Anyone use or heard of silver and copper for treating skin and joint problems?

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My Father in law presented me with silversol ( 24 ppm silver) in a gel to use on my skin, ESP my hands. I was also given ‘the world’s best arthritis cream’ ( copper) by my hair stylist to test for their salon.

I know of silver use as antibiotic in wounds and dressings and have seen it give good results at work. Not so sure about this though. I checked with Cochrane Review and the conclusion they had was ‘not enough evidence’. So not a no but not a yes. The silversol appears to be helping a deep crack in a plaque heal and it takes the itching away for a bit.

Copper I have read a lot about and same sort of conclusions-maybe yes maybe no. I tried it and did feel heat in the area and actually some pain for the first couple mins then just a warm feeling.

Just wondering if anyone else has done any research that might shed some light or has any personal experience with these elements.

I figure if I can convince my Rhuemy to try gold treatment I can round out my precious metals! LOL.

Thanks

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Snoopy wore a copper bracelet for awhile. I'm not sure if it helped him or not.

At today's gold prices, gold is the ticket!

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They quit using gold some time ago, although somewhat effective the interactions with more modern medicines are not pretty I any event PsA is not he "old time " arthritis more closely related to MS than rheumatism.

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I saw a episode of Oprah some time ago where a man took a form of silver and turned blue. It was explained that he had essentially tattooed him self from the inside out at least that's the way I remember it. I looked up the episode and found this.http://www.oprah.com/health/The-Man-Who-Turned-Blue_1/2

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I was on gold 10 years ago, and 20 years ago, and it was pretty effective for me. In fact without those gold injections I never could have made it through college or dealt with the flare after my first child. When all my meds were failing I asked my doc about going back to gold and he said he doesn't think it's manufactured in the US anymore because everyone has switched to the biologics.

tntlamb said:

They quit using gold some time ago, although somewhat effective the interactions with more modern medicines are not pretty I any event PsA is not he "old time " arthritis more closely related to MS than rheumatism.