Hey Doug, I share your interest in this matter. Thanks for your input! Beating biofilms is a topic of great importance, in my humble layperson's opinion.
I did make a few batches of Lypo-CS in a 25 ppm concentration to fight a virus a few months ago and it helped quite a bit (taken orally). I'm not sure if what I did is something I would want to repeat though and would love some more guidance as well. It certainly didn't seem to hurt me in any way and only seemed to help. The nebulizing idea is not something I've considered. Would inhaling lecithin liposomes be safe? If Brooks could guide us here that would be awesome! Great research! regards, Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: polo To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:47 AM Subject: CS>one for brooks Hopefully Brooks will have time to consider and comment on this. I have long been interested in protocols that will efficiently attack biofilm infections. It seems that inhaled (nebulized) liposomal medications are very effective in penetrating very difficult to treat lung biofilms. Some recent studies have suggested that liposomal antibiotics are superb treatments. Here is one: http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/61/4/859 The above study used a compressor type of nebulizer (nebulizer PARI LC Star). Anyway, I would like to try liposomal colloidal silver in a nebulizer for biofilm lung infections, particularly in racehorses. Normally we use ultrasonic nebulizers as opposed to the older compressor type nebulizers as was used in the above study. Ultrasound nebulizers vaporize the medication into super small droplets that can be pushed into the lung via an air jet. The older compressor type uses a small air compressor to vaporize the inhaled medication producing larger medication particles to be breathed in. Naturally, the ultrasound nebulizer technology produces small droplet size which is more conducive to lung inhalation efficacy. What I would like to know, do you see any problems with producing colloidal silver liposomes using your home made protocol and (2) would an ultrasonic nebulizer be detrimental to the liposomal structure? Would an older compressor type nebulizer as used in the study be better in putting liposomes into solution for inhalation purposes or would the newer utrasonic nebulizers not over-whelming affect liposomal structure upon vaporzation or might it even be beneficial? As a side note, I want to add that heavy metals seem particularly effective against biofilms of which I would venture a guess that colloidal silver would be a superb medication, if one could only get it to be absorbed by the biofilm. Liposomal technology may be the key! doug
