the prescribed treatments!  I'm sure
you're aware the resergence of antibiotic-resistant infections is largely
due to patients who would discontinue taking antibiotics when they started
feeling better, leaving the most antibiotic-resistant "bugs" alive to
multiply their genes and eventually produce "super" bugs resistant to
virtually everything.  Imagine the poor docs back in the days when they had
to prescribe gallons of foul-tasting herbal concoctions to their unwilling
patients.  You know we get complaints here about how garlic "makes me smell
bad", or how they can't drink a certain herbal tea because it tastes bad!
Antibiotics were revolutionary at least in part because you could accomplish
the same effect with a single shot, or a 10-day supply of pills, without the
brewing and drinking and bad tastes.

-RJO (who has drunk golden-seal tea and lived to say "Yuck!)