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Personal Experience with Lyme Disease and Candida by: Dr. Paul Farber
In July of 1992 I was bitten by the Deer Tick (Ixodes Scapularis) which according to Dr. Thomas Craig, D.V.M. of the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology carries the Spirochete which is the causative agent of Lyme disease. After my diagnosis was confirmed a medical doctor, who is a neurologist, put me first on Penicillin orally for two weeks, and then intravenously for four weeks. The results to my symptomatology were minimal and I experienced many side effects including Candida Yeast Infection because of the penicillin's destructive effect on the friendly acidophilus bacteria in my stomach and colon . Since this treatment did not work, the neurologist prescribed a cephalosporin called Rocephan. Unfortunately, this treatment accomplished no more than the penicillin, had many unpleasant side effects, and worsened my candida yeast infection.
Not knowing what to do, or where to go next I was led to a Dr. Joe from Colorado*. Dr. from Colorado told me that Mild Silver Protein was helpful against spirochetes and suggested a regiment to follow. I began with two tablespoons a day for the first month holding it under the tongue sublingually for a minute, swishing it around the mouth for ten seconds, and then gargling and swallowing. I did the same thing for the second and third month, but only one tablespoon per day.
By the end of the first two weeks my 35 different symptoms, including extreme pain, paralysis, and numbness were about 25% relieved with no side effects. By the end of the first month I was over 50% well. By the end of the second month I was 75% well. After 3 months of treatment I was 100% well. I have been 100% well for over 2 years. Was I cured from Lyme disease and candida yeast infection? In my opinion and the opinion of Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, Scientist Emeritus who discovered the spirochete as the causative agent of Lyme disease, and Dr. John Parks Trowbridge, M.D. an author and expert in the field of candida yeast infection, I appeared to be CURED.
Dr. Burgdorfer, who became a close friend, then shared with me that the world would not bel ieve my results without scientific documentation.
It seems that there is enough testing from universities, and reports from practitioners that the Mild Silver Protein* not only works on Lyme disease but a good deal more bacterial, viral and fungal infections.
FROM "PENICILLIN TO "MILD SILVER PROTEIN" AN ANSWER TO LYME DISEASE "WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS" By: Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D. Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of N.l.H.
In 1949, Dr. Sven Hellerstrom from the Dermatalogical Clinic of Karolinska lnstitute in Stockholm, Sweden presented a paper "Erythema chronicum migrans Afzelius with meningitis" at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Medical Association in Cincinnati, Ohio. In presenting his case, he provided convincing evidence that both erythema and subsequent meningocerebrospinal symptoms may develop following a tick bite. He also reported on the successful treatment of his patient with penicillin, a drug shown previously by his colleague Dr. Hollstrom to be effective in the treatment of Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM).
In the United States, ECM was first reported in 1970 on a physician bitten by a tick while grouse hunting in northeastern Wisconsin. The attending physician, Dr. Rudolf Scrimenti, recognized the similarity of the patient's skin reaction to the lesions of European ECM and promptly and successfully treated the patient with penicillin. The treatment of three additional patients with penicillin and of one with erythromycin resulted in complete resolution of symptoms within 48 to 72 hours.
Considered unrelated to ECM were skin lesions in 13 of 51 residents in the eastern Connecticut towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, and East Haddam where, since 1972, clusters of inhabitants had been suffering of an illness characterized by recurrent attacks of asymmetric swelling and pain in large joints, especially the knee. Since such arthritic conditions were not known to be associated with ECM in Europe, the illness was thought to be a new clinical entity and was named Lyme arthritis, later changed to Lyme disease once it was realized that arthritis was only one of several clinical manifestations of this disease.
The search for effective antibiotics in the treatment of Lyme disease began in 1982 with my discovery of a spirochete now known as Borrelia burgdorferi as the causative agent of Lyme disease and of ECM and related disorders (acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, lymphadenosis benigna cutis) in Europe. The antibiotics found effective include tetracyclines (doxycycline, minocycline), penicillins (penicillin G, amoxycillin), cephalosporins (cefotaxime, ceftriaxone), and erythromycin. Application of these drugs depends on the time the disease is being diagnosed. Early Lyme disease is treated orally whereas late Lyme disease requires parenteral or a combination of parenteral and oral applications. Treatment failures have been reported for each of these drugs particularly for the tetracyclines that are only temporarily effective unless they are applied over long periods of time, i.e. months even years.
Controversy exists over the length of treatment using * Mild Silver Protein (MSP). Some investigators consider 21 to 30 days sufficient for the elimination of the spirochetes, while others believe that patients must be kept on therapy until they are completely free of symptoms.
