Hello, I was referred to you by James from Allison's Apothecary. I have a question about a possible drug reaction with colloidal silver. Here are the details, so you can best answer my question. I make my own Colloidal Silver (without NaCl) to a concentration of 5 PPM. I have been giving a tsp. to my 4 1/2 year old daughter twice per day for the treatment of bronchitis and a sinus infection. Here's the catch................she is a kidney transplant. She is taking the antirejection drug Neoral (cyclosporine) and I was wondering if anyone knew if colloidal silver affects the cyclosporine levels in the body and blood.
The reason that I question it is that her cyclosporine levels were high yesterday, and her dose has not been changed. I do know that some antibiotics cause the body to produce cyclosporine, so when she takes those, her cyclo dose must be reduced. Being that colloidal silver is a natural antibiotic, I thought that there may be a chance that it can have the same affect. Her sinus infection has cleared up and her nose is running clear.......she still has a terrible cough, but all that is clear also. I suspect that with such a low dose of colloidal silver, that we should be pretty safe as far as drug interactions go, but in light of how she has been reacting, I need to make sure. She has been crying and restless,very itchy, and not able to sleep...........all of her other lab results were very good, and there don't seem to be any other particular causes (i.e. headache, earache,etc.)so I am turning to you, in hopes of some answers. If you know anything about this, or if you need further clarification, please email me at [email protected] Thank you so much for your help!! Christiane
