Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs, like ibuprofen, and aspirin are supposed to be the culprits, making the body susceptible to bacteria that normally don't cause a problem. Necrotizing fasciitis is the term. They certainly have a bad effect on the gastrointestinal system - they killed my grandmother 20 years ago. She was prescribed them for her arthritis, but had a massive gut bleed and died eventually.
It seems a shame to me that these drugs are so toxic, as their anti-inflammatory and painkilling effects are very useful. I have read about the effects of copper salicylate, which is supposed to actually heal the gut instead of damaging it, and is anti-inflammatory at lower doses, healing instead of suppressing the healing response, anti-cancer etc. In fact the damage caused by these drugs may be due to them leaching copper and iron out of the gut wall, causing bleeding and inflammation. Copper will form a similar compound with ibuprofen, so I have experimented in the past with taking ibuprofen with a swig of colloidal copper or with a chelated copper tablet. It does seem to increase its anti-inflammatory effects, and reduce the stomach inflammation. Of course many people will prefer to avoid these drugs altogether, but some with very painful conditions who have to take them might at least consider taking them with a chelated copper tablet. Or if you have a friend or relative who insists on taking them, you might be able to persuade them to take a copper tablet with them. The reaction with aspirin and salicylic acid takes place in the stomach if you take copper at the same time, so it should also work with ibuprofen and other NSAIDs. Anyone interested in the use of copper might start here http://www.copper.org/innovations/2000/06/medicine-chest.html . Paul H -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