The diagnosis of Lyme disease is a clinical one and is based on the development and recognition of the skin lesion (erythema migrans) a few days, weeks, or even months, after the bite of an infected tick. Unfortunately in up to 40% of the patients, the skin lesion does not develop, is not recognized, or is overlooked. Thus, without treatment, the disease spreads throughout the body and may affect the muscular, skeleton, cardiac and nervous systems.
Indeed, Dr. Farber's recent claim having used MSP to successfully cure himself from late stage Lyme disease, comes at a time when thousands of patients suffering of this disease are refused extended antibiotic treatment because their physicians are unable to associate their clinical manifestations with those of Lyme disease.
Although never established scientifically, it appears that the Mild Silver Protein silver colloid disables the enzyme(s) used by bacterial, fungal and viral agents for their oxygen metabolism causing them to suffocate upon contact. In vitro studies with * Mild Silver Protein and the Lyme disease spirochete, B. burgdorferi, revealed a lOO% killing effect within less than five minutes after exposure to the silver preparation.
Subject: COLL/AG-40 A SILVER FRAUD Date: Sep 10 1996
"FRAUD" UPON HUMANITY COMMITTED BY DR. FARBER & COLL/AG-40
Dr. Farber continues his fraud on the Net, in public appearances, and on radio talk shows. Dr. Farber and his fraudlulent statements about his alleged colloidal silver (Coll/Ag- 40) should be put out of business.
1. Fraud outlined in Dr. Farber's book Coll/AG-30
2. Fraud regarding Dr. Farber's alleged non-profitable endorsement of Coll/AG-40
3. Fraud regarding Dr. Farber's claims for Coll/AG-40
4. Total misleading of the public by Dr. Farber
5. A sham operation by Dr. Farber to extract money from the compromised unsuspecting public.
Dr. Farber states that he only endorses the Micro Silver Bullet-Coll/AG-40. Dr. Farber does not state the company is located in his home town, is owned by his relatives, and is only a mail drop. But he does state that he makes no money from the sale of the product, if anyone can believe that one.
Discovery Experimental and Development, Inc. (DEDI), along with outside concerns, tested a bottle of Dr. Farber's endorsed product Coll/AG-40, distributed by him or his family, named the Micro Silver Bullet, 4582 East Kingwood Dr., Suite 240, Kingwood, Texas 77345. Again, a mail drop in Dr. Farber's home town. The label on the bottle stated a number, 0067, not designated as a lot number, and showed an expiration date of 1/98.
Results:
1. The label states the contents as 4 fluid ounces, yet the container contained 16 ounces. Whoever made up the label doesn't know measurements.
2. The label states, as does Dr. Farber adamantly on his Internet Web site, HTTP://pmadt.com/silver-bullet-gold/about.htm, that the particle size of the silver is certified at .001 microns. Dr. Farber, of course, does not state who certified that particle size. However, DEDI firmly believes that if anyone really did check the particle size, they could not have been over two years of age.
Comparatively speaking, the actual size of Dr. Farber's alleged .001 micron silver particle would be considered by any competent scientist, as a boulder of silver. There is as much truth in the statement by Dr. Farber, or on the Coll/AG-40 label that the silver particle size is .001 microns, as there is in me stating that it snowed last July in Miami Beach.
3. The label states, as does Dr. Farber in his web site, that Coll/AG-40, the Micro Silver bullet contains 40 ppm's. The testing results revealed 22 ppm and I'll bet if we test the product next month it will be below 10 ppm's.
4. Testing revealed that Dr. Farber's product Coll/AG-40 is a potentially dangerous product, as preliminary testing reveals high ion content within the product. Ions are toxic.
5. Dr. Farber's label states that his product is mild silver protein. If the wrong protein is present, that in itself could create another toxic danger as many proteins are toxic, some extremely.
6. Dr. Farber hides the identity of the manufacturer of his product, a good guess is that its made in a bathtub in someone's home.
7. Finally, Dr. Farber's revolutionary electro-colloidal process is impossible. Mild silver protein cannot be made electrically, although colloidal silver without protein can be.
Originally Dr. Farber contacted Discovery Experimental and Development, Inc., in Wesley Chapel, Florida (DEDI) in 1994. Dr. Farber explained that he had Lyme disease and Multiple Sclerosis and heard that DEDI had developed some products that might help him with his afflictions. DEDI then released research information to Dr. Farber regarding products developed by DEDI along with protocols that were developed regarding his afflictions. DEDI referred Dr. Farber to another practitioner that had been successful in treating Dr. Farber's afflictions, Dr. Cardot at Natrition, Inc., in Arvada, Colorado. Dr. Cardot explained to Dr. Farber what to use and how to treat his afflictions. Dr. Cardot had little respect for Dr. Farber as a practitioner, due to the fact in conversations between them, Dr. Farber had stated there were flea problems within his environment and he had no idea fleas can carry deadly diseases. Dr. Farber had no idea that fleas were carriers of the Bubonic plague.
