(1) Another study estimated the minimal oral dose for
producing argyria to be 25 to 50 grams taken over a 6 month period.
(1) There are also cases in the literature where 6.0 grams of silver nitrate administered orally and 6.3 grams of silver arsphenamine administered intramuscularly were known to
produce argyria.
The estimated accumulated dosage required to
produce argyria is approximately one to six grams of silver, depending on the reference cited.
Not exact matches
Hill and Pillsbury note in their 1939 book
Argyria, «A striking feature of
argyria is the absence of any evidence that the deposits of silver
produce any significant physiologic disturbance of the involved organs or tissue....
Mark Metcalf once published that using a salt -
produced colloidal silver could never cause
argyria.
Using tap water or salt in the production process
produces a low quality product with a needlessly high content of actual silver, and can place a user at risk for
argyria with long term use.