Dr. Farber adhered to Dr. Cardot's advice and treated himself successfully using products, for the most part, from DEDI.
Dr. Farber did arrange some testing of DEDI's Mild Silver Protein by Dr. Burgdorfer, NIH, and Dr. Henderson at Temple University. However, as was later learned, Dr. Farber mislead these scientists conducting these tests by implying DEDI's product was a product that he discovered and developed when, in fact, its current uses were discovered by Dr. Cardot years before, as was the development of a potent, non-toxic, stabilized form of Mild Silver Protein by DEDI.
Dr. Farber contacted DEDI and presented a plan to market Coll/Ag-30 and stated he would write a book about his experiences with mild silver protein. After many conversations during which Dr. Farber made himself appear to be a legitimate businessman, DEDI agreed to supply Dr. Farber under contract, DEDI's Mild Silver Protein at 30 ppm, under his own label, Coll/AG-30 "The Micro Silver Bullet", for resale.
When Dr. Farber released his book Coll/AG-30, DEDI objected to it, as it contained an abundance of misleadings and untruths. DEDI also learned that Dr. Farber set up his business in his family's name to make it appear as if he was not profiting from the sale of Coll/Ag-30. This way Dr. Farber could make all kinds of wild medical claims without government reprisal. When it was discovered by DEDI that Dr. Farber was selling his Coll/AG-30 for $17.00 above DEDI's list price for the Mild Silver Protein product, while receiving people's money without delivering the product, DEDI abruptly cancelled Dr. Farber's contract to supply him "any" products.
Dr. Farber was not happy that his afflictions seemed to be corrected, and at no cost to him. Dr. Farber shunned the people that helped him, demanded notoriety and money, claiming he was the discoverer of the product and its cures. In fact, Dr. Farber discovered nothing, and obtained all the information from others.
From there Dr. Farber contacted, at random, many people with dubious reputations producing silver solutions so as to continue his scheme of fleecing the public with total disregard for the health and welfare of already compromised U.S. citizens.
DEDI was sent a 16 oz. bottle of Coll/AG-40-The Micro Silver Bullet purchased for $160.00 from the address on the bottle. After testing by DEDI and one university, it was determined that due to the large particle size, the contaminants, and instability of the product, anyone could manufacture Dr. Farber's 16 ozs. of silver water for about one dollar.
Further testing is currently underway on Dr. Farber's sham product, and claims, by DEDI and outside concerns.
Testing has been ongoing regarding colloidal silver compounds by DEDI and outside testing facilities, so as to not create any bias of DEDI's testing results. To date all colloidal silver suspensions, other than one, have shown to either be a sham, potentially dangerous, and toxic, or totally unstable.
It's incredible what lengths people will go to, to cheat and steal money from people with debilitating diseases.
James T. Kimball, President Discovery Experimental & Development, Inc.
posted 07 July 2005 14:10
Sounds like it's against his product not Silver in general. It's ability to fight pathogens are FACT. examples
Silver sulfadiazine is the most powerful compound for burn treatments. It is used by every hospital in North America for burn victims to kill bacteria and allow the body to naturally restore the burn area. It is used world-wide. It is sold under the trade name of Silvadiene. In another application polyurethane central venus catheters impregnated with silver sulfadiazine and chlorhexidine to eliminate catheter-related bacteriemia are supplied by Arrow International, Reading, PA.
posted 07 July 2005 14:28
Dr. Paul Farber was murdered on November 13,1998. (This is according to his brother in a review of his book published by Amazon.com.)
I don't agree that silver is the cure for anything, but reading this makes it sound like Farber is still publishing and that this article is current. I believe most of this was published before Farber's death.
I think it is a good idea to document article like this as to what year it was written. There are lots of websites that publish stuff never saying the date of publication, but when available, we should always supply that info.
Posts: 119 From: Silver City, New Mexico Registered: Jun 2004
posted 07 July 2005 14:32
Brent, Could you please explain the difference between colloidal silver (the element) versus silver sulfadiazine (a compound)?
Would you also please explain the difference in pharmacokenetics and pharmacodynamics between internal versus external application?
Posts: 360 From: the Netherlands Registered: Jan 2004
posted 07 July 2005 14:43
The third article is dated: Sep 10 1996, the other two are probably a few years older.
I know Dr. Farber is dead, but his book "The Micro Silver Bullet" is well known and still being sold and praised.
quote:Originally posted by Ann-OH: Dr. Paul Farber was murdered on November 13,1998. (This is according to his brother in a review of his book published by Amazon.com.)
I don't agree that silver is the cure for anything, but reading this makes it sound like Farber is still publishing and that this article is current. I believe most of this was published before Farber's death.
I think it is a good idea to document article like this as to what year it was written. There are lots of websites that publish stuff never saying the date of publication, but when available, we should always supply that info.
quote:Originally posted by Joe Ham: Brent, Could you please explain the difference between colloidal silver (the element) versus silver sulfadiazine (a compound)?
Would you also please explain the difference in pharmacokenetics and pharmacodynamics between internal versus external application?
Yes one is a compound and the other a element. They both work.
If your trying to state that just because it works topically that does not mean it works internally point taken. Although pubmed articles point out that it works internally also.
How much do you think the government should spend to find out if it does? Stem cell research is 30 billion. The potential of silver far outweighs that of stem cell.
quote:Originally posted by Ann-OH: I don't agree that silver is the cure for anything Ann - OH
and I think it's a cure for almost all diseases. Disease is either genetic, nutritional deficiency, or pathogen related.
The reason imo on why it doesn't work is people are not taking it correctly or have a product that does not work. Hospitals are already SECRETLY using it to combat infections. matter of time.
posted 07 July 2005 20:50
Brentb I bekieve in Silver because for 5 years I drank at least 4oz per day because I was sick but nobody knew why I only knew that if I drank the silver I was better than if I didn't. But when I got really sick I was spending ALL of my money each month on silver. What brand/type do you think is the best and what is the dosage. Yes hospitals are using it and have for awhile now Thanks for your help
Posts: 119 From: Silver City, New Mexico Registered: Jun 2004
posted 07 July 2005 21:08
quote:Originally posted by brentb:
If your trying to state that just because it works topically that does not mean it works internally point taken. Although pubmed articles point out that it works internally also.
Could you post some links to the PubMed articles, please?
4. Testing revealed that Dr. Farber's product Coll/AG-40 is a potentially dangerous product, as preliminary testing reveals high ion content within the product. Ions are toxic.
IONS are toxic? When you mix salt and water do you not create an ionic solution of Na+ (sodium) and Cl- (chloride) ions? I'll drink those toxic ions anyday.
However, I wouldn't drink a solution of a heavy metal, silver.
[This message has been edited by janet thomas (edited 07 July 2005).]
Posts: 360 From: the Netherlands Registered: Jan 2004
posted 07 July 2005 21:35
quote:Originally posted by janet thomas: IONS are toxic? When you mix salt and water do you not create an ionic solution of Na+ (sodium) and Cl- (chloride) ions? I'll drink those toxic ions anyday.
However, I wouldn't drink a solution of a heavy metal, silver.
quote:Originally posted by janet thomas: From above:
However, I wouldn't drink a solution of a heavy metal, silver.
[This message has been edited by janet thomas (edited 07 July 2005).]
"There is a tendency, unsupported by the facts, to assume that all so-called “heavy metals” and their compounds have highly toxic or ecotoxic properties. This has no basis in chemical or toxicological data. Thus, the term “heavy metals” is both meaningless and misleading."
- John H. Duffus, The Edinburgh Centre for Toxicology, Scotland, "Pure and Applied Chemistry" 74, 793–807
quote:Originally posted by Charles05: Silver turns you gray.. No way I would take that stuff, even the FDA said it does nothing.
Chuck I presume. The FDA says it's not safe but ENTIRE COUNTRIES are purifying their water supply with the stuff. The FDA says what BigPharma tells them to say.
quote:Originally posted by mimi: What brand/type do you think is the best and what is the dosage. Thanks for your help
I don't have an opinion as to the best brand. My doctor gave me silver wings. They have 250 and 500 ppm products. Start slow (1/2 teaspoon maybe) The herx is as real on silver as traditional abx. You kind of have to feel your way to a proper dosage. Mine is about a tablespoon throughout the day, taken orally and through my sinuses. BUT, I'm a big guy and have a very difficult disease/infection to beat. It's about $54 per 32 oz bottle so compared to prescribed meds it's pretty darn cheap. dont forget the water,diet, and exercise. best of luck
for a definition of what MSP is, and its purpose in research, see a hard copy of the Merck Index, something, i don't recall having seen mentioned on these sites, and literature that sell MSP, or other forms of silver when they are doing "comparative analyses" of their product vs. MSP or other products.
